Cold War Flashcards
Communism ( Soviet Union / USSR, Stalin, Khrushchev )
Stalin then Khrushchev were the communist leaders of the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
Democracy (United States, FDR, Truman)
Truman and FDR pressed Stalin to have Eastern European countries have free elections to have democracies
Meeting at Yalta
US, Britain and Soviet Union met after WWII to divide Germany into zones controlled by allied forces, Germany would pay Germany, Soviets would join war against Japan, and Eastern Europeans would have free elections.
Meeting at Potsdam
Truman, Stalin and Churchill met. Truman tried to get Stalin to have free elections in Europe. Stalin refused.
Big Three
FDR, Stalin in Churchill
Partition of Germany
The Iron Curtain divides Germany into East and West
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union set up a blockade of western Berlin. US and Britain flew food and supplies into West Berlin for 11 months.
Containment
US policy blocking Soviet influence and and stop expansion of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Truman’s support for countries that rejected communism.
Marshall Plan
Give aid to needy European countries by providing food, machinery and materials to rebuild Western Europe.
Mutually Assured Destruction
Complete destruction because both side would fire nucelar weapons at each other.
Arms Race (A bomb, H bomb! Tsar Bomba)
H bomb thousands of times more powerful than the A bomb used against Japan. US and USSR raced to have the strongest bombs first.
Duck and Cover
A movie for kids to feel safe from nuclear war and taught the kids what to do during a necular attack.
Deterrence
when we had protection because we had nukes
Brinkmanship
The willingness to go to the brink (edge) of war with nuclear weapons.