Cold War Flashcards
anything about Karl Marx
A german philosopher
What were some third world countries during the cold war
Africa Asia and Latin America
aspects of the marshall plan
The United States sent vast amounts of money to 16 nations in Europe for rebuilding cities, railroads, factories, and electric systems.
define the US policy of containment during early stages of war
to keep communism from spreading any further by containing, or limiting, it to the countries where it had already taken hold.
What was the purpose of the Berlin wall
The berlin wall was built by the German democratic republic during the cold war to prevent it’s population from leaving east berlin to west berlin.
-formation of NATO(purpose)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to safeguard the allies freedom and security by political and military means.
-defintion of a Proxy War
a conflict between nations, or within a single country, in which the superpowers backed opposite sides without fighting each other directly.
-anything about wars in Vietnam and Korea
Us won both wars
-What happened at the bay of pigs?
about 1,400 Cuban exiles landed on a Cuban beach
-significance of the cuban missile crisis
Khrushchev sent Soviet advisers and weapons to Cuba, including nuclear missiles.
-how did the cold war end?
The fall of the Berlin Wall put an end to the war.
US President who got us into to cold war
Truman
-Soviet leader
Krushchev
Vietnam leader
Diem
Us leader
Kennedy
