Cold War-Capitalism And Communism Flashcards
Rivalry and extreme tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
An economic theory in which goodsare shared amongst the people without a government or currency.
Communism
Flying airplanes into West Berlin to help the people in need
Berlin Airlift/Airlift
3-year long war on the Korean Peninsula, incorporated North Korea, South Korea, China, the Soviet Union, NATO, and the United States
Korean War
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, creates to stop communism.
NATO
Anti-communist senator who scared citizens away from communism.
Joseph McCarthy
Leader of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953.
Nikita Khrushchev
Symbolic boundary that divided Europe between communism and capitalism.
Iron Curtain
Soviet missiles placed in Cuba. Caused a political crisis after American planes spotted the missiles.
Cuban Missile Crisis
War between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, resulted in Vietnam being united under a communist state.
Vietnam War
Physical wall that divided communist East Germany and the capitalist West Germany.
Berlin Wall
Uniting Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall
German Reunification
What happened in 1945?
WWII ends, Cold War begins
What happened in 1950?
Korean War begins after North Korea invaded South Korea.
What happened in 1961?
Berlin Wall is built
What are the differences between capitalism and communism?
Capitalism advocates a free market with private owners owning businesses. These owners use their businesses to make profit. In communism, there is no government or paper money, instead everybody has access to the goods.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
There was a peaceful agreement to remove American Missiles from Italy and Turkey and for the Soviets to remove theirs from Cuba.
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Truce is signed of 3 years of no progress.
What country was divided into four parts after World War II.
Germany was divided into four parts of the conclusion of the Second World War.
What was unique about this division?
Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union.
What was built to divided East Berlin and West Berlin?
Berlin Wall
What caused the arms race between the US and USSR?
Each country wanted more influence on a global scale.
Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
To stop the spread of communism and to promote capitalism.
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?
War between Communist North Vietnam and Capitalist South Vietnam. Resulted in Vietnam being united under communism.
What did television change American society.
Television allowed Americans to “see” what was happening across the globe instead of radio.
What impact did space exploration have on the world?
NASA is creates, people learn about space travel on television.
What were occupation zones?
Areas that divided Germany after the fall of Nazi Germany.
What were hot spots?
Ares in Germany with high tension.
What happened in 1991?
Soviet Union collapses after a failed hardcore communist coup to replace Gorbachev, and the first democratic election in the Russian SSR.
