Unit 9 Vocabulary USVA

alliance in 1949 by the U.S. & Western European countries in which each member pledges to defend any other if attacked

A defensive alliance created by the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries response to NATO.

doctrine articulated by President Eisenhower saying the U.S. would respond with a nuclear attack if attacked by the USSR

Senator- played on American fears of communism by accusing other Americans of being communists with little evidence

leaders of a spy ring in the United States which supplied technical information about atomic bombs to the Soviet Union.

economic system in which resources are owned & controlled by the entirecommunity, typically through government control.

This system of government is controlled by all members of the state, typically through elected representation.

The American plan to provide financial aid to Europe and Asia to help countries rebuild their economies after WWII.

economic& social system by Karl Marx, all property ownedby the public & each person works& is compensated based on needs

term coined in the 50's. Falsely accusing someone of a crime without evidence; blaming someone based on rumors

A communist country that existed from 1922 until 1991 made up of primarily Russia along with fourteen other nations

state of political hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States of Americawhich existed from 1945 to 1990

An economic system in which resources are allocated based on unrestricted competition between privately owned business

A system of government that requires citizens to completely obey the government is called Totalitarian.