Unit Seven Flashcards
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Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill’s term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
Satellite nation
Countries that is dominated politically and economically by another nation
Marshall Plan
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)
Truman Doctrine
President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
Cold War
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
Containment
is a way to keep something bad from spreading. If you get chicken pox, you won’t be allowed back in school until you’re not contagious anymore.
Berlin airlift
An operation by British and American aircraft to airlift food and supplies to Berlin in 1948-9, while Russian forces blockaded the city to isolate it from the West and terminate the joint Allied military government of the city.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
HUAC
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives.
38th parallel
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth’s equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia
Douglas MacArthur
A general of the twentieth century, who commanded the forces of the Allies in the Pacific region in World War II.
Joseph McCarthy
United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957).
Mao Zedong
Chinese Communist leader and theorist.
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war.
Korean War
A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea).
Domino theory
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.
Geneva Accords
was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring
Viet cong
A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an agreement between the House of Representatives and the Senate that gave President Lyndon B.
Agent orange
a defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War.
Napalm
a highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers, consisting of gasoline thickened with special soaps.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Hồ Chí Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.
Tet offensive
The Tet Offensive was the series of surprise attacks on major cities, towns, and military bases all throughout South Vietnam.
