Beginning Cold War 1950s 2

Imaginary wall separating Soviet satellite countries from the west

• Iron Curtain

• Red Scare

• Berlin Wall

• Communist Stonewall

Massive aid program for war torn European countries.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Stalin Plan

• United Nations

Congressional committee questioned actors, directors, writers and others about their possible Communists sympathies.

• House of Un-American Activities Committee

• House Investigative Committee

• Communist Finding Committee

• Reds Be Gone Committee

designed to limit retaliation from an enemy for fear of nuclear attack

• Hydrogen Bomb
• Deterrent
• Arms Race
• Mutually Assured Destruction

US would not attempt to overturn communism where it already existed, but they resolved not to allow it to spread

• Containment Policy
• One China Policy
• Vietnamization
• Domino Theory

US President offered military aid to Greece and Turkey when communist rebels threatened these two countries

• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Nixon Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Roosevelt Doctrine

Soviet Union reacted to creation of Western European alliances by unifying Eastern European satellite countries

• NATO
• SEATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Moscow Pals

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act; helped veterans with low interest home loans and money for college education

• Heroes Legislation
• G.I. Bill
• Soldier Service Bill
• College Aid Bill

1957 the soviets launched the first man-made satellite, marked the beginning of what becomes known as the space race

• Sputnik
• Sputnik 2
• Molniya
• Almaz

Stalin ordered a blockade in 1947, the US organized a massive humanitarian relief effort to supply and feed the city

• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Blockade
• Winter in Berlin