Unit 8: The Early Cold War

A U.S. policy providing military and economic aid to nations facing subversion or invasion, initially aimed at supporting Greece and Turkey against communist threats.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• GI Bill

United States’ policy of preventing the spread of communism

• Conformity

• Iron Curtain

• Containment

• Domino Theory

Began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea, involving the UN (led by the U.S.) supporting South Korea and China backing North Korea. (1950-1953)

• Korean War

• 38th Parallel

• Berlin Airlift

• Red China

The fear of communism dominating U.S. politics and society during the early Cold War, also known as McCarthyism.

• 1st Red Scare

• McCarthyism

• Containment

• 2nd Red Scare

Alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations in response to the NATO alliance

• Iron Curtain

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• Axis Powers

Military alliance formed in 1949 by the U.S., Canada, and nations of Western Europe to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union and other nations

• Iron Curtain

• Warsaw Pact

• Axis Powers

• NATO

A U.S.-Soviet competition in space exploration, peaking with the U.S. moon landing in 1969.

• Arms Race

• Space Race

• Sputnik

• Cold War

A term associated with a Senator who led searches for Communist in the U.S. during the early 1950s through his leadership of the HUAC; making harsh accusations without evidence

• HUAC

• Blacklist

• McCarthyism

• Containment

The division between Western Europe and Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe after WWII, popularized by Winston Churchill.

• Containment

• Berlin Wall

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

A program of U.S. aid to Europe following WWII to help those nations recover from the extensive damage to their cities, industries, and transportation

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Containment