Ch 26 Flashcards
Why was Stalin mad at the us?
We kept bomb development a secret and the delay in attacking Germany
What happened between the US and USSR?
They became rival superpowers
This is the international peacekeeping organization
UN
This was the final wartime meeting of the big 3
Potsdam conference
What happened at the Potsdam conference?
War reparations would come from the zones of Germany and Stalin went pack on his yalta promises
Why did the soviets claim Eastern Europe?
They needed it to prevent future invasions
This is a country dominated politically and economically by another
Satellite nation
This is the American policy to stop the spread of soviet influence
Containment
This was a phrase by Churchill to describe the line that divided east and west Europe
Iron curtain
Thigs was the US/USSR conflict without direct confrontation from 1945-1991
Cold War
This was the plan to provide money and military support to free nations threatened by communism
Truman doctrine
Where was the Truman doctrine first used?
Greece and turkey
This was a plan by Secretary of State George Marshall to give money to European nations to rebuild
Marshall plan
When did the US, GB, and France combined their German zones?
1948
This was the Us/GB operation to deliver supplies and break the soviet blockade in Berlin (1949)
Berlin airlift
When was east Germany formed?
1949
This is a defensive military alliance formed in 1949
North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO)
What did the Cold War prevent?
A return to isolationism
This man was the nationalist Chinese leader backed by the US, but he ran a corrupt government
Chiang Kai-Shek
This man was the Chinese communist leader backed by the soviets who promised land reform
Mao Zedong
Where did the nationalists go to after the Chinese civil war?
Taiwan
How was Korea divided?
Half soviet and half US
This is the split between north and South Korea
38th parallel
How did the Korea war begin?
The soviets provided N Korea with weapons to attack S Korea
What did the non communist nations do to aid S Korea?
They sent militaries with MacArthur in command
How did the North Koreans get pushed back to North Korea at first?
A surprise landing behind enemy lines in Inchon
What happened after Inchon?
The US pushed north then china joined the war in November 1950
What happened once the Chinese joined the war?
The UN was pushed back to the 38th parallel, then 2 years of trench warfare saw no advanced
What did MacArthur want to do?
Use bombs and invade China
What happened instead of the bombs in Korea?
We went over the 38th parallel again
How did MacArthur get fired?
He went above Truman’s head to get what he wanted
What happened because of Truman’s firing?
Public opinion swayed away from him
When did the soviets issue a ceasefire?
June 1951
When was the Korea armistice signed?
July 1953
What was the Korea war considered?
A staremate
What happened as a result of the Korea war?
Increased fear of communist aggression
This investigated communist influence in the movie industry
House Un-American activities committee (HUAC)
These were 10 witnesses from the film industry that refused to cooperate with the HUAC and were inprisoned.
Hollywood ten
This was the list of 500 actors, writers, producers, and directories that were not allowed to work because they were alleged communists
Blacklist
This man was a former state department official who was accused of spying for the soviets by a former spy in 1948
Alger Hiss
These people were activists for the American communist party who were implicated in giving the soviets info on the atomic bomb
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
What happened to the rosenbergs?
They were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death in 1953
What was significant of the rosenbergs?
They were the first US civilians executed for espionage
This man was a famous anti-communist senator who was known for unsupported accusations
Senator Joseph McCarthy
This was the movement that attacked people suspected of communism in the 50’s
McCarthyism
What did McCarthy claim to have?
A list of communists in the state department
Why did all of mccarthy’s accusations come from the senate?
He had legal immunity there
This is the more powerful response to the atomic bomb
Hydrogen bomb
This man was the 34th president
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961, R
This man was a U2 pilot who was shot down in 1960 and sentenced to 10 years in prison
Francis Powers
This man was Eisenhower’s anti communist Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles
This is the US policy of threatening an enemy with all out war
Brinkmanship
This was used to gather information abroad
Central Intelligence Agency, 1947
How did the CIA weaken governments unfriendly to the US?
Covert missions
This was a 1955 military alliance with the USSR and 7 satellite nations in response to west Germany joining NATO
Warsaw Pact
This was a 1957 declaration that the US would protect the Middle East from soviet attacks
Eisenhower doctrine
This man took over after Stalin’s death and favored a peaceful policy with scientific competition
Nikita Khrushchev, 1953-1964
When was the Sputnik launched?
1957
This was when high altitude planes were used by the CIA to photograph missile sites
U2 incident
