| Term | Definition |
|---|
| satellite nations | a country dominated politically and ecomically by another nation, especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
| iron curtain | term coined by winston chruchill to describe the division between communist and non-communist life |
| cold war | the competition that developed after WWII between the US and the SU for power and influence in the world, lasting until the collapse |
| containment | american policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world |
| truman doctrine | harry truman's 1947 speech gefore a joint session of congress, calling the US to take a leadership role in the world and declaring that the USwould support nations threatened by communism |
| marshall plan | program of american economic assistance to western europe, announed in 1947 |
| berlin airlift | moving supplies into west berlin by american and british planes during a soviet blockade in 1948-1949 |
| north atlantic treaty organization (nato) | agreement calling for the removal of trade restriction among the US, Canada, and Mexico |
| warsaw pact | militarly alliance between the soviet union and the nations of eastern europe, formed in 1996 |
| house of unamerican activities committee | established in 1938 to investigate disloyalty in the US |
| hollywood ten | group of people in the film industry who were jailed for refusing to answer congressional questions regarding communist influence in hollywood |
| blacklist | list that circulated among employers, beginning in 1947, containing the names of persons who should not be hired |
| 38th parallel | latitudinal line that divided norht and south korea at approximately the midpoint peninsula |
| korean war | conflict over the future of the korean peninsula, fought between 1950 and 1953 of ending in a stalemate |
| mccarthyism | term used to describe mccarthy's anti-communist scare tactics |
| GI bill of rights | law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education |
| nasa | created in 1985 by the us govn as an independent agency for space explanation |
| brown v board of education | 1954 supreme court case in which racial segregation in public schools was outlawed |
| montgomery bus boycott | protest in 1955-56 by african americans against racial segregation in the bus system of montgomery, al |
| integration | process of bringing people of different races together |
| new frontier | pres. kennedy's proposals to improve the economy, assist the poor, and advance the space program |
| bay of pigs invasion | failed invasion of cuba by a group of anti-castro forces in 1961 |
| berlin wall | barrier built by the eastern german government to seperate communist and non-communist berlin |
| cuban missile crisis | 1962 crisis that arose between the US and the SU over a soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| domino theory | belief that if one country fails to communism, neighboring countries will likewise rail |
| geneva accords | a 1954 international conference in which Vietnam was divided in 2 nations |
| viet cong | communist guerrillas in south vietnam |
| gulf of tonkin resolution | 1964 congressional resolution authorizing pres. johnson to take military action in vietnam |
| fragmentation bombs | a type of bomb that upon explosion causes pieces of its thick metal casings to be thrown in all directions |
| agent orange | an herbicide used as a chemical weapon during the vietnam war to kill vegetation and expose enemy hiding places |
| napalm | highly flammable chemical dropped from US ho chi minh trailplanes in fire bombing attacks during the vietnam war |
| ho chi minh trail | a supply route used to carry troops and supplies from north vietnam to south vietnam |
| hawks | nickname for a supporter of war, as in the vietnam |
| doves | nickname for a person who opposes war, as in the vietnam |
| vietnamization | president nixon's policy of replacing american military forces with those of south vietnam |
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