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NATO

A political and military alliance of 30 European and North American counties that cooperate on defense and security

Article 5

Collective defense packed were an armed attack against one member is considered an attacked against all

Cold War

The era when the two superpowers, US, USSR, never directly fought directly each other

Iron curtain

East of the line The USSR had gain control of satellites. West of this line there were capitalist democracies of Europe.

Containment

We should respond by becoming strong enough to wait until the USSR became less hostile. Keep communism from spreading any further than it already had.

Truman Doctrine

To help the government of Turkey in Greece. It was the first political expression of policy of containment helping keep government from becoming communist

Marshall plan

Economic recovery program

Duck and cover

What the 1940s through 1960s practiced when an atomic bomb dropped

Mao Zedong

Chinese leader, who successfully led a communist evolution in mainland, China

38th parallel

Dividing a line between north and South Korea

Chinese civil war

Douglas MacArthur

Exposed many communists in America

Korea war cause

Japan invaded Korea

Korean War course

Korean War consequences

The Korea split along the 30th parallel with a communist, controlling the north and the US backed capitalist controlling the south

CIA

Secret foreign intelligence gathering organization used to carry out operations outside to the US to protect political and economic American interest

Coups

violent an illegal seizure of government power done by military, existing politicians, it can be fake sometimes it is aided by outside powers, like the CIA

Operation Ajax

To overthrow the Iran’s elected Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh

Red scare

Fear that communist were working to destroy the American way of life

HUAC

Investigate possible subversive activities-spying or trying to convert people’s ideas

Hollywood Ten

Group of movie writers, directors, and producers who refused to answer HUAC questions about communist ties

Black list

People who were not hired because of their suspected communist ties

McCarthyism

Extreme, reckless charges an accusation could destroy a careers or reputation