NWRHS US History Ch 20 vocab
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- Harry S. Truman
- Democratic president 1945-53; "The buck stops here."; showed an extraordinary capacity for quick, effective, yet restrained action
- "The buck stops here."
- sign on Harry Truman's desk; The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck" which means passing the responsibility on to someone else.
- communism
- system of government where society as a whole (represented by the Commmunist Party) owns and controls property and the means of production (land, labor, capital)
- satellite nations
- nations that were held under Societ domination
- purges
- To get rid of people considered undesirable
- "Iron Curtain"
- used by Winston Churchill in 1946 in a speech in Fulton, Missouri to describe the demarcation (differences) between democratic and communist countries
- buffer zone
- safety zone
- promise of the communists
- to abolish poverty, privilege, and private property; they guaranteed productive work, shelter, education, health care, and a classless society
- guerrilla warfare
- armed bands that are not a part of a regular military unit
- containment
- Truman policy to prevent the further spread of communism; based on the belief that foreign policy goals of the Soviets included conquering other nations