Chapter17 Flashcards
THREE IMPORTANT DECISIONS MADE AT YALTA
- WHEN WAR IS OVER, DIVEDE GERM INTO 4 ZONES, US, BR, USSR, AND FR AND DIVIDE BERLIN INTO 4 ZONES
- FREE ELECTIONS 3. SOVIETS WANT REPARATIONS FROM GERMANS
Yalta Conference
Three big powers meet:
us-FDR BR-Churchill Soviets-Stalin
UNITED NATIONS
48 COUNTRIES TO START, MUCH LARGER TODAY
GENERAL ASSEMBLY-EVERYONE
SECURITY COUNCIL-HAS 11 SEATS
WHO ARE THE 11 SEATS FOR IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL
5 PERM MEMBERS: US, BR, FR, USSR, AND CHINA THESE 5 HAVE VETO POWER
OTHER 6 ROTATE
POTSDAM, GERMANY
THE BIG THREE MEET HERE AFTER THE WAR IS OVER
NOW IT IS US-TRUMAN BR AND SOVIETS ARE SAME.
WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN TRUMAN AND STALIN DURING THE MEETING IN POTSDAM
TRUMAN ASKED STALIN MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN HE WAS GOING TO HOLD FREE ELECTIONS AND STALIN FREAKED OUT AND SAID THAT COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM CANNOT EXIST IN THE WORLD TOGETHER. PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND ONLY ONE WILL SURVIVE. THIS IS JUST MONTHS AFTER WWII
IRON CURTAIN
SYMBOLIC DIVISION IN EUROPE BETWEEN COMMUNIST AND NON-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. CHURCHILL COINED THIS PHRASE.
COUNTRIES BETWEEN IRON CURTAIN AND SOVIET UNION
SATELLITE NATIONS OR BUFFER ZONE. ALL OF THESE GOV’TS WERE LOYAL TO STALIN AND HAVE GOV’TS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BY HIM
CONTAINMENT
US POLICY THAT TRIES TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM. WE WATN TO STOP IT FROM SPREADING ANYWHERE
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
TRUMAN GAVE A SPEECH TELLING ABOUT OUR POLICY OF CONTAINMENT
MARSHALL PLAN
$12.5 BILLION IN AID TO SUPPORT CONTAINMENT
WHILE CONGRESS IS DEBATING MARSHALL, SOME COUNTRIES FALL AND CONGRESS DECIDES QUICKLY IN ITS FAVOR
BERLIN AIRLIFT
STALIN CUTS OFF WESTERN ZONES TO STARVE OUT WEST BERLIN. THE US AND BR SEND A BUNCH OF PLANES OVER TO BRING FOOD AND SUPPLIES. LASTS 11 MONTHS AND STALIN GIVES UP
THE BRAIN DRAIN
MANY SMART PEOPLE LEFT EAST BERLIN TO GO TO WEST BERLIN
WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE BRAIN DRAIN
THERE WAS A BERLIN WALL BUILT IN THE MATTER OF ONE NIGHT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST BERLIN THAT WAS HEAVILY GUARDED. NO CROSSING
COLD WAR
WAR OF WORDS, WAR OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, NOT REAL WAR JUST PROXY WARS BETWEEN TWO SUPERPOWERS: US AND SOVIET UNION
NATO
US AND BR ESTABLISHED NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
STARTED OUT WITH 10 OR 13 NATIONS
WARSAW PACT
STALIN FORMED THIS, HIS SATELLITE NATIONS HAD TO JOIN. RESULT OF NAT
BRINKMANSHIP
THE WILLINGNESS OF A COUNTRY TO GO RIGHT UP TO THE BRINK OF WAR AND STOP. US AND SOVIET UNION
ICBM
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE
US AND USSR WANTED TO BE THE FIRST WITH THIS.
SPUTNIK
FIRST SATELLITE IN SPACE. THE SOVIETS BEAT US
U-2S
PLANES THAT US USED FOR SPYING. FLEW ABOVE WHERE THE RADARS COULD SEE
POWERS
PILOT OF U-2 PLANE THAT THE SOVIET UNION FOUND AND SHOT DOWN
CIVIL WAR
MAO ZEDONG LED COMMUNISTS
JIANG JIESHI LED THE NATIONALISTS
MAO ZEDONG WINS
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
JIANG JIESHI SETS UP A GOV’T IN TAIWAN CALLED NATIONALIST CHINA
MAO ZEDONG SETS UP GOV’T CALLED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
THE QUESTION IS WHICH CHINA IS THE REAL CHINA AND WHAT IS EACH COUNTRY’S ANSWER
US-NATIONALIST CHIAN
SOVIETS-PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
WHAT DID MAO ZEDONG DO IN THE NEW COUNTRY
LAND REFORMS, 5 YEAR PLANS, GREAT LEAP FORWARD, CULTURAL REVOLUTION
GREAT LEAP FORWARD
COMMUNES-COLLECTIVE FARMS
FAILED MISERABLY
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
WANTS CHINESE TO GO BACK TO STRICT COMMUNIST VALUE SYSTEM WANT PEOPLE WHO DO HARD LABOR.
RED GUARD-MILITIA RESPONSIBLE 4 ENFORCING STRICT COMMUNIST WAYS. YOUNG PEOPLE.
EVENTUALLY ENDS B/C MAO ZEDONG ENDS IT
38TH PARALLEL
DIVIDES KOREA
NORTH-SOVIETS
SOUTH-US
AFTER ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS WE PULL PUT OF KOREA
NORTH KOREA INVADES SOUTH KOREA AND..
THEY TOOK OVER A LOT OF IT. SK ASKED FOR HELP AND WE SAID YES.
THE SOVIETS BOYCOTTED THE UN MEETINGS AND…
THE UN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONALIST CHINA AS CHINA
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
LED THE INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO HELP SOUTH KOREA.
PUSHED NORTH KOREANS OUT OF S KOREA AND GOT FURTHER INTO N KOREA
WHEN MACARTHUR GETS CLOSE TO CHINA//
CHINA FREAKS OUT AND HELPS NORTH KOREA
WHEN CHINA HELPS THE N KOREANS…
MACARTHUR GETS WORRIED AND ASKS TRUMAN TO USE THE HYDROGEN BOMB, HE SAYS NO SO MAC GOES OVER HIS HEAD AND ASKS CONGRESS. TRUMAN GETS PISSED AND FIRES HIM.
TO STOP THE FIGHTING IN KOREA..
WE SIGN AN ARMISTICE. WE ARE TECHINICALLY STILL AT WAR BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TREATY
WHAT DID THIS ARMISTICE CREATE
THE ARMISTICE LINE
DMZ(DEMILITARIZED ZONE_
HO CHI MINH
STARTED AN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. WAS ORDERED TO BE ARRESTED BY FR, SO HE LEAVES VIETNAM. DURING WWII THE JAPS TOOK CONTROL OF VIETNAM AND HO COMES BACK. THE FR TRY TO TAKE OVER AGAIN AND THE VIETNAMESE END UP WINNING. EISENHOWER DIDNT LIKE THIS.
VIETMINH LEAGUE
HO CHI MINH STARTED THIS. WANTED FR OUT OF VIETNAM
DOMINO THEORY
EISENHOWER’S IDEA THAT IF ONE COUNTRY FALLS TO COMMUNISM, ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES WILL FALL. HE CALLS FOR A CONFERENCE
17TH PARALLEL
VIETNAM IS DIVIDED ON THE 17TH PARALLEL, HO CHI MINH GETS THE NORTH AND US GETS THE SOUTH
NGO DINH DIEM
US PUTS HIM IN CHARGE OF SOUTH VIETNAM. HORRIBLE LEADER. MAKES LIFE WORSE FOR THEM
VIETCONG
HELPED IN WAR BY NORTH VIETNAM.
REBEL GROUP OF S VIETNAMESE THAT SUPPORT HO CHI MINH.
WHO WAS THE PREZ THAT THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO SEND TROOPS TO S VIETNAM AND WHAT DOES HE DO
LBJ TELLS CONGRESS OUR SHIPS HAVE TAKEN FIRE FROM N VIETNAMESE(HE LIED) THEY BASICALLY DECLARED WAR
WHAT WAS THE DRAFT LIKE FOR THE VIETNAM WAR
DIFFERENT. FULL TIME STUDENTS WERE EXEMPT FROM THE DRAFT. THEY MADE THIS THE POOR MAN’S WAR. THIS WAS SEEN AS A TARGET FOR POOR PEOPLE.
NIXON
PREZ AFTER LBJ. PROMISED TO PULL OUR GUYS FROM VIETNAM. PULLED THEM OUT IN STAGES.
VIETNAMIZATION
THIS WAS THE PROCESS OF PULLING OUR GUYS OUT OF VIETNAM
AS THE AMERICANS PULLED OUT OF THE WAR…
HO CHI MINH GAINED MORE LAND
HO CHI MINH EVENTUALLY GAINED FULL CONTROL AND…
DID RIGHT FOR HIS PEOPLE
KHMER ROUGE
COMMUNIST GROUP IN CAMBODIA THAT TAKE OVER. EXTREMELY VIOLENT GROUP.
POL POT
LEADER OF KHMER ROUGE. 2 MILL PEOPLE DEAD.
WHAT DID HO CHI MINH DO IN CAMBODIA
GOT PISSED CAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE AND WENT IN AND TOOK OVER
1ST WORLD COUNTRIES
US AND OUR ALLIES
2ND COUNTRIES
SOVIET UNION AND THEIR ALLIES
3RD WORLD COUNTRIES
COUNTRIES US AND SOVIET UNION WERE TRYING TO MAKE OUR ALLIES
NONALIGNED COUNTRIES
WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLD WAR AND OTHER COUNTRIES
BATISTA
US PUT IN CHARGE OF CUBA. HE WAS AN ASS AND HE IS OVERTHROWN BY CASTRO
FIDEL CASTRO
AGREED WITH COMMUNIST WAY OF THOUGHT. WENT FROM 1ST TO 2ND WORLD COUNTRY QUICKLY.
WHAT DID THE US DO TO TRY TO TAKE OVER CUBA AGAIN?
TRAINED CUBAN EXILES AND WORKED A PLAN TO GO BACK INTO CUBA AND LEADA COUP
BAY OF PIGS
JOB OF PEOPLE TO KICK CASTRO OUT. ALL OF THEM WERE WITHER CAPTURED OR KILLED. FAILED MISERABLY. JFK CANCELLED AIR SUPPORT
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
SOVIETS WERE BUILDING MISSILE LAUNCHES IN CUBA B/C THEY THOUGHT WE WERE ALL TALK.
WHAT DID THE US DO AS A RESULT OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
SAID THAT NO SHIPS WERE TO GO IN/OUT OF CUBA. FOR 13 DAYS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO TO WAR WITH CUBA AND WE ENDED UP CUTTING A DEAL W/ THE SOVIETS. WE NEVER INVADE CUBA AND SOVIETS REMOVE MISSILES FROM CUBA
PAHLAVI
CHANGED PERSIA TO IRAN. ALLOWED WESTERN INFLUENCE IN HIS COUNTRY. OIL. WE MADE SURE HE STAYED IN POWER.
MOSSADEQ
SEIZES BR OIL COMPANY. WE PUT PAHLAVI BACK IN CHAGE AND THE IRANIANS GOT PISSED.
AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI
LEADER IN THE MUSLIM FAITH. ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO OVERTHROW PAHLAVI. NOT IN COUNTRY, STILL VOCAL LEADER. YOUNG PEOPLE START RIOTING IN IRAN.
WHAT DRAMA HAPPENS WITH PAHLAVI WHEN HE IS SICK
HE ASKS THE US FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WE SAY YES. THE IRANIANS ASK FOR HIM BACK SO THEY CAN PUT HIM ON TRIAL AND WE SAY NO SO THEY CAPTURE OUR EMBASSY. THEY HELD THESE PEOPLE ON THE DAY REAGAN WAS INAUGURATED. THEY BLAMED JIMMY CARTER
IRAN VS. IRAQ
SOVIETS HELP IRAN
WE HELP BOTH B/C WE DONT WANT EITHER SIDE TO WIN. WE WANT EQUALITY
HELP WITH SUPPLIES AND MONEY
AFGHANISTAN
PROXY WAR. US HELPS MUJAHIDEEN. SOVIETS STUCK IN WAR AND WITHDRAW THEIR FORCES.
KRUSCHEV
NEW LEADER WHEN STALIN DIES. NOT STALN CRAZY BUT HARDCORE COMMUNIST
DESTALINIZATION
EVERYTHING STALIN-RELATED WAS TAKEN DOWN OR CHANGED
HUNGARY
SATELLITE NATION.
IMRE NAGY
SAYS HUNGARY DOESNT NEED DSOVIETS ANYMORE. KRUSCHEV SEDS TROOPS TO HUNGARY AND IMRE NAGY IS EXECUTED PUBLICLY IN THE STREETS
AFTER THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WHAT HAPPENED TO KRUSCHEV
HES KICKED OUT
BREZHNEV
CLOSER TO STALIN. STILL NOT AS CRAZY. NEW LEADER OF USSR.
DUBCEK
LOOSENING LAWS ABOUT CENSORSHIP. BEHIND IRON CURTAIN. LEADER OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
PRAGUE SPRING
PEOPLE ARE HAPPY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THIS IS CRUSHED BY BREZHNEV.
BREZHNEV DOCTRINE
SAID THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE SURE HIS SATELLITE NATIONS STAY COMMUNIST AND ARE FRIENDS TO HIM.
CHINA AND SOVIET UNION
SOVIET UNION STARTS TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. SOVIETS WOULD NOT SHARE SECRETS WITH CHINA AND FRIENDSHIP ENDED. BOTH COMMUNIST, NOT FRIENDS.
NIXON
DETENTE, SALT, HELSINKI ACCORDS
DETENTE
LESSENING OF COLD WAR TENSIONS
SALT
STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY. SOVIETS AND US LIMIT ICBMS.
HELSINKI ACCORDS
INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE TO SIGN THIS. REDEFINE DIPLOMACY.
REAGAN
WE HATE SOVIETS AGAIN AND ITS BAD
CALLED RONNIE RAY GUN
SDI
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE. PEOPLE CALLED THIS STAR WARS. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. JUST AN IDEA.
