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arms race
A competition to develop better weapons -
HUAC
- Accused often unable to defend themselves-their civil rights often violated.
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Marshall Plan
The rebulding of Europe -
containment
the united states policy to stop the spread of communism. -
Truman Doctrine
– Promised assistance (usually economic & military aid) to all free countries resisting Communism. -
Berlin Airlift
June 24 1948 the soviet blocked roads, canals and rail ways linking berlin to western Germany -
NATO
After the berlin crisis on April 1949, the us joined the western European nations forming N.A.T.O -
McCarthyism
Accusations of disloyalty, subversion & treason made with little evidence -
Korean War,
Soviet and U.S drove China out of Japan, they divide Korea in to two zones. The division was supposed to be temporary but the cold war tensions grew in 1948 south Korea and north Korea set up separate governments. -
Space Race
Soviet union shocked the world for the second time, in November it launched Sputnik ll, and had a dog aboard. January 1958 U.S sent its first satellite. -
balance of power
for the nations to have the same amount of militery power,so no one could over power another one.
