CH18 Vocab

This is the international organization established after World War II is dedicated to maintaining peace.

• United Nations (UN)

• League of Nations

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

This is another name for Stalin's puppet states in Eastern Europe. After WWII, these states had to follow a communist government like the USSR.

• Allies

• Satellite Nations

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

The USA believed it had to stop the spread of Communism. This policy guided US foreign policy through most of the Cold War.

• Iron Curtain

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Containment

• Brinksmanship

Winston Churchill said that an _____________ had fallen across Europe at the end of World War II, meaning that half of Europe was no longer free to make its own decisions.

• blitzkrieg

• United Nations

• iron curtain

• Axis Powers

The ideological battle between the USA and USSR,

Capitalism vs Communism

Democratic ideas vs totalitarian Government

• Cold War

• World War II

• Suez Crisis

• Berlin Airlift

In 1947, the USA pledged to stop the spread of Communism by sending troops to Europe, especially in Greece and Turkey

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

In 1947, the USA sent over $13 billion in aid to 16 European nations to rebuild Europe after World War II.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

In 1948, the USA sent supplies to the western part of this German city because Stalin had cut off the free part of the the city from food, fuel, and medicine.

• Berlin Airlift

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Containment

This is an alliance by the USA and many of its allies established post World War II to counter aggressions by the Soviet Union. Each of the 12 original members pledged to aid each other if one was attacked.

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• Hollywood Ten

This is an alliance by the Soviet Union designed to tie eastern Europe closer to the USSSR. These states had to be Communist and help defend each other if attacked by the west.

• Warsaw Pact

• United Nations

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

• satellite states