Cold War Flashcards
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Iron Curtain
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During cold war, bondary seperating the communist nations of Eastern Europe from the democratic nations of the west
- Soviet U. created a buffer by making Latvia, Lituan., and Estonia communist
- Broke Yalta Conference about free elections
- East Germany with Berlin communist
- Built Berlin wall in 1961
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Alliances
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- NATO: North atlantic treaty organization-defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by 10 European nations including US and Canada
- Warsaw Pact: Military alliance formed in 1955 by USSR and eastern european countries
3
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Nuclear War
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- US and USSR entered atomic age racing to make better weapons
- US created H bomb in 1950–> SU 1953
- Brinkmanship: a policy of threatening to go to war in response to enemy aggression
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War in the skies
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- Created Science education programs
- SU launched sputnik, satallite, in 1957
- US launched satallite in 1958
- SU shot down US u2 plane ove SU skies
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US policies
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- US tries to contain SU by stopping the spread of communism
- Truman Doctrine: 1947 policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by external opponents
- Marshall Plan: US program of economic aid of European countries to help rebuild countries after WW2
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Berlin airlift
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- SU tried to cut off supplies to western Berlin and break up alliance
- US flew supplies to them
7
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Cold War
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- 1945-1991 state of diplomatic hostility btw US and Soviet Union following world war 2
- US democratic while USSR is communist
- NATO and Warsaw pact
- Atomic age
