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Chapter 27 Vocabulary List – The Cold War Era (1945-1954) KEY *1. United Nations (UN) – An international organization set-up to settle disputes between nations and prevent future wars. 2. Iron Curtain – The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II. 3. Containment – The policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power. *4. Truman Doctrine – A policy that committed the United States to help nations threatened by communism and Soviet expansion through military and economic aid. *5. Marshall Plan – A program of economic aid for Western Europe to rebuild after World War II and a vital part of the policy of containment. 6. Airlift – A system of transporting food and supplies by aircraft into an area otherwise impossible to reach. 7. Cold War – A struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods short of war. *8. N.A.T.O. – North Atlantic Treaty Organization: April 1949, the United States, Canada, and 10 Western European nations signed a mutual defense pact or alliance. *9. Warsaw Pact – 1955 the Soviet Union created an alliance of its own with the Communist governments of Eastern Europe. 10. Inflation – A continuous rise in the price of goods and services. *11. C.I.A. – Central Intelligence Agency: Collects information (spies) about what is going on in other countries, evaluating it, and passing it on to the president and other foreign policy decision makers. 12. Stalemate – A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give-up. 13. Demilitarized Zone – A region where no military forces or weapons are permitted. 14. Subversion – An attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within. 15. Blacklists – List of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as by being refused jobs. Found in dictionary 16. Satellite – A country under the domination or influence of another. (A body that revolves around a planet.)