cold war Flashcards
cold war
50 year non fight between countries
communism
government completely controls the economy
capitalism
private ownership of everything
mixed market economy
some private and government ownership
containment
stop the spread of communism
truman doctrine
U.S will help any country resist communism
marshall plan
U.S plan to rebuild europe after ww2
berlin blockade
soviets cut off access to west berlin
berlin airlift
The U.S and great britan drobbed supplies into West Berlin during the Berlin blockade
berlin wall
soviet built wall dividing east and west berlin
NATO
american military alliance against the soviet military
warsaw pact
soviet military alliance against the The U.S.A and NATO
korean war
containment operation in Korea 1950-1953
Domino theory
if one country falls to communism others will
arms race
competition for the most destructive weapons
brinkmanship
liveing on the edge of all-out nuclear war
M.A.D
part of brinkmanship that prevented all out nukeclear war
cuban missle crisis
soviet union tried to put missles in cuba to use against the U.S
space race
compitition for most advaced space technology
spudnik
worlds frist satellite
Dwight eisenhower
U.S president
prosperity
liveing well
jose mcarthy
senater who accused many of being communists in america
McCarthyism
publicly accusing people without evidence