US History Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Front Back
What is the term for: and independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation?
Satellite State
What is the term for: a world-wide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Cold War
What is the term for: a term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe?
Iron curtain
What is the term for: President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements?
Truman Doctrine
What is the term for: policy of keeping communism contained within it's existing borders?
Containment
What is the term for: an economic and foreign policy that offered aid to Western European countries after World War II?
The Marshall Plan
What is the term for: a program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade?
Berlin airlift
What is the term for: military alliance formed to counter Soviet expanison?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What is the term for: military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states?
Warsaw Pact
An American diplomat and a leading authority on the Soviet Union
George F. Kennan
He was the Nationalist leader during the Chinese Civil War. Backed by the United States.
Jiang Jieshi
He was the Communist leader during the Chinese Civil War. Backed by the Soviet Union.
Mao Zedong
The dividing line of North and South Korea.
38th Parallel
World War II hero who helped the US come to victory during the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
What is the term for: war fought to achieve only specific goals?
Limited War