Cold War Flashcards
Ideology
A system of beliefs
George Marshall
Secretary of the state for US that made the Marshall plan
The iron curtain
A definite split between east and west Europe
Containment
Means no military action would take place on pre existing communist territory
If communism spreads they’ll shut it down
Truman doctrine
The policy of containment the US adopted after soviets didn’t trust no one
The Marshall plan
A plan that offered extensive economic aid to all nations of Europe.
The NATO alliance
A military alliance made for resources trade and treaties
US Canada
The Warsaw Pact
The USSR created this because they saw NATO as a threat.
It linked USSR to east Germany and other Europe countries
The Berlin airlift
The division of Berlin into four pieces, France, Great Britain, US, and Russia
March 6th 1953
Stalins death
Nikita Khrushchev
Head of communist party who then controlled whole government and introduced de stalinization
De-stalinization
One of khrushchevs goals that was to forget Stalin and move forward with no thought of political terror
West Germany
US controlled area and was democratic
East Germany
Soviet controlled territory that was communist
Summit meeting
Meetings proposed by Khruschev where leaders would discuss peace
Dwight Eisenhower
President of states during Cold War that oissed off Khrushchev
Détente
A lessening of tensions, or an attempt by nations to work together for peace
John F Kennedy
US president who the soviets liked
Berlin Wall
A fortified wall splitting west and east Berlin that stabilized tension in the city
The bay of pigs
Was a failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA
Guerrilla warfare
Harassing an enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines
French Indochina
Group of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam leader who was a communist guerrilla and drives out Japanese
Yalta Conference
Meeting between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt to discuss the fate of German reich
