| A | B |
|---|
Satellite Nation,  | A country dominated politically and economically by another nation, especially by the Soviet Union during the Cold War |
Iron Curtain,  | Symbolic line dividing free Western Europe and Soviet dominated communist Eastern Europe |
Containment,  | American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world |
Collective Security,  | Policy in which nations agree to protect one another against attack |
Blacklist,  | List that is circulated among employers, containing names of persons who should not be hired |
Domino Theory,  | Belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would likewise fall |
Arms Race,  | A contest between nations in which bother expand their arms stockpiles in an effort to gain superiority |
Brinkmanship,  | Policy of risking war in order to protect national interests |
| Truman Doctrine | aka Containment Policy / US would aid any nation resisting communism |
| Marshall Plan | US gave economic aid to help European Nations resist the tempation of becoming communist |
| Berlin Blockade and Airlift | Soviets cut off all land access to West Berlin to force them to become communists |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Red Scare 1950s | Americans became paranoid of communism |
| McCarthyism | Senator engaged in a witch hunt for communists/ made accusations without evidence that people were communist |
| The countries fighting in the Cold War | Soviet Union and US |
