Word Wall/Vocabulary List
For Communism and Containment & The Marshall Plan
Communism
Political theory advocating community ownership of all property, the benefits of
which are to be shared by all according to their needs.
Containment
Strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States in the late 1940s and the
early 1950s in an attempt to keep the Soviet Union and communism from
spreading.
Expansionism
Policy adopted by the Soviet Union whose goal was to spread the ideals of
communism and add to their territory
Alliance
A formal agreement between two or more states for mutual support in case of
war
Ratification
To formally approve and sanction
Coup d’état
A sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially : the violent overthrow
or alteration of an existing government by a small group
Appeasement
To bring about peace, sometimes by concessions that sacrifice the principles of
the peacemaker
Cold War
The open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the
United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies
Coercion
Domination by force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty of April 4, 1949, which
sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and
eastern Europe after World War II.
Point Four Program
U.S. policy of technical assistance and economic aid to underdeveloped
countries, so named because it was the fourth point of President Harry S.
Truman's 1949 inaugural address
Truman Doctrine
Pronouncement by U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, declaring
immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey.
The United States feared these countries were in danger of falling under Soviet
influence if they did not receive this aid.
United Nations
International organization established on October 24, 1945. The UN aims to
maintain peace and security throughout the world and encourage worldwide
cooperation on the solving of problems.
Marshall Plan
U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 European
countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions
could survive