Cold War Vocabulary

ARMS RACE

• high increase in the quality and quantity of military equiptment
• First one took place when France and Russia messed with the naval superiority of Britain.

FALLOUT SHELTERS

• was a civil defense
• reduce casualties in the nuclear war

HOUSE UN- AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

• House of Rep.
• looked for anything related to communist activities

ALGER HISS

• U.S official who was accused of being a Soviet spy.
• convicted with perjury when he was connected to that crime in the 1950s.

ROSENBERG CASE

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
• American couple who was caught and killed for bring Russian spies.
• Some that they were innocent during this era.

JOSEPH McCARTHY

• An American politician
• Also a U.S senator
• for the states Wisconsin

HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST

• Started to think certain Hollywood professionals were apart of productions that were communist inspired.
• Denying the practice of "Movie" like productions.

SPACE RACE

• Competition between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
• VS.Spacelight Supremacy

NASA

• Made the civilian space program.
• And the aeronautics and aerospace research.
• July 29, 1958

IRON CURTAIN

• barrier that sepearated the current soviet union to the previous
• Due to the decline of communism.

BERLIN AIRLIFT

• Late 1940s
• Brought food and and goods to West Berlin
• East Germany cut supply routes off but still found the way through air.

TRUMAN DOCTRINE

• Seemed like an open door to the cold war for the communist.
• U.s gives support to countries controlled over buy communist

CONTAINMENT

• to stop or contol the spread of harsh countries and policies
• communist counties will eventually fall apart

MARSHALL PLAN

• The U.S gave economic support to countries who have suffered a loss of land or anything during WW11.
• Prosed by George C. Marshall a U.S Secretary of state.

Douglas MacArthur

• 5-star General and field Marshall of the hilippine Army
• chief of staff of the U,S Army
• Has a major roll in ww11 Pacific Theater

SUEZ CANAL CRISIS 1956

• In 1956
• Gamal A. Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal.
• Was controlled by Great Britain.

GENEVA ACCORDS

• resovling tension between French forces and Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• In 1954

17TH PARALLEL

• presented by Geneva Accords was the line of milatary barrier between North and south Vietnam

JOHN FOSTER DULLES

• U.S secretary of state under the direction of Pres.Eisenhower.
• Advocated agressive stance against communist.

MASSIVE RETALIATION

• Military and Nuclear Strategies
• In the the vocab word retaliate meaning fighting back when threatened.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

• William J. Donovan in Charge of the CIA
• Appointed by FDR.
• National Secrurity act of 1947 was started by the CIA

NATO

• Security and freedom of their members through political and military means.
• Supports democratic views
• peaceful disputes involving the military

WARSAW PACT

• same as NATO
• But for the Soviet Union and Seven Other states in Central and eastern Europe.

SEATO

• SouthEast Asian Treaty Organization
• For collective defense for SouthEasten Asia

U-2 INCIDENT

• May 1 1960
• Two U-2 spy planes were shot down by soviet Air Space

FIDEL CASTRO

• Cuban politician
• Also was a Prime Minister of cuba

BAY OF PIGS

• Failed military invasion for Cuba
• In 1961
• By the CIA and Fidel Castro

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• 13 day political Stand off
• By The U.S and the USSR.

BRINKMANSHIP

• BRINK of war
• Pursuing a dangerous policy
• Game of Chicken