Cold War pt1 Flashcards
Karl Marx (When and why important?)
wrote the book on communism and was a founder
Vladimir Lenin (When and why important?)
first communist leader to put communism into practice
Joseph Stalin
He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Totalitarianism
Total control of every aspect of society, more political
Communism
Everything is equal, economic idea
Iron Curtain
Not a real barrier But it separated communist and capitalist countries. Eastern and Western Europe.
Truman Doctrine/Containment
Containment of communism. Successful until the fall of the Soviet Union
The Marshall Plan
it was billions of dollars in aid given to 16 nations after WWII
Mao Zedong
communist victory :Chiang Kai-shek- nationalists
Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism
US senator who wildly accused others of being a communist
Edward R. Murrow
Reporter who reported Joseph McCarthy for accusing everyone
Ike
Eisenhower, 1961 forewell address
“Military-industrial complex”
individuals and institutions involved in the production of weapons and military technologies.
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader who supplied Cuba with missiles
Arms Race (USA vs USSR)
Competition in military superiority
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs failed to remove from power
Bay of Pigs invasion
Tried to remove Castro from power and was a massive failure.
“New Frontier”
JFK program
LBJ
US president at the beginning of US active Vietnam War
“Great Society”
Lyndon B johnson’s program
Countries on the Communist side of the “Iron Curtain”
USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria
Berlin Airlift 1948 to 1949-
To counter the blockade imposed by the Soviet regime. To get supplies to West Berlin
USSR Detonated their first atomic weapon 1949
A nuclear weapon explosive device
Korean War 1950 to 1953
Conflict after World War II, US troops occupied the southern part of Korea, and soviet troops occupied the northern part of Korea
