1950s Flashcards
Korean War
The fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communist troops and UN forces for control of Korea
Cold War
The period of competition and hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
President Eisenhower’s Secretary of State who developed the policy of brinkmanship
brinkmanship
The willingness to go to the edge of war in order to keep the peace
CIA
The agency of the U.S. government that used spies to get information and to carry out secret actions abroad
Nikita Khrushchev
The leader of the Soviet Union who thought Communism could triumph peacefully
U-2 Incident
The shooting down of an American spy plane by the Soviets
blacklist
People who were accused of being Communists were put on this list which meant they could no longer find work
containment
Term used for the U.S. trying to block Soviet influence
Mao Zedong
Leader of Communists
United Nations (UN)
Most visible sign of hope (promoted peace)
satellite nations
countries dominated by the Soviet Union (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Poland)
Truman Doctrine
Kept Soviet influence from spreading
Marshall Plan
Aid to Western Europe
Berlin airlift
American and British officials started this to fly food and supplies into West Berlin
