COLD WAR Flashcards
Who was the nationalist in the Chinese war
Chiang Kai-Shek
Southern China
Who was the communist leader for china
Mao Zedong
What happened during Chinese civil war?
1946
1949 nationalists were losing
Forced me into Taiwan- Republic of china
Mao Zedong controlled a people’s republic of china
What significance did the Chinese civil war have
It showed containment failed
If china could become communist so could any country
Us realized money wasn’t the solution
For Korean War what became communist
North of 38 parallel (Pyongyang)
What part of Korea became democratic
South of 38 parallel (Seoul)
What was the fear of the Korean War
Afraid it would turn into international war
How did us win the Korean War
MacAurthur threw off North Korea with double invasion
Meat grinder the us slowly push NK back
How many times does Seoul change hands
4
Why was MacAurthur fired
For insubordination
Results of Korean War
NK nuclear threat
SK surviving economically, NK struggling
G.I. Bill
Government issue passed by FDR tua gave WWII veterans $50 monthly and $500 annually for college
Conservatism
Stay same
Complacency
Not happy with trash but won’t pick it up
Contentment
Happy comfortable
What were factors that would push for Americans to move to the suburbs
Baby boom
GI bill
Cheap housing
Automobiles
1950s work place change
Factory (blue collar) decrease l, increase in white collar jobs
Interstate highway act
Largest public works project in American history
41,000 miles of new highway built
Social conformity
Everyone wanted to be the same due to fear of communism; standing out and being called communist
Behavior rules for teens
Obey authority
Control emotions
No sex!
Don’t make waves- fit in with the group
What was a major social characteristic of the 1950
Drastic population increase
Women roles and men roles
Women-married,cooked, family care,
Men- provider, protector, boss
What happened 1957-1958
Russians launch sputnik
Us starts NASA
Launches explorer 1 satellite
Starts national defense education act (prepare for threat of communism)
Truman doctrine
US must help any nation who is fighting against communism taking over their own county
Containment
Us policy that prevent spread of communism
Satellite nations
Countries dominated by Soviet Union
Albania
Hungary
The us agreed to two things when the Cuban missle crisis happened
To leave Cuba alone and deescalation through diplomacy (taking out missels) ends Cold War here
East of iron curtain in 1955 was
Warsaw Pact
Marshall plan
Us would give financial aid to Europe, Western Europe s
Berlin airlift
First major confrontation of the Cold War
Stalin blockades the city of Berlin
Us makes regular flights to deliver necessary goods to the city, lasted 10 days
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization
Created as a millitary alliance to protect members from soviet takeover
NSC 68
National security council document, us triple its defense budget based on new demands for global security
Warsaw Pact
Balance the power of NATO
Communist
Joesph McCarthy
Power in senate
Accused government employees of being communist
Support out of fear
Hollywood 10
Writers actors directors jailed for contempt
Refused to answer committee questions
Who was in charge of HUAC
Chairman J Parnell Thomas
Rosenberg
Former communist members Accused of espionage Denied charges Died by electric chair "First spies" to be killed
Downfall of McCarthy
Reckless
Accused army reps
Public fed up
Loses his power
Election of 1952
Eisenhower chooses Nixon- strong anti communism
Nixon accused of 18,000 fund
And he used his cocker spaniel checkers to resolve the issue
Joesph stalins successor was
Nikita Khrushchev
What country also divided into north and south
Vietnam
What is SEATO
Southeast Asia treaty organization
Agreed to work together to resist communist aggression
Arms race
An international contest between the United States and the Soviet Union in which each side is was seeking a military advantage over the other
Brinkmanship
The diplomatic art of going to the brink of war without actually getting into war. To this end he advocated building more nuclear weapons
Soviet advances in technology
Soviets launch Sputnik artificial satellite 1957
Us advances in technology
1958 launched explorer 1 satellite
Established NASA
Who were beatniks
Hippies
