| A | B |
|---|
| Cold War | a deadly contest between the Soviet Union and the United States |
| United Nations | organization founded to promote world peace and help poorer nations |
| Israel | nation founded by Jewish settlers in Palestine |
| Yalta Conference | the Big Three agreed to found the United Nations and allow free elections in Europe |
| containment | Pres. Truman's policy to stop the spread of communism |
| Truman Doctrine | Truman's plan to aid enslaved nations from inside and outside forces |
| Threat in Turkey | Soviets tried to force them to give the Soviets land for a naval base |
| Threat in Greece | Soviets were arming communist rebels in this country |
| Marshall Plan | U.S. plan to rebuild Europe because healthy economies=no communism |
| Berlin Airlift | Soviets closed down ground access to Berlin, U.S. forced to fly in supplies |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | 12 nations, including the U.S. agree to defend each other in case of attack |
| Warsaw Pact | Soviets response to NATO - Europe now divided into two armed camps |
| Iron Curtain | Winston Churchill description of the imaginary wall seperating free Europe from communist Europe |
| China | The worlds most populous nation turned communist in 1949 |
| Korean War | When communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea |
| General Douglas MacArthur | Led Korean war effort - fired for publicly disagreeing with Truman |
| balance of terror | a new and more frightening stage of the cold war - deadlier bombs |
| backyard bomb shelters | used by many Americans for protection during the cold war |
| John F. Kennedy | elected President in 1960 |
| Berlin Wall | built by the communists to keep East Berliners from escaping to free West Berlin |
| Fidel Castro | took over Cuba in 1959 - later turned communist |
| Bay of Pigs | failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles from America - betrayed by JFK |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Soviets put atomic missiles in Cuba - almost causes a nuclear war - Soviets back down |
| Red Scare | fear of communists spies felt by many Americans after World War II |
| Alger Hiss | high government official who was a Soviet spy - convicted of perjury |
| Joseph McCarthy | Wisconsin Senator who accused many of being communists without any proof |
| McCarthyism | using unproven and outlandish charges against opponents |
| Ethel and Julius Rosenberg | American citizens executed as spies for giving atomic secrets to the Soviets |
| Soviet Union | emerged as the strongest nation in Europe after World War II |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Soviet leader after Stalin - involved in Cuban Missile Crisis |
| General Eisenhower | WWII hero that was elected President in 1952 - ended Korean War |
