Cold War Vocabulary by Hannah Huggins https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-03-26 17:31:13 UTC 2024-09-05 21:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Containment Policy-numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162639925 2017-03-26 17:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162639925 Truman Doctrine-established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162639955 2017-03-26 17:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162639955 Marshall Plan-A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. It was proposed by the United States secretary of state, General George C. Marshall. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640028 2017-03-26 17:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640028 Berlin Airlift-A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at that time surrounded West Berlin (see Berlin wall), had cut off its supply routes. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640295 2017-03-26 17:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640295 Berlin Wall-The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall completely cut off West Berlin hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640326 2017-03-26 17:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640326 McCarthyism-the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640492 2017-03-26 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640492 Red Scare (2nd)-refers to the fear of communism that permeated American politics, culture, and society from the late 1940s through the 1950s, during the opening phases of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640525 2017-03-26 17:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640525 Bomb shelters-an enclosed space or structure designed to protect people from explosive weapons such as bombs or missiles. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640546 2017-03-26 17:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640546 Korean War-The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640577 2017-03-26 17:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640577 Bay of Pigs-The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640592 2017-03-26 17:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640592 GI Bill-A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640609 2017-03-26 17:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640609 Suburbanization-is a population shift from central urban areas into suburbs, resulting in formation of (sub)urban sprawl. Sub-urbanization is inversely related to urbanization, which denotes population shift from rural areas into urban centres. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640631 2017-03-26 17:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640631 White flight-is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the mid-20th century, and applied to the large-scale migration of people of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640663 2017-03-26 17:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640663 Race riots-1919 was a major racial conflict that began in Chicago, Illinois on July 27, 1919 and ended on August 3. During the riot, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640701 2017-03-26 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640701 Federal Defense Highway Act- 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640733 2017-03-26 17:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640733 Eisenhower Doctrine-country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640793 2017-03-26 17:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640793 OPEC-The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group consisting of 12 of the world's major oil-exporting nations. OPEC was founded in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members, and to provide member states with technical and economic aid. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640942 2017-03-26 17:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640942 Space Race-was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640988 2017-03-26 17:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162640988 Sputnik-Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. Wikipedia hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162641009 2017-03-26 17:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162641009 nuclear arms race-was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. hannahhuggins112 https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162641036 2017-03-26 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannahhuggins112/k0pj3hoodvhl/wish/162641036