Cold War Vocab Flashcards
Cold War
After world war 2; long period of intense rivalry between the soviets and the is. Economic and military tension. Early 1940s - 1990s
Satellite nation
Nation that is dominated politically bad economically by a more powerful nation
Iron curtain
Impassable; it cut off soviet run Eastern Europe from the democratic gov. of the west. Rendering to Stalins control over Eastern Europe. Term used by Churchill
Containment
The policy of trying to prevent the spread of soviet influenced beyond where it already existed
Truman doctrine
President Truman’s policy of giving American aid to nation threatened by communist expansions; particularly turkey and Greece
Marshall plan
American plan to help European nations rebuild their economics after world war 2, large scale plan; prepared by George Marshall
United Nations
Work organization established to provide peaceful resolutions to international conflicts; 5 original members, established Oct. 1945
Berlin airlift
American and British relief effort to airlift supplies to west Berliners from 1948-1949 after the soviets and East Germans cut off all routed to Berlin
NATO
Alliance formed in 1949 by the US & western nations to fight soviet aggression joined with Western European countries to keep international order
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance, established in 1954; made up of the Soviet Union and other communist nations of Europe. Soviets response go NATO. Demanded complete loyalty, Hungary revolted but Stalin stopped it
38th parallel
The dividing line between South Korea and communist North Korea
Demilitarized zone
An area with no military forces
Dwight Eisenhower
He was the president at the start of the Cold War, republican president 1952-1960
Perjury
Lying under oath
Joseph MacArthur
To have a list of 205 employed in the state department. For 4 years he tried to find the communist within the society
Censure
Officially condemn
Mao Zedong
Communist leader of china who took over the country in 1949 & established peoples republican of china
Jiang Jieshi
The nationalist leader in china supported by the US, fought against communist takeover, in 1949 he and his followers fled to Taiwan
Superpower
Nations with enough to political, military, economic strength to influence events worldwide
Arms race
Competition between the US and Soviet Union for traditional and nuclear weapons, numbers and power of weapons was competitive
Harry Truman
President after FDR; served in world war 2; after world war 2 he didn’t want to see communism and didn’t want to appease Stalin
General assembly
All nations are equally represented
Security counsil
15 nations. Decide certain actions and policy’s
Economy and social council
To promote development
International court of justice
Handles judicial issues
Secretariat
Provided info, studies, ect.
What are the 5 parts of the UN
General assembly Security council Economics and social council International court of justice Secretariat
