History Ch4 Flashcards
Yalta conference
A meeting of the US president Roosevelt, SU leader Stalin and UK prime minister Churchill to discus how to reorganise Europe post-war in February 1945
Satellite state:
A officially independent country but on heavy economic, military and political control of another country.
Iron curtain:
A political, military and ideological barrier created by the SU to prevent itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west.
Truman Doctrine:
USA policy to stop Soviet expansion during the cold war by supporting countries threatened by the SU.
Cold war:
A thread for a nuclear war between the USA and the SU from 1945-1991
Marshall plan:
American aid program to help rebuild the Europe’s economy after WWII
Berlin blockade:
The blocking of all traffic to west Berlin by Stalin from 24th june 1948 - 12th may 1949
NATO:
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation alliance established in 1949
Berlin wall:
Barrier from 1961 - 1989 created by east Germany that completely cut off west Berlin from surrounding east Germany and east Berlin
Nuclear arms race:
Competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the USA and the SU
Space race:
Competition of supremacy in spaceflight between the USA and the SU
De-stalinisation:
Political reform in the SU after the death of Stalin in 1953 that rejected Stalin’s culd of personality
Cuban missile crisis:
A 1962 cold war conflict between the USA and the SU over the deployment of soviet missiles in Cuba, this almost ended in a full scale nuclear war
Domino theory:
US theory stating that if one state came under the influence of communism, the surrounding countries would follow
Guerrilla warfare:
War fought by small groups of irregular soldiers against larger regular forces
