| A | B |
|---|
| censure | formal disapproval |
| loyalty review program | established by Pres. Truman to screen all federal employees |
| containment | policy of keeping communism in current territory |
| covert | hidden operations |
| developing nation | a country whose economy is primarily agriculture |
| Iron Curtain | symbol for communist nations of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union |
| limited war | struggle for a specific objective, such as containing communism |
| perjury | lying under oath |
| fallout | the radiation that follows a nuclear blast |
| subversion | an effort to weaken a society & overthrow its gov't |
| satellite nations | Communist countries in Eastern Europe controlled by Soviets |
| agriculture | another word for farming |
| fallout shelter | built to protect people from radiation after nuclear blast |
| McCarthyism | blackening/ruining reputations with vague unfounded charges |
| massive retaliation | threat of nuclear response if Communist state tried to take territory by force |
| HUAC | congressional committee to investigate Communist activities in the U.S. |
| military-industrial complex | relationship that developed between the military establishment & defense industry |
| Sputnik | first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth |
| summit | formal face-to-face meeting of leaders from different countries to discuss important issues. |
