United Nations (UN) Established on June 26
1945; A new peacekeeping body
Satellite nation Countries dominated by the Soviet Union and installed communist governments in Albania
Bulgaria
Containment
taking measures to prevent any extension of communist rule to other countries (Proposed by George F. Kennan)
Iron curtain
A phrase that stood for the division of Europe but Stalin believed the words were “a call to war”
Cold War
the state of hostility, without direct military conflict,that developed between the United States and the Soviet Unionafter World War II
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy, announcedby President Harry S. Truman in 1947, of providing economic andmilitary aid to free nations threatened by internal or externalopponents
Marshall Plan
the program, proposed by Secretary ofState George Marshall in 1947, under which the United Statessupplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuildafter World War II
Berlin Airlift
a 327-day operation in which U.S.and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin afterthe Soviets blockaded the city in 1948.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
a defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada.
Potsdam Conference
In July 1945, The U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union met at Postdam. Clement Attlee replaced Churchill’s spot, and Stalin promised to allow free elections
Chiang Kai–shek
Nationalist government; U.S. supported between 1945–1949 and sent about $3 billion in aid
Mao Zedong
A communist leader who gained strength throughout the country
Taiwan
Chiang and the remaining of his government fled to the island also called Formosa
38th parallel
Japanese troops north of the parallel surrendered to the Soviets and troops south of the parallel surrendered to the Americans
Korean War
On June 25 1950
HUAC
an agency that investigated possible communist influence both outside and inside the U.S. government
Hollywood Ten
Witnesses who refused to testify because they believed the hearings were unconstitutional
Blacklist
a list of people who were condemned for having a communist background
Alger Hiss
accused of spying for the Soviet Union
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
activists in the American Communist Party but denied the charges against them using the 5th amendment
Joseph McCarthy
Anti–Communist Republican senator from Wisconsin
McCarthyism
the act of unsupported accusations of communism in the early 1950s
H–Bomb
a more destructive nuclear weapon then the atomic bomb (also known as the hydrogen bomb)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The President
