Cold War Flashcards
What is a cold war vs. A hot war?
- One with no military shootings
-One with military shootings
What was the iron curtain
A symbolic & physical barrier that separated the u.s.s.r and it’s eastern European allies from the west during the cold war
What was the Truman doctrine?
The u.s would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from outside or inside authoritarian forces
What was the Marshall plan
A program of economic aid that the U.S provided to western European countries after ww2 to rebuild their economies
How did they stop people from leaving the Berlin wall
- obstacles
- fire strip
- length
- fortification
What was the Berlin blockade? 1948-49
It was the first major crisis of the cold war the U.S.S.R blocked the western allies railway road and access to west berlin
What is NATO
A bunch of countries that joined an agreement is one of the countries are facing an outside threat they all have to help
What are some countries is NATO
-CANADA
-U.S
-BRITAN
What was the Warsaw pact?
A military alliance and a collective defense treaty between the U.S.S.R. and seven other Eastern European countries.
What are some countries in the Warsaw pact
U.S.S.R
East Germany
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
What was the 1956 Hungarian revolution?
It was an attempted countrywide revolt against the Hungarian government and the polices cause by the U.S.S.R.
1968 Czechoslovakia spring
The U.S.S.R. led a Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia to stop a period of reform know as prage spring
What happened in 1980 Poland solidarity
The polish peoples republic challenged the rule of Polish united workers party and Poland alignment with the U.S.S.R.
What was the collapse of the Berlin wall
It was the first step to the reunification of Germany and caused by protests, political changes, etc.
