cold war Flashcards
Cold War
50-year, Non-fighting war between countries with Communist & Mixed Economies
Communism(Command Economy)
Government completely controls the economy NO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ANYTHING
Capitalism(Market Economy)
Private ownership of everything—buyers and sellers decide what gets made & who gets what—laissez-faire
Mixed Market Economy
some private & some government ownership A mix between command & market economies
Containment
Stop the spread of Communism
Truman Doctrine
U.S. will help any country resisting Communism
Marshall Plan
U.S. Plan to Rebuild Europe after WWII
Berlin Blockade
Soviets cut off access to West Berlin, Berlin blockade is not the Berlin wall
Berlin Airlift
U.S. & Great Britain dropped 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 Union & Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Military alliance against The U.S.A & NATO
`Korean War
Containment operation in Korea—1950-1953
DOMINO THEORY
If one country falls to communism, others will too. They will fall “like dominos.”
Arms Race
Competition for the most destructive weapons
Brinkmanship
Living on the edge of all-out nuclear war
M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Part of Brinkmanship that prevented a nuclear war Both Sides knew that no one would win in a nuclear war—everyone would be killed
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union tried to put nuclear missiles in Cuba to use against the USA Almost resulted in nuclear war
Space Race
Competition for most advanced space technology
Sputnik
World’s first satellite—launched by U.S.S.R.
Dwight Eisenhower
U.S. President—1953-1961
Prosperity
Living well; a high standard of living
Joseph McCarthy
Senator who accused many of being Communists in America
McCarthyism
Publicly accusing people of disloyalty without evidence
Blacklist
To ban someone—(people accused of being communists were kept from jobs)
COVERT
Done in secret
`Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
American couple executed for spying for the Soviets