Cold War Flashcards
Cold war - who
U.S/capitalism vs. USSR/communism
cold war- where
global war
cold war- why
need for both ideologies to be seen at the dominant
cold war- what
extreme international tension between two superpowers. divides the world into spheres of influence as competition
- starts with Yalta conference 1945
Yalta conference 1945
allied members meet to plan the future of europe
- stalin wanted the east
Postdam conference 1945
continuation of the yalta conference
- stalin doesn’t give up terrorists
Truman doctrine 1940’s
policy of containment by U.S to battle communism and support those against communism
Marshall plan 1940’s
help europe recover economically, but ideology is being swallowed up by sphere of influence
Berlin airlift 1940’s
USSR blocks access to west germany in hopes that the U.S would give up
Red scare 1950’s
communist vs. McCarthyism to detain communists
Korean War 1950’s
communist north korea vs. domestic south korea
non-alignment nations 1950’s
nations that stayed neutral
Nikta Khrushchev 1950’s
takes over USSR after stalin dies
NATO & Warsaw pact 1950’s
military alliances
- NATO: capitalist
- Warsaw pact: communist
space race 1950’s
USSR begins race for technology in space
cuban revolution 1950’s
fidel castro takes control of cuba
- communist
U2 spy plane 1960’s
USSR shoots down U.S plane
bay of pigs invasion 1960’s
U.S invades cuba to stop Castro’s communist threat from spreading. Cuba turns to USSR for support
vietnam war 1960’s
war this USSR and U.S, same as korean war
Red telephone 1960’s
moscow-washington hotline
cuban missile crisis 1960’s
USSR transports weapons into Cuba, U.S sends nukes to turkey at USSR
Brezhnev doctrine 1960’s
truman doctrine but at communist point of view
prague spring 1960’s
attempted to revolt by czech
SALT 1970’s
strategic arms limitation talks
- ways to limit missiles, slow down arms race, leads to development of missiles
soviets invade afghanistan 1970’s
afghanistan turns from communist to democratic, soviets invade and many nations angry at USSR
olympic boycotts 1980’s
1980- U.S and allies boycott moscow olympics
1984- soviets boycott L.A olympics
star wars 1980’s
reagan proposes SDI (strategic defense initiative)
grenada interventionism 1980’s
U.S outs communists in grenada
iran-contra affair 1980’s
U.S sold weapons to iran and used profits to fund guerilla force battling communists
START 1980’s
strategic arms reduction talk
- physically reducing weapons stockpiles, leads to INF (intermediate nuclear forces treaty)
tiananmen square 1980’s
protest of chinese vs. communist
- end of USSR
Perestroika 1985
economic restructuring, limited free market
glasnost 1987
political openness, reduction of censorship, opens paradox box
demokratizatsiya 1988
oldest communists
Balance of power
- alliances
- arms race
- brinkmanship
- detente
sphere of influence
reign/area (independent nation) where an outside state is more significant
arms race
building army to be stronger
brinkmanship
practicing dangerous policy to the limit before stopping
expansionism
a policy of territorial/economic expansion
containment
strategy to cut off/quarantine the expansion of ideas of capitalism/communism
deterrence
the discourage of an action/event through consequences
liberation movement
an organization/political movement leading to a rebellion against gov
- seeking independence
