red scare

Alger Hiss

A government official accused of being a Soviet spy.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

American couple executed for conspiring to pass atomic secrets to the Soviets.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Joseph McCarthy

U.S. Senator known for his anti-communist pursuits and McCarthyism.

Said he had a list of communist government officials to spark fear. fearmongering

Hollywood Ten

Group of filmmakers who refused to testify before HUAC and were blacklisted.

Harry S. Truman

President who introduced the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.

Berlin Airlift

Operation to supply West Berlin after the Soviet blockade.

Berlin Blockade

Soviet attempt to cut off access to West Berlin.

Satellite Nations

Countries in Eastern Europe under Soviet influence.

Soviet Bloc

A group of Eastern European nations allied with the Soviet Union.

Cold War

The period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Containment

U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism.

HUAC

House Un-American Activities Committee, investigated alleged communist activities.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance formed in 1949.

Warsaw Pact

Military alliance of communist nations in response to NATO.

Blacklist

A list of individuals barred from employment due to suspected communist ties.

United Nations

An international organization established to promote peace and cooperation.

Truman Doctrine

Policy to support countries resisting communism; notably applied to Greece and Turkey. against USSR

Marshall Plan

American initiative to aid Western Europe post-WWII to prevent communism. (Lenin refused help+added tension)

McCarthyism

Period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the U.S. during the 1950s.

fear through communists to discredit others

Iron Curtain

Metaphor for the division between the communist and capitalist worlds.

fell in 1945

Communism

A political and economic ideology advocating class war and property collectively owned.

Capitalism

An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.

FDR new deal

creeping socialism (gov provide)

decade of conformity

everyone was doing what everyone was doing in fear of getting accused

no standing out or speaking out

-1954 experimental polio shots given to schools (agreed)

Army-Mccarthy

-forced mccarthy to show his list, laughed out of congress

1949 nuclear tests

1945 atomic bombs dropped

4 years later USSR testing

additional tension

1949-china communist

1951-korean stalemate

Loyalty review program 1947

-prove your loyalty to US

-find spies