| A | B |
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| HUAC | House Unamerican Activities Committee formed to look for communists in Hollywood |
| Cold War | A conflict between the USA and USSR fought mostly with words, threats, science, and economics |
| Isolationism | Foreign policy where the USA kept to ourselves and did not worry about other countries |
| Foreign Policy | All laws, guidelines and rules that are followed when dealing with other countries |
| Containment Policy | USA foreign policy with the goal of stopping the spread of communism in the world |
| Iron Curtain | the imaginary line that divides the "good" countries of West Europe from the "evil" countries of east Europe |
| Truman Doctrine | USA will help countries trying to fight communism (Greece & Turkey) |
| Berlin Airlift | Supplies flown into West Berlin after the USSR cut off access roads |
| Marshall Plan | $13 billion to help rebuild Europe (factories, schools, hospitals) |
| McCarthyism | Witch hunt for communists during the 1950's; now used to mean false accusations |
| Satellite Countries | Countries surrounding the Soviet Union, followed communism |
| NATO | Group of countries (USA & West Europe) that promised to protect each other |
| Warsaw Pact | Group of countries (USSR & East Europe) that promised to protect each other |
| Hot War | Active conflict with fighting between countries |
| 38th Parallel | Line that divided communist North Korea from democratic South Korea |
| Baby Boom | Growth in Birth rates in the USA between 1946-1964 |
| GI Bill | Money given to veterans for college, buying houses, or unemployment |
| Bomb Shelters | underground bunkers or concrete basements bult to save people from nuclear bombs |
| Duck and Cover Drills | Lessons taught to children to protect them from nuclear weapons |
| Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | area of no man's land between North Korea and South Korea |
| Korean War | U.N. police action that the U.S. supported |
| Joseph Stalin | leader on Soviet Union until 1953 |
| Nikita Krushchev | leader of Soviet Union after 1953 |
| Loyalty Review Board | went through the national government to look for communists |
| Hollywood 10 | group of people that plead the 5th rather than answer questions from HUAC |
| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | executed for espionage |
| Alger Hiss | guilty of perjury after being on trial for spying |
| Joseph McCarthy | heightened fear of communism in the Senate |
| CIA | group used by Eisenhower to keep communism from spreading |
| Brinkmanship | to push the enemy to edge of war |
| Sputnik | satellite put in orbit by the Soviet Union |
| Explorer I | American satellite |
| U2 spy plane | was shot down over Soviet air space |
| Flexible Response | JFK's philosophy to fight the Cold War |
| Bay of Pigs | failed invasion of Cuba |
| Berlin wall | constructed in 1962 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | JFK established a blockade around Cuba to stop missiles from reaching the island |
| conformity | to look and live the same as other Americans |
| affluence | prosperity or wealth |
| anxiety | fear of communism and nuclear war |
| Domino Theory | If one country falls to communism other countries wil fall |
| Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) | Having enough nuclear weapons on both sides that would destroy both countries if one starts a war |
