US History Ch 9 Vocabulary

Military alliance of communist countries in response to NATO

Population explosion in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s

Partition built by Soviet Union to stop the flow of refugees from East Berlin into West Berlin

The govt harassed & arrested many people due to their alleged connections to Communist Party

Began when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea

Military alliance of democratic countries to counter any possible Soviet threat

US strategy to keep communism in countries in which it already existed and not let it spread

The ideas and fears of communism voiced by Joseph McCarthy and his supporters

Common term referring to the dividing line between eastern and western Europe

Event involving an American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union

Nations answering to and representing the views of the USSR

Stated that the US would not hesitate to intervene and aid nations overseas to resist communism

Operation in which US & British planes delivered supplies to W Berlin to avoid Soviet blockade

Important link between the military, Congress, and industry that produces needed military goods

Line established to divide Korea after WWII

Provided military veterans with benefits such as job priority, money for education, and loans

A confrontation between the US & USSR in 1962 over the presence of nuclear missiles in Cuba

Rapid growth and spread of suburbs

Provided nations in war-torn Europe with much needed financial support from the US

Established after WWII to provide a place where countries could negotiate rather than go to war

Idea that if one nation fell to communism, then the neighboring nations would soon fall as well

Tension between the US and USSR which many feared would lead to actual war

Stated the US would not hesitate to aid any country in the Middle East resisting communism