United Nations - international organization formed after WWII to serve as a peacekeeper in world conflicts, Truman Doctrine - US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism, Marshall Plan (1948) - Program proposed by General George Marshall, to help European countries rebuild after WWII; the US offered economic aid to the war-torn countries, NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization - a military alliance formed between the US, Canada and ten western European countries, Berlin Airlift - US operation that flew flood and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet Union set up a blockade in 1948, Containment - the foreign policy that the US should prevent communism from spreading to other nations, Korean War (1950-1953) - After WWII, Korea was divided between North and South at the 38th parallel; N. Korea (communist) invaded S. Korea (democratic) in 1950 - the US sent troops to help out the S. Koreans; in 1953, the war ended in a stalemate but S. Kora remained a deomcracy, arms race - a competition between the US and USSR for superior weapons technology; began with atomic bomb, Sputnik (1957) - USSR launched this satellite into outer space; began the space race - led to increased funding in math and science education, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) - created to find those who had Communist sympathies, The Rosenbergs - an American couple accused of Communism and helping the Soviet Union obtain information about the atomic bomb; both found guilty and sentenced to death, Joseph McCarthy - Senator from Wisconsin who became famous by accusing people of being Communists without evidence, McCarthyism - witch-hunt of suspected Communists in the 1950's, Domino Theory - the belief that if one country fell to communism, then others around it would too, "Iron Curtain" - said by Winston Churchill; and idea that Europe is divided with Western democratic nations on one side and the communist nations on the other side, Warsaw Pact - military alliance created for the purpose of 'collective security' for the USSR and its satellite nations during the Cold War,

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