| A | B |
|---|
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Marshall Plan | The Secretary of State under President Truman. This plan gave economic aid to all European nations to help rebuild after World War II |
| Truman Doctrine | The first time it was followed was when we helped Greece and Turkey in order to help promote and support democracy |
| The Warsaw Pact | A treaty signed by the 8 communist states during the Cold War. Mostly created to maintain control over military forces in Eastern Europe |
| Satellite Nations | Eastern European nation that were communist and under control of the Soviet Union |
| Iron Curtain | As stated by Churchill in his famous speech, this was the "border" the Communists put up in front of the countries that were under their sphere of influence |
| Potsdam Conference | The U.S., U.S.S.R, and Great Britain were present. Continued talks after Yalta Conference and post World War II European boundaries |
| Chiang Kai-Shek | Kicked out of office by Mao Zedong, rest of the Nationalists (Guomindang party) fled to Taiwan |
| Mao Zedong | Leader of the New Chinese Communist state in 1947 |
| Molotov Plan | Stalin's plan to provide economic aid to the Eastern European countries |
| The Rosenbergs | American couple that was sentenced to death due to the conspiracy that they were spies working for the Soviets |
| McCarthyism | Named after an Anti-Communist senator, it is a extreme fear and anger toward Communism and the Soviets (he called them "Reds") |
| Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) | Used to show how much nuclear weapons a certain country has in order to destroy another country. Created by Robert Mcnamara |
| Brinkmanship | the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping |
| Hungarian uprising | Happened in 1956, U.S. didn't help Hungarians because the country was behind the Iron Curtain, and by helping them, we would have caused war against the Soviets |
| Policy of Containment | Coined by George Kennan, a theory of economic, social, and military containment of Communism from the U.S. sphere of influence |
