Postwar Vocab

Countries occupied and controlled by the Soviets following WWII. The countries were typically located between the Soviet Union and Germany.

• Satellite State

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

• Productivity

The keep communism within the countries where it already is present

• Containment

• Productivity

• Limited War

• Consumerism

A Western military alliance that proved if Western countries collaborate against the Soviets, they could be victorious. This was formed after the Berlin Airlift proved this strategy successful.

• NATO

• SEATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Blacklist

A military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellites, it was formed in response to West Germany being accepted into NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• SEATO

• Containment

• Blacklist

The ideological divide between the communist East and the capitalist West

The division between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea

• 38th Parallel

• Iron Curtain

• Limited War

• Termination

Fighting a war to achieve a very specific set of goals, not all-out war

• Limited War

• Total War

• Totalitarianism

• Brinkmanship

A military alliance formed to prevent communism from spreading. Pakistan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, France, the Philippines, Britain, and the United States are all members of the defensive alliance.

• SEATO

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Mutually Assured Destruction.

The United States and the Soviet Union created, and were prepared to use, nuclear weapons that could destroy not only each other, but the entire planet. They hoped this fact would restrain the other from actually using the weapons

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Blacklist

• McCarthyism

• Consumerism

In our dealings with the Soviets, we were on the verge of war to protect our allies, prevent war, and discourage aggression from communist countries.

• Brinkmanship

• GI Bill of Rights

• Taft-Hartley Act

• Urban Renewal