| A | B |
|---|
| McCarthyism | era where people were accused of being Communist, in the end no evidence was ever found |
| Blacklisting | refusal to hire you because of your alleged associations with Communism |
| Communism | political system in which all means of production-land, mines, factories, railroads and businesses are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally |
| Cold War | war of ideologies |
| President Truman | President at the beginning of the Korean War |
| 38th Parallel | division between North Korea and South Korea |
| General MacArthur | in charge of US troops in Korea, eventually relieved of his duties |
| United Nations | peace keeping organization that was involved in the Korean War |
| North Korea | Communist nation backed by the Soviet Union |
| South Korea | Democratic nation supported by the US and its allies |
