Cold War Vocab (U.S.)

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A country dominated politically and economically by another nation.

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Satellite Nation

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Ten witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with HUAC's investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood.

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Hollywood Ten

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Winston Churchill's 1946 term for the divide between Communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

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Iron Curtain

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List of 500 actors, writers, producers, and directors banned from Hollywood for alleged Communist ties?

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Blacklist

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State of hostility without direct military conflict post-WWII between the US and the Soviet Union.

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cold war

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Line of latitude dividing North and South Korea

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38th Parallel

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Blocking another nation's influence, especially the U.S. efforts against Soviet expansion in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Containment

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_ War: conflict between North and South Korea (1950-1953) with US and UN on South's side, China on North's.

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Korean

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U.S. policy announced by Truman in 1947 providing aid to nations threatened by opponents.

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Truman Doctrine

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Attacks by Senator McCarthy on suspected Communists in the early 1950s.

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McCarthyism