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Iron Curtain
Term that represented the sharp division in Europe created by communism. -
Truman Doctrine
Policy made by Harry Truman that the U.S. "support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures". -
Central Intelligence Agency
Agency formed to collect information about foreign governent and spy on them. -
Hollywood Ten
Ten hollywood wirters and directors that were sentenced to a year in jail after refusing to answer questions regarding their beliefs or those of their colleagues. -
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
An international organization created to promote economic cooperation. -
Berlin Airlift
American and Britich airplanes providing supplies to West Berlin over the blockade wall. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A document that set high goals for all member nations of the United Nations. -
The Korean War
War between the U.S. and North Korea after Kim Sung Il tried to reunify the North and South of Korea under his communist rule. -
Hydrogen Bomb Test
The first testing of the hydrogen bomb; the island it was placed on vanished. -
Sputnik
The day the Soviets' first ever artificial satellite launched.