Chapter 23 Flashcards
Which made up the Industrialized nations
North America, Western Europe, and Japan
What were the Communist Motives
The Soviet Union remained suspicious of the West, Communist ideology, A simple desire for power
He established a Communist government but dismayed Stalin by insisting on a greater degree of independence from Moscow than did other Eastern European countries
Marshal Tito
True/False When World War II ended, the United States was undoubtedly the most powerful nation in the world
True
Underscored the major objective of American foreign policy during the Cold War
Truman Doctrine
An act that provided $5.3 billion for the program
Marshall Plan
A regional military alliance, organized in 1949. Originally included the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, and Italy.
NATO
The Soviet Union created this military alliance which included Eastern European satellite states
Warsaw Pact
Lead the UN and south Korean forces in the Korean War
Douglas MacArthur
Declared his country’s independence, and a struggle with the French ensued
Ho Chi Minh
The Vietnamese Communist scored a major victory over the French in this battle, annihilating a major French army
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Communist guerillas who began subversive activity in the south
Viet Cong
Theory where if Vietnam fell to communism, then other countries of Asia would fall as well
Domino Theory
Turned the burden of the fighting over to the South Vietnamese in a program called
Vietnamization
Seized power in Cuba and allied his country with the Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Emerged as a new leader in the Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushev
He and Dwight Eisenhower pursued a course of what
Peaceful coexistence
The Russians launched this in 1957, it was the first man-made satellite
Sputnik
Became the most recognizable symbol of the Cold War struggle between the free world and Communism
Berlin Wall
Relaxation of tension
Detente
A treaty which limited the number of nuclear weapons that each power could possess
SALT
Elected in 1980, determined to restore America’s prestige in the world
Ronald Reagan
Called for a wide range of social, political and economic reforms called perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of solidarity and leader of reform and resisitance
Lech Walesa
An ex-Communist whose support of reform helped him to be elected president of Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Leader of the Free French during the war
Charles de Gaulle
