Ending the cold war Flashcards
who took over after Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
what was the destalinization program?
the government was becoming nicer to their own citizens
was Khrushchev still aggressive towards the US
Yes
what was the name of the first sattalite in space
Sputnik 1
by sending Spuntnik 1 into space what did the USSR start
the space race
what does the US learn and improve after the space race?
the US learns that their education system is very poor and needs to be improved
Berlin wall
divided Berlin stopped people from either side to communicate with one another split the east and west
National Defense and Education Act
gave millions of dollars to schools to improve education especially in math and science
what was created to explore space
National Aeronautics and space administration NASA
what does it mean to be a third world country
countries that aren’t communists or capitalists they haven’t been claimed
what was the U-2 spy incident
after declaring no more spies between the US and USSR a US spy was caught and in order to be released the US released USSR soldiers.
who became communist but was extremely close to the US
Cuba
what was the Bay of Pigs
missiles from the US landed on a southern coast in hopes of other throwing Castro
Cuban missile crisis
missile spotted in Cuba that could easily take out the US Kennedy demanded the missle be taken out
what were bomb shelters
underground cellars designed to hold through a nuclear blast.
duck and cover drills
drills ran in schools that would get instated during a missle attack.
Limited test ban treaty
banned nuclear testing in the atmosphere
US cant invade cuba
no more Monroe doctrine
what does the US decide to do to cuba
cut ties with them
Mutual assured destruction
policy where if one side launched a nuclear weapon the other countries would as well destruction of the world
Nuclear nonproliferation treaty
other countries where unable to gain a country could have nuclear weapons and put limits on how many
what does the moon landing stop
the space race
