Sullivan Vocabulary Unit 12

Struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1940’s to the early 1990’s that was fought with ideas, words, and money, with no direct conflict between the 2 countries.

• Communism

• Cold War

• Capitalism

• Containment

 An economic system based on private ownership of business

• Democracy

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Baby Boom

A political and economic system in which the government owns all business

and land

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Truman Doctrine

• United Nations

A political system run by the people in which citizens vote for their representatives and their wishes 

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Communism

• McCarthyism

A statement from President Truman promising aid to Greece and Turkey in order to prevent communist takeover in these nations.

• Warsaw Pact

• GI Bill

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

Program under which the United States provided funds to help European countries rebuild after WWII.

• Warsaw Pact

• Marshall Plan

• GI Bill

• NATO

International organization formed in 1945 to promote peace and end conflicts between countries

• United Nations

• HUAC

• Berlin Airlift

• Interstate Highway Act

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance among the nations of Western Europe, United States, and Canada in which they agreed to help each other if attacked by the Soviet Union.

• HUAC

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• McCarthyism

A military alliance of communist nations that agree to work together in case of an attack from an outside source

• Warsaw Pact

• GI Bill

• 38th Parallel

• Cold war

 The first artificial satellite put into Earth’s orbit launched by the Soviet Union

• Cold War

• Sputnik

• Baby Boom

• Space Race