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Cold War Vocabulary
capitalism
capitalism
• Economic system based on private ownership and the free market
communism
communism
• Economic system based on government ownership and control of resources
Marxism
Marxism
• Economic and political philosophy based on the writings of Karl Marx
• Basis of many communist governments
McCarthy-ism
McCarthy-ism
• Red Scare• Witch hunts • accusations of
disloyalty without evidence
• Senator McCarthy made accusations of people being communists and traitors during the Cold War.
appeasement
appeasement
• Giving in to avoid conflict
isolationist
isolationist
Containment
Containment
• Stop Soviet communist expansion
Arms Race
Arms Race
• A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to make the most nuclear and the best weapons.
Arms Race
• 1949 Soviet Union tested its own atom bomb
• 1952 U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb
• 1953 Soviet Union tested its own hydrogen bomb
Space Race
Space Race
• Competition between the US and the USSR to explore space
• Russia put up the first satellite and sent the first man into space
• US landed the first man on the moon
Apollo 11The Moon
Landing
1969
Iron Curtai
n
Iron Curtain
• A metaphor for the division between the communist and democratic countries of Europe
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
We will stop Communism.
We will help any country that is threatened by Communists
• the United States would provide foreign aid to any country threatened by communist expansion
Truman Doctrine
OAS1948
OAS
• Organization of American States• To promote peace, economic development,
and democracy in the U.S., Central and South America
1948
NATO1949
NATO
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization• Alliance between the U.S., Canada, and 10
Western European Nations• To provide mutual defense and peacekeeping
1949
Warsaw Pact1955
Warsaw Pact
• Formed in response to NATO• Soviet Union and 7 Eastern European nations• To provide mutual defense
1955
SEATO1955
SEATO
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization• To prevent the spread of communism in
Southeast Asia
1955
Proxy War
• USSR (Russia) didn’t want to fight US
• US didn’t want to fight USSR (Russia)
Proxy War
• Two sides that don’t want to fight each other directly use a third parties to fight for them
• The Korea war is an example
Red Scare
Red Scare
• A time of extreme anti-communism in the United States
• People were scared that communists had infiltrated the government