cold war test Flashcards
policy aimed at restricting the spread of communism
containment
alliance of the US, Canada, Wester Europe as a defensive alliance against soviet attack
NATO
Suspicion and hostility between the communist and western nations, waged by political and economic means instead of weapons
cold war
Lyndon Jhonson’s program for social reform
Great society
periods of temporary business slow down and increasing unemployment
recessions
Atlee, Truman, and Stalin
big three
trials in which remaining Nazi leaders were held accountable for their crimes
Nurember Trials
economy in which individuals make economic decisions
Market Economy
Network of radar on the arctic circle that provides an early warning of an air attack
DEW line
economy in which the government makes economic decisions
Command economy
power to defeat a measure with a single vote
Veto Power
Period in early 1968 Czechoslovakia when promised reforms were crushed by the soviet military
Prague Spring
Alliance of the US and Southeast Asian nations for protection from soviet attack
SEATO
Body charged with maintaining international peace and security in the UN
Security Council
defensive alliance of the USSR and Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
US plan to rebuild Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
Communist leader of cuba
Fidel Castro
Plan to rebuild Easter Europe after WWII; Soviet response to the marshall plan
COMECON
Country in which the government takes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens
welfare state
Policy of removing Nazis from positions of authority in government, buisness, and education
Denazification
Communist information Bureau, which included all European communist parties
Cominform
Inter continental ballistic missile
ICBM
Leader of Czechoslovakia deposed in the Prague Spring of 1968
Alexander Dubcek
Leader of soviet union during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Leader of Free French Forces during WWII and president of France after WWII
Charles de Gaulle
Leader of West Germany during its “economic miracle”
Komrad Adenaur
Three conflicts the US became involved in as a result of its policy of containment
Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis
What countries have a veto on the UN Security Council
USA, UK, Soviet Union, China
legislative and deliberate body of the UN
general assembly
