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The state of relations between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies between the end of World War II to 1990
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Cold War
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A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a communism.
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Containment
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Political term that refers to a country which is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country.
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Satellite Nation
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Extend between all nations the exchange of basic scientific information for peaceful ends.
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Baruch Plan
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Implement control of atomic energy to the extent necessary to ensure its use only for peaceful purposes;
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Baruch Plan
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Eliminate from national armaments atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction.
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Baruch Plan
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August 1, 1946 Created Atomic Energy Commission charged with controlling the development and manufacture of nuclear weapons and overseeing the research and development of peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
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Atomic Energy Act
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In 1947, Soviet-American tensions developed in Greece and Turkey and culminated in the _______________________.
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Truman Doctrine
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Program proposed by U.S. Secretary of state George C. Marshall on June 5, 1947, to provide foreign assistance to European nations after World War II.
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Marshall Plan
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The Allies decided to take the unprecedented step of supplying West Berlin from the air, flying cargo to its three airfields, Tegel, Gatow, and Templehof (1948-9).
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Berlin airlift
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International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion (1948).
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NATO
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(1955-91) Military alliance comprising eight states—Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the USSR—led by the USSR and throughout its 35-year history the principal opponent of and military threat to NATO.
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Warsaw Pact
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Established in 1947, serves as the President's main forum for taking up national security and foreign policy matters.
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National Security Council
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Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, established in 1938 under Martin Dies as chairman, that conducted investigations through the 1940s and '50s into alleged communist activities.
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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
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A group of screenwriters who were accused of being Communists during the Joseph McCarthy era.
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Hollywood Ten
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Sometimes called the McCarran Act or the anticommunist law, is one of the most controversial and least understood laws in the history of the republic.
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Internal Security Act
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Truman opposed the passing of the _______________________, arguing that it "would betray our finest traditions" / "curb the simple expression of opinion". The Congress overrode Truman's veto.
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Internal Security Act
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