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
- forced separation
Segregation
- unequal treatment
Discrimination
- Supreme Court Case
1954; Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
Declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional
Mlk jr.
1963
“I have a dream” speach given
To extend equal rights to ALL Americans
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of West Berlin when the Soviet Union closed off land access to Berlin Nicknamed
Berlin Airlift- (1948); “operation vittles”
German voters approved reunification (_ years after WWII ended)
1990;45
- country with a market economy but with increased government responsibility for the social and economic needs of the people
Welfare states
led programs to reduce social welfare programs. Iron Lady.
Margaret thatcher- (Britain)
USA ended occupation in Japan
1952
One reason for Japan’s huge rise in GDP was
their ability to cut theimilitary spending because they had American protection.
- eastern part of the mainland Southeast Asia
Indochina
- small groups of loosely organized soldiers making surprise raids (strongly influenced by _
Guerrillas;communism
_- Vietnam became a Cold War Issue
_ _
1954
USA helped south Vietnam
Soviet Union helped for North Vietnam
- the view that a communist victory in the south Vietnam would cause non communist governments across Southeast Asia to fall to communism
Domino theory
- communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam’s government (aided national liberation front)
Viet Cong
_ gave the Pres. permission to use all necessary measures in S. Vietnam. (_)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution;1964
Marked a turning point in American public opinion
Tet offensive
Ultimate end of the war =
2 years later, S. Vietnam controlled by the war
US agreed to withdraw troops
(1973)
- dictator of Cambodia; reign of terror - Death of over a million Cambodians. Used
Pol pot;(killing fields)
- _ put a huge strain on the already inefficient economy and they could no keep up - (led to the downfall of the Soviet Union)
Soviet economic inferiority; arms race
- Soviet Union at war with Afghanistan known as soviet unions “” because like _, the war in Afghanistan was _
1979; Vietnam; long and costly
-Muslim religious warriors
Mujaheddin
_- mikhail Gorbachev did
1985;glasnost (openness) ended censorship
- restructuring of the government and the economy
Perestroika
As the Soviet Union crumbled- _ demanded freedom - weakening _ even further
Eastern Europeans; the S.U
_ was a turning point for communism
The collapse of the Sov. Un.
_ rapidly deteriorated without _
Cuba;the aid of the Soviet Union
The sole power of the _ caused a _ world reaction
USA; mix
