U.S. History Unit 7 Vocab Review

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Nations dominated by a more powerful country.

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Satellite Nations

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Political/military barrier isolating Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe post-WWII

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Iron Curtain

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Policy to prevent hostile power expansion.

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Containment

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A war with limited resources to achieve a specific goal, like containing communism.

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Limited War

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Systematic attempt to overthrow a government using secretive internal agents.

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Subversion

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Truman's policy for screening federal employees' loyalty to the U.S.

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Loyalty Review Program

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Formal disapproval of an action.

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Censure

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Policy of threatening massive response, including nuclear weapons, against a Communist state seizing a peaceful state by force.

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Massive Retaliation

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Pushing a dangerous situation to the limit to force an opponent to back down.

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Brinkmanship

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Not openly shown; secret.

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Covert