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38th Parallel: the parallel that divided Korea; almost exactly the same
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Alger Hiss: an American government official who was falsely accused of being a communist
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Berlin Airlift: Stalin made a wall around Berlin cutting off all supplies; Britain, US, and France sent planes with necessary supplies 24/7 for 10 months until Stalin gave up
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CIA: a new agency that was responsible for getting secret information; had to always tell Congress what they were doing
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containment: the idea to contain the Soviets in their space; not let them expand
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Douglas MacArthur: leader of UN soldiers during Korean War who invaded behind the enemy lines and captured the capital; pushed N.K. too far back forcing China to enter the war; eventually got fired for talking bad about Truman
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fall of China: a time period where China lost their civil war to the communistic leaders
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general assembly: all members of the united nations meet; all are equal
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George Kennan: the political scientist who wrote the "Long Telegram"
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Greek/Turkey Conflict: USSR pressures Turkey into allowing them to build a naval base in the Mediterreanean Sea while Greece experiences communistic leaders; Truman gives economic aid to both contries with his Truman Doctrine
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Hollywood Ten: radical writers and directers who went to jail because they didn't testify for HUAC; accused of communism
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HUAC: a committee that wanted to prove communism to Truman through calling in non-comm. people and getting them to turn in their "comm." friends
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Joseph McCarthy: a man who claims he has a list of communists; some of them were in the army and in coordinance with Truman
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: couple who recruits people to steal secrets from the Soviets; get wife's brother to steal secrets in weapons lab; machinist confesses but couple denies; founded guilty and charged death penalty
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Kim Il-Sung: communistic dictator of North Korea; UN not on his side
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Korean War: Kim Il-Sung, a communistic dictator, took over north korea and invaded South korea; Stakub maybe behind all; United Nations decides to help and sends in mostly US troops; Douglas MacArthur helps win; China enters on communistic side; 1953 truce
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Long telegram: a letter written by George Kennan that explained his views on the Soviets; in response to the US Treasurer's question of why the Soviets weren't supporting the World Bank
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Marshall Plan: an economical aid package to Europe that keeps the countries from going under communists
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McCarthyism: the practice of making accusations of disloyalty or treason without proper evidence
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national secuirty council: a group of white house advisers to President that were always communicating with the CIA and Department of Defense
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National security act: an act that reorganized the military and spies and created the "Department of Defense", a department that oversaw all the armed forces, the "National Security Council" and the "CIA"
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NATO: an alliance between most of the countries except for USSR, Poland, and Hungary that formed a committment saying if one was attacked the others would aid them
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NSC-68: ...
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Poland: the country where the soviets put pro-communist people in hopes that they would rule
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Red Scare: time period where Stalin begins to support destroying US; many spies revealed bringing on loyalty tests; Republicans begin to blame Truman and Democrats for communists and the Korean War
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security council: maintenence of international peace and security
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Selective Service Act: an act that revived the peacetime draft
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Syngman Rhee: US style, minus freedom of speech and democracy, ruler of South Korea; UN on his side
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Truman Doctrine: a document that helps Greece win their war against the communists and convinces Turkey to not let the USSR build a base; will help any country with communistic wars
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United Nations: a league that replaced the "League of Nations" with two main bodies: General Assembly and the Security Council; permanent members are the US, Great Britain, Russia, France, and China
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Warsaw Pact: an alliance between the USSR, Poland, and Hungary that was exactly like NATO but dispanded after the cold war
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Whittaker Chambers: a previous Communist and Soviet spy who in the US renounced communism and testified against Alger Hiss
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Yalta: conference where Churchill and US decided to both have a temporary government over Germany
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zones of ocupation: divided Berlin into these; Zones where US, Britain, and France would temporarily control
