cold war Flashcards
yalta conference
a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
iron curtain
communism influence over eastern europe
cold war
war between us and ussr that never came to blows
truman
president after fdr
potsdam
end of ww2 negotiated here
satellite nations
. These were nations that were aligned with (but also under the influence and pressure of) the Soviet Union
containment
policy of containing communism
truman doctrine
Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War
marshall plan
an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion
berlin airlift
soviets blockaded berlin and allies had to drop supplies (food etc) by air
nato
intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party
warsaw pact
was a collective defense treaty among Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War.
mae zedong
principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who led his nation’s Cultural Revolution
limited war
a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear weapons is avoided.
huac
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was originally created in 1938 in order to uncover citizens with Nazi ties inside the United States.
mccarren act
investigate persons suspected of engaging in subversive activities or otherwise promoting the establishment of a “totalitarian dictatorship,” either fascist or communist.
censure
express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement.
massive retaliation
, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.
cia
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence
u-2 spy plane
single-jet engine, ultra-high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency
khruschchev
d the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964. Though he largely pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida.
military industrial complex
warning of a close relationship between the government and its defense industry. Contracts by Agency.
eisenhower doctrine
promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.
gi bill
to any Department of Veterans Affairs education benefit earned by members of Active Duty, Selected Reserve and National Guard Armed Forces and their families. The benefit is designed to help servicemembers and eligible veterans cover the costs associated with getting an education or training.
taft harley act
is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.
election of 1948
truman v dewey
fair deal
most important proposals were aid to education, universal health insurance, the Fair Employment Practices Commission, and repeal of the Taft–Hartley Act.
federal highway act
With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the construction of 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
dynamic conversatism
“conservative when it comes to money, liberal when it comes to human beings.
levittown
first suburbia
the lonely crowd
sociological analysis by David Riesman, Nathan Glazer, and Reuel Denney.
salk
He discovered and developed the first successful polio vaccine.
lorainne hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling black family, which opened on Broadway to great success.
