| Term | Definition |
|---|
| cold war | Ideological struggle between US and USSR. Included client states. |
| Iron curtain | a political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eatern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region Ex. used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries |
| Bamboo curtain | an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s |
| Brinksmanship | the wilingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down |
| mutually assured destruction | (MAD) if either US or the USSR was hit with a nuclear weapons they would respond with the same |
| Marshall Plan | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) would fly planes to drop care packages and stuff |
| Truman Doctrine | A doctrine that promised to aid people struggling to resist threats to democratic freedom. |
| Domino Theory | the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control |
| Fallout Shelter | a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb |
| the 38th parallel | Dividing line between North and South Korea |
| NATO and Warsaw Pact | North Atlantic Treaty Organization : used if UN doesnt work::Warsaw 1990 disinegrates::EE countries if attacted will support |
| Containment | (military) the act of containing something or someone |
| "Duck and Cover" | The safety caution that many used during the cold war. If there was signs of an atomic bomb hitting one would put his/her hands over neck and croach down in a huddling stance. very close to a corner or the ground. |
| Arms Race | Race to get the most weapons (mostly atomic and hydrogen bombs) between the U.S. and U.S.S.R |
| Berlin Wall | a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West- became a symbol of the cold war that divided europe |
| Joseph Stalin | ruled the USSR during WWII; ruled from 1928-1953 after Lenin; name means "steel" in Russian (communist) |
| Mao Zedong | Chinese communist leader (1893-1976) WW2 |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet statesman and premier who denounced stalin (1894-1971) |
| Kim Il Sung | communist ruler of North Korea |
| Kim Jong 2 | son of Kim Il Sung, became ruler of North Korea after his father |
| Harry S. Truman | elected Vice President in Roosevelt's 4th term |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be Pres. of the USA |
| Winston Churchill | British statesman and leader during World War II- came up w/ iron curtain |
| George Marshall | United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959) |
| Douglas Macarthur | got fired by pres truman for wanting a nuclear/ atomic war. United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II |
| CIA and KGB | The CIA is the Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It was formed during World War II to coordinate different espionage activities between the branches of the US military services. The KGB is the Russian abbreviation of Committee for State Security. It was the official name of the umbrella organization serving as the Soviet Union's premier intelligence agency, security agency, and secret police from 1954 to 1991. |
| Berlin Airlift | airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
| Korean War | a war between North and South Korea |
| Truman fires Macarthur | for wanting to drop all bombs on Korea and making it pubclic |
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