7. Cold War Flashcards
The policy that the U.S. should prevent Communism from spreading to other nations
Containment
The belief is that if a nearby nation became communist, then surrounding nations would do the same.
Domino Theory
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
Turman Doctrine
Plan that helped European countries rebuild after WWII. The U.S. offered economic aid to the war-torn countries.
Marshall Plan
A military alliance was formed between the U.S., Canada, and ten Western European countries.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. It was a response to NATO.
Warsaw Pact
French and North Vietnamese agreed to split the country along the 17th parallel
Geneva Accords
Gave the president power to fight a war without getting a formal declaration from Congress
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress wanted to limit the power of the president’s power (Revamps the Golf of Tonkin)
War Powers Resolution(Act)
Era of political and military tension between powers in the West (Democracies/NATO) and powers in the East, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact.
Cold War
US & USSSR (Soviet Union) built up nuclear weapons to have more weapons then other country.
Nuclear Arms Race
The Soviet Union was secretly building nuclear weapons in Cuba. 13 days of intense negotiations
Cuban Missle Crisis
Russia was the first to put a satellite into Space (Name it)
Sputnik 1 (1957)
US increased spending on ______ & ______ programs to compete with the USSR
Science & technology
First man in space (Russian)
Yuri Gargarin
First American in Space
John Glenn
Who landed on the moon in 1969?
US-We win the Space Race
Russia put a military blockade around Berlin, to keep allied supply trucks from entering West Berlin
Berlin Blockade
Allies dropped supplies in West Berlin every 3 minutes to break the Soviet Blockade
Berlin Airlift
US Senator who famously carried a paper around stating he had a list of 250 people who were confirmed Communist
Joseph McCarthy
“Red Scare” - fear of communism in the 1950s
McCarthyism
Created to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
House of Un-American Committee
