Download Chapter 27 Vocabulary List – The Cold War Era (1945

Chapter 27 Vocabulary List – The Cold War Era (1945-1954)
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*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.
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16. Satellite – A country under the domination or influence of another. (A
body that revolves around a planet.)