Ch 28: Cold War Flashcards
Truman Doctrine
created by Harry Truman, said that the U.S. would provide economic aid to those countries that felt threatened by communism
Superpowers
The United States and Soviet Union
Marshall Plan
plan that said that the U.S. would provide $15 billion to countries that were recovering from WWII in Europe
Containment
policy made to try to prevent the further spread of communism by the Soviet Union
Berlin Blockade
created by Soviet Union to prevent the emigration to west Berlin & hoped to force the western Allies to withdraw from Berlin
Berlin Airlift
created by the Western Allies to get resources & materials pass the blockade (allowed a total of 1300 tons to get in to West Berlin)
NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
military alliance(1949) that said if any of the Western Allies were attacked, the others would come to their aid
COMECON
incomplete
Korean War
war between North & South(also U.S. & China) were they fought for territory, which led to no change in land and the 38th parallel line was made
CENTO(Central Treaty Organization)
Allies agreed to not allow the Soviet Union to expand south
SEATO(Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)
U.S., Great Britain, France, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand
Nikita Khrushchev
(1894-1971) new leader of the Soviet Union, try to gain an advantage over the Soviet Union in the missile battle.
Sputnik I
Russian spaceship that flew first man to the moon(Yuri Gagarin).
Berlin Wall
1961, East Berlin government set up a blockade between West and East Berlin, and Berlin issue decreased.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Almost brought world to nuclear war. 1992 Soviet Union tried to put missiles on communist Cuba to even playfield with the U.S. Later a peace was signed where Cuba could not have missiles and neither could West Germany.
Détente
Release of tensions between the U.S. and USSR.
State of Israel
incomplete
Stalinization
Policies that include a new state of a industrialization, removing all oppositions to his power, literary & scientific works had to conform to political improvement of the state.
Hungarian Uprising
Hungarians rebelled against the Soviets after being captured by them.
Prague Spring
1968 states taken over by the Soviet Union tried to reform their government, but was later shut down by USSR.
Christian Democratic Parties
These parties were no longer fully interested in church. They had a strong interest in democracy. They played an important role in Europe’s economic stability.
Charles De Gaulle’s Fifth Republic
Took over government and renamed it and made a new constitution. He had the ability to assign a prime minister, dissolve parliament, and supervise defense and foreign affaires.
Konrad Adenauer
Chancellor of Germany in 1949. He helped Germany regain its respect and began a long a successful democratic rule.
Welfare State
The government takes control over the welfare of the citizens of their state.
EEC/Common Market
Western Allied states created a free trade market throughout their states with the trade of steel.
Simone de Beauvoir
The writer of the Second Sex, which describes why women are not inferior.
Permissive Society
Post WWII, which described the new society of open sexualities and a drug based world.
Birth-Control Pill
Became widely available in the 1960s and gave people more freedom in sexual behavior
Student Protests
Work by students that caused political and social changes and had a great affect on political events
