Cold War Vocabulary

capitalism

capitalism

• Economic system based on private ownership and the free market

communism

communism

• Economic system based on government ownership and control of resources

Marxism

Marxism

• Economic and political philosophy based on the writings of Karl Marx

• Basis of many communist governments

McCarthy-ism

McCarthy-ism

• Red Scare• Witch hunts • accusations of

disloyalty without evidence

• Senator McCarthy made accusations of people being communists and traitors during the Cold War.

appeasement

appeasement

• Giving in to avoid conflict

isolationist

isolationist

Containment

Containment

• Stop Soviet communist expansion

Arms Race

Arms Race

• A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to make the most nuclear and the best weapons.

Arms Race

• 1949 Soviet Union tested its own atom bomb

• 1952 U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb

• 1953 Soviet Union tested its own hydrogen bomb

Space Race

Space Race

• Competition between the US and the USSR to explore space

• Russia put up the first satellite and sent the first man into space

• US landed the first man on the moon

Apollo 11The Moon

Landing

1969

Iron Curtai

n

Iron Curtain

• A metaphor for the division between the communist and democratic countries of Europe

Truman Doctrine

Truman Doctrine

We will stop Communism.

We will help any country that is threatened by Communists

• the United States would provide foreign aid to any country threatened by communist expansion

Truman Doctrine

OAS1948

OAS

• Organization of American States• To promote peace, economic development,

and democracy in the U.S., Central and South America

1948

NATO1949

NATO

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization• Alliance between the U.S., Canada, and 10

Western European Nations• To provide mutual defense and peacekeeping

1949

Warsaw Pact1955

Warsaw Pact

• Formed in response to NATO• Soviet Union and 7 Eastern European nations• To provide mutual defense

1955

SEATO1955

SEATO

• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization• To prevent the spread of communism in

Southeast Asia

1955

Proxy War

• USSR (Russia) didn’t want to fight US

• US didn’t want to fight USSR (Russia)

Proxy War

• Two sides that don’t want to fight each other directly use a third parties to fight for them

• The Korea war is an example

Red Scare

Red Scare

• A time of extreme anti-communism in the United States

• People were scared that communists had infiltrated the government