Cold War Beginnings Vocab
political ideology where a one-party state controls the economy
communism
He asked Congress for $400 million to fight communist aggression in Europe... this became his doctrine
Harry S. Truman
spying to gain government secrets
espionage
This man claimed to have a list of 205 names of State Department employees who were members of the Communist Party...
Joseph R. McCarthy
relax or ease tensions between nations
detente
nations controlled by another more powerful country
satellite nations
He was involved with two major "failures" of the Cold War... the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
the Cold War competition of space exploration
space race
Joseph Stalin
political idea based on the willingness to accept opinions, openess to new ideas
liberalism
the strategy to stop the spread of communism
containment
He promoted the idea that guerrilla groups should try to overthrow their communist government
Ronald Reagan
the threat of taking extreme measures against communism
massive retaliation
He proposed the European Recovery Plan
George C. Marshall
political idea based on the commitment to traditional values and ideas, opposition to change or innovation
conservatism
the "barrier" that isolated satellite nations from Eastern Europe
iron curtain
Upon his final moments as President, he warned of the threat of the military-industrial complex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
the tactic of damaging reputations with unfounded charges
McCarthyism
He led a team to construct the first nuclear bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer
the Soviet economic idea that allowed some private enterprise and profits
perestroika
if one nation falls to communism, neighboring countries would follow
domino theory
He was President when the Soviet Union collapsed
George H.W. Bush
relationship between military and industries that benefit from wartime that promotes military spending
military-industrial complex
This Soviet was the first man spent to space
Yuri Gagarin
openness, allowing more freedoms
glasnost