Chapter 30 Flashcards
- the tense line between democratic west and communist east
Iron curtain
_ and _ were the two great powers after WWII
United States; Soviet Union
_ was a key focus of Cold War tensions
Berlin
_ was built to stop people from leaving east Berlin.
Berlin Wall
- mutually assured destruction
Arms race
SALT-
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Disarmament talks)
- relaxation of tensions during the 1970’s
Détente
Most serious Cold War conflict involved the island nation of _.
Cuba
was the dictator of Cuba.
Fidel Castro
_- Soviet Union sent Nuclear Missiles to Cuba
1962
_- keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing its expansion.
Containment
_ led a hunt for suspected American communists which contributed to the fear (mostly unproven charges ).
Senator Joseph McCarthy
During the Cold War, _ was the world’s wealthiest and most powerful country
the us
Goods, services and trade needed by other countries allowed _
the us to achieve a huge postwar boom
_ needed by other countries allowed the us to achieve a huge postwar boom
Goods, services and trade
_ wealth was a model for other democracies and a challenge to stagnant communism
America’s
affluence (wealth) led to suburbanization : the movement of communities outside an urban core
American
: the movement of communities outside an urban core
suburbanization