Arms race/cold war – Flashcards

Mutual assured destruction, or MAD, is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.

Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.

the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.

Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. Though he largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida.

the Cold War period after World War II, U.S. foreign-policy pronouncement by President Dwight D. Eisenhower promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.

The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence.

NASA is a United States government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space.

Started a revolution in China and took control turning it into a communist country and was chairman for 25 years.

The 38th parallel north formed the border between North and South Korea prior to the Korean War.

The term satellite state designates a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.

The Iron Curtain was the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey.

A military strategy to stop the expansion of the enemy.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.

The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.

A "Red Scare" is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism.

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was originally created in 1938 to uncover citizens with Nazi ties within the United States.

Ten hollywood directors that got blacklisted because they refused to answer questions about their religous beliefs.

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."

G.I. Bill (of Rights) U.S. legislation passed in 1944 that provided benefits to World War II veterans.Apr 24, 2014

The dramatic increase in the number of births from 1946 to 1964 in the United States (1947 to 1966 in Canada and 1946 to 1961 in Australia) is called the Baby Boom.

a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine, especially the southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of businesses and population into these states from the colder northern states.

the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers or the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods.

Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 - March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the best-sellers of all time. Its message to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do."

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The law authorized the construction of a 41,000-mile network of interstate highways that would span the nation.