clios notes cold war Flashcards
nonviolent war between communism (soviet union) and capitalism (us)
cold war
supply and demand regulates economy, not federal government
free market capitalism
production/investment/prices/incomes are determined by central government
command economy
soviets were mad at allies for not opening this earlier in wwii
second front
location of conference where soviets agreed for free elections
yalta
ideological barrier in europe, coined by churchill
iron curtain
iron curtain guy
winston churchill
soviet dictator
josef stalin
said to adopt containment
george kennan
stop communism at current lines; george kennan
containment
fancy name for america’s containment
truman doctrine
america’s offer of money to europe for american goods
marshall plan
they had civil wars, and received aid from truman doctrine
greece and turkey
big international thing, created in SF and a forum for disputes
united nations
part of UN, 15 members, 5 permanent
security council
part of UN, everyone gets to vote
general assembly
speech that inspired UN charter
four freedoms speech
churchill and fdr agreement that inspired UN charter
atlantic charter
UN created this to say life/liberty/etc were natural-born rights
universal declaration of human rights
people agreed to lower tariffs and trade barriers. US supported
general agreement of trade and tariffs (GATT)
set up currency exchange and world bank
international monetary fund (IMF)
western european/NA allies thing
NATO
US alliance in asia/pacific
SEATO
eastern europe/soviet union alliance
warsaw pact
proposal to place atomic weapons in UN control
baruch plan
hydrogen bomb, way more powerful than atomic
h-bomb
if you attack me, youre dead too
mutual assured destruction (MAD)
prohibited above-ground nuclear tests in the Kennedy administration
test ban treaty
nixon negotiated these to “limit arms”
salt 1 and 2
people called for this to stop nuclear weapon production
nuclear freeze
thing that actually reduced arms after the cold war with bush
START
soviets made this to reduce goods moving to west berlin
berlin blockade
US did this to combat berlin blockade
berlin airlift
ussr built this to prevent people from moving west
berlin wall
divider between north and south korea
38th parallel
he requested approval from UN to help south korea
harry truman
south korea american general
general douglas macarthur
the beach macarthur and troops landed on
inchon