cold war Flashcards
Cold War
50-year, Non-fighting war between
countries with Communist & Mixed
Economies
Communism (Command Economy)
Government completely controls the economy
Government completely controls the 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 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