Module 10 Flashcards
Mutually Assured Destruction
Policy created by John Foster Dulles to risk nuclear war in order to prevent the spread of Communism
Nikita Khruschev
Becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin
Secret Speech of 1956
Secretly Denounces Stalin’s policies
Geneva Summit
Communist leader meet to discuss how to releive tensions
Mihkail Gorbechev
New Soviet Leader
puts forth Perestrika and Glantot
Perestroika
Economic restructuring put forth by Gorbechev calling for private property and free markets
Glasnot
political openness allowing citizens to criticize the government
Sputnik
1st satellite; launched by russia
U-2
US spy plane incident; pilot captured
Fidel Castro
Communist takeover in Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Soviet Union places missiles toward the USA
John F Kennedy
blocks Cuba and demands withdrawl
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 days; compromise
Ho Chi Minh
declared independence from France
Dien Bien Phu
France forces a peace treaty; north led by Minh, South led by Frace
Ngo Dinh Diem
bakced by the United States
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
USS maddox notices three vietnamese torpedoes coming
My Lai Masacre
350k civilians killed
Imre Nagy
leader of the Hungarian revolt
Prague Spring
Czech reform movement
Brezhnev Doctrine
right to intervene in other communist nations
Mujahideen
freedom fighters given resources and US training
Pope John Paul II
outspoken polish critic of Communism
Lech Walesa
led protests (poland)
