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The Cold War – Chapter 17 Vocabulary Front Load. Mrs. Tucker World History Victor Valley High School. Vocabulary – Frayer Method. Containment Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan NATO Warsaw Pact Brinkmanship 38 th Parallel Domino Theory Vietnamization Khmer Rouge Détente SALT.
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The Cold War – Chapter 17 Vocabulary Front Load Mrs. Tucker World History Victor Valley High School
Vocabulary – Frayer Method • Containment • Truman Doctrine • Marshall Plan • NATO • Warsaw Pact • Brinkmanship • 38th Parallel • Domino Theory • Vietnamization • Khmer Rouge • Détente • SALT
Containment US Foreign Policy to block Soviet influence and stop the territorial and ideological spread of communism Contain; Control Allow to Spread
Truman Doctrine US Policy to provide financial support and aid to countries that reject Communism; US policy to deter Isolationism Communism
Marshall Plan US Sec of State, George Marshall’s plan to provide Aid to rebuild Europe; Rejected by Eastern Europe; Assistance Plan Treaty of Versailles
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defensive military alliance between 10 western European nations and the US and Canada; Alliance Isolationism
Warsaw Pact Soviet response to NATO, Alliance with Soviet Union And Eastern Bloc Nations; Soviet Military Alliance Individual country protests
Brinkmanship Eisenhower’s policy of being willing to go to the “brink” or edge of war requiring large stock piles of nuclear weapons; Pressing a dangerous level-handed Situation for an advantage diplomacy
38th Parallel Division line of Korea set After World War II to Separate North and South Korea because Division between North United Korea And South Korea
Domino Theory Threat of South east Asian nations falling, which if one nation falls To Communism, the next Would fall like Dominos; Theory to justify US Cold Un-involvement in War Policy World Affairs
Vietnamization Nixon’s plan to allow US troops to gradually Pull out of Vietnam and South Vietnam soldiers to Increase their combat role Gradual withdrawal of Immediate pull out troops
Khmer Rouge Communist leader, Pol Pot’s, plan to try to turn Cambodia into a Communist society killing 2 million people; Cambodian Communist Democratic Rebels government
Détente Nixon’s plan of lessening Cold War Tensions; dealing With other nations in a Practical and flexible manner; Realpolitik Brinkmanship
SALT Agreement between the US & USSR to limit the number of intercontinental ballistic & submarine-launched missiles each country can have 5 year agreement to limit stockpiling arms