Cold War Key Terms: Containment, Domino Theory, and Major Events

Military Industrial Complex

Information alliance between military and government departments with defense Companies to influence government Policies

Domino Theory

Idea if one country falls the one closest to it will

Containment

Policy of Truman to Prevent further spread of Communism

Satellite nations

Nations held under Soviet domination

Warsaw Pact

Formed by the USSR and Satellite nations to counter NATO

Korean War

Fought from 1950-1953 in order to liberate South Korea From COMMUNISM

Berlin Airlift

Operation to Fly Food and supplies into West Berlin after Soviet Union Closed foods

Chiang Kai-Shek

Leader of nationalist Party in China that fled to Taiwan

Sputnik

First artificial satellite

2nd Red Scare

Time after WWII when People became concerned about Commercial take over in the US

Joseph McCarthy

Senator From Wisconsin who ruined careers of many Politicians and media types

Hollywood 10

Group of Producers, writers, and directors who were alleged to use communist influences in motions Pictures

Taft-Hartley Act

Placed restrictions on labor unions including outlawing Closed Shops

Cold War

Book Published by Walter Lippman in which he referred to the US/Soviet relationships as a state of War with no actual bloodshed

Deterrence

Practice of Stockpiling nuclear weapons to stop another nation from making nuclear attacks

Iron Curtain

In a speech given by Churchill he referred to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe as this

NATO

A Collective Security organization of 15 nations

Marshall Plan

Proposed American aid to Europe after WWII

38th Parallel

Dividing line between North and South Korea

Truman Doctrine

US Policy by Truman to Provide economic and military aid to Free nations threatened by internal and external opponents

Mao Zedong

Led Successful takeover of China

U-2

Spy Plane Shot down

House Un-American Activities Committee

Investigated allegations of communist activity in the US

McCarthyism

Attacks on suspected Communists

Baby Boomers

People born between 1945 and 1964