US History: Unit 5 Topic 1 FLASH CARDS

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an international organization that consists of the U.S., Canada, Britain, and other European countries, all of whom have agreed to support one another if they are attacked. NATO is an abbreviation for 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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NATO

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apolitical and military alliance established on May 14, 1955, between the Soviet Union and several eastern European countries.

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Warsaw Pact

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an economic system in which the government controls all aspects of the economy. There is no private property and very little individual freedom. This was the economic system of the USSR (Soviet Union).

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Communism

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an economic system in which individuals control most aspects of the economy. People make their own career, business, and consumer choices. This is the kind of economic system we have in the United States.

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Capitalism

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a term used by British leader Winston Churchill to describe the situation in eastern Europe as this area fell under USSR's communist control after WWII.

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Iron Curtain

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foreign policy established by US President Harry S. Truman. He believed the US should take all possible means to protect nations from falling to communism after WWII. This policy was immediately and effectively used after WWII in Turkey and Greece as the US gave them around $400 million.

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Truman Doctrine

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US foreign policy after WWII that sought to stop communism from spreading further in the world. The countries that had fallen behind the communist iron curtain were considered a loss and the goal was now to protect other countries from falling to communism.

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Containment Policy

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also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the European continent.

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Marshall Plan

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leader of the communist revolution in China. He was the dictator of Communist China from 1949 till his death in 1976.

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Mao Zedong

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fear of the spread of communism into the US during the Cold War, directly after WWII.

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Second Red Scare