Origins of the Cold War VFL

United Nations

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

Satellite Nations

Countries dominated by the Soviet Union.

Containment

policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders

Iron Curtain

Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.

Cold War

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

Truman Doctrine

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

Marshall Plan

A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.

Berlin Airlift

airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Defensive military alliance in which nations promised to defend each other if any member was threatened

Mao Zedong

Chinese communist leader.

Taiwan

Where the chinese nationalist fled after being defeated.

38th Parallel

Dividing line between North and South Korea.

Korean War

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.

House Un-American Activities Committee

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)

Organization created to investigate alleged disloyal acts against the US government.

Hollywood Ten

ten witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the HUAC's investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood

Blacklist

list of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties.

Alger Hiss

Alger Hiss

Accused of being a Communist spy and was convicted of perjury. The case was prosecuted by Richard Nixon.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

American communists who were executed after having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage because they helped give the Soviet Union information about the atomic bomb.

Joseph McCarthy

senator who accused many Americans, especially politicians, of having Communist ties with little proof to keep his seat in the senate.

McCarthyism

The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism with little to no proof.

H-Bomb

Hydrogen bomb; a bigger and better atomic bomb.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President during the Cold War

Brinkmanship

the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

A U.S. agency created to gather secret information about foreign governments.

Central Intelligence Agency

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Warsaw Pact

An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

Eisenhower Doctrine

Policy of the US that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country

Nikita Khrushchev

Ruler of the Soviet Union after Stalin died. Believed in communism spreading peacefully.

U-2 Incident

CIA spy plane was shot down in the Soviet Union. The pilot got 10 years in the Soviet Union's prison.