Cold War Vocabulary

Precedent

• An earlier event or action that is regarded or thought of as an example or guide later, especially in law and policy

• The conclusion(s) that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated or said out loud

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

Implication

• An earlier event or action that is regarded or thought of as an example or guide later, especially in law and policy

• The conclusion(s) that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated or said out loud

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

Containment

• An earlier event or action that is regarded or thought of as an example or guide later, especially in law and policy

• The conclusion(s) that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated or said out loud

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

Military-industrial complex

• An earlier event or action that is regarded or thought of as an example or guide later, especially in law and policy

• The conclusion(s) that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated or said out loud

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

Domino Theory

• The belief that a political event in one country will cause similar events in its neighbor countries

• Treaties between allies that call for collective defense - an attack on one ally warrants a military response from every nation in the treaty

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

NATO/SEATO

• The belief that a political event in one country will cause similar events in its neighbor countries

• Treaties between allies, including America, France, and Britain, that call for collective defense - an attack on one ally warrants a military response from every nation in the treaty

• The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits (President Truman's policy)

• A country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials that continue to grow with one another as war grows

Fulgencio Batista

• After the US installed nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy and the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Communists made a deal with Fidel Castro to move nuclear missiles into Cuba. This was the closest the world has ever been to all-out nuclear war.

• A failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro by Anti-Communist Cubans that were forced from Cuba during the revolution, which was secretly organized by the US Executive Branch (designed by Eisenhower and executed by JFK)

• The son of a wealthy Cuban family that hated the corruption of the Batista regime and organized a socialist revolution with his brother, Raul. He claimed he was not a Communist, but many of his actions resembled Communism, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• President of Cuba from 1940-1944 and then Dictator of Cuba from 1952-1959 with the United States as his financial support. Known for corruption, he was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959 after losing support from the US.

Fidel Castro

• After the US installed nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy and the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Communists made a deal with Fidel Castro to move nuclear missiles into Cuba. This was the closest the world has ever been to all-out nuclear war.

• A failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro by Anti-Communist Cubans that were forced from Cuba during the revolution, which was secretly organized by the US Executive Branch (designed by Eisenhower and executed by JFK)

• The son of a wealthy Cuban family that hated the corruption of the Batista regime and organized a socialist revolution with his brother, Raul. He claimed he was not a Communist, but many of his actions resembled Communism, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• President of Cuba from 1940-1944 and then Dictator of Cuba from 1952-1959 with the United States as his financial support. Known for corruption, he was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959 after losing support from the US.

The Bay of Pigs

• After the US installed nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy and the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Communists made a deal with Fidel Castro to move nuclear missiles into Cuba. This was the closest the world has ever been to all-out nuclear war.

• A failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro by Anti-Communist Cubans that were forced from Cuba during the revolution, which was secretly organized by the US Executive Branch (designed by Eisenhower and executed by JFK)

• The son of a wealthy Cuban family that hated the corruption of the Batista regime and organized a socialist revolution with his brother, Raul. He claimed he was not a Communist, but many of his actions resembled Communism, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• President of Cuba from 1940-1944 and then Dictator of Cuba from 1952-1959 with the United States as his financial support. Known for corruption, he was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959 after losing support from the US.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

• After the US installed nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy and the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the Soviet Communists made a deal with Fidel Castro to move nuclear missiles into Cuba. This was the closest the world has ever been to all-out nuclear war.

• A failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro by Anti-Communist Cubans that were forced from Cuba during the revolution, which was secretly organized by the US Executive Branch (designed by Eisenhower and executed by JFK)

• The son of a wealthy Cuban family that hated the corruption of the Batista regime and organized a socialist revolution with his brother, Raul. He claimed he was not a Communist, but many of his actions resembled Communism, especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• President of Cuba from 1940-1944 and then Dictator of Cuba from 1952-1959 with the United States as his financial support. Known for corruption, he was overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959 after losing support from the US.