Roots Of The Cold War Flashcards
The Truman doctrine
The containment; belief that the US has the responsibility to stop the spread of communism
Churchill’s iron curtain
A way of referring to a barrier to understanding the US
Democracy vs Communism
The Marshall Plan
Called for the US to provide economic assistance to European nations; to help them recover from war
The Berlin Airlift
Allies sent cargo planes to deliver tons of supplies to the people in West Berlin
West Germany
Combine zones of France, Britain, and the US to create the federal republic of Germany aka west Germany
East Germany
The soviet part of Germany known as the Germany democratic republic
The Berlin Wall
Wall built by the soviets that separated the east & west Germany
Main goal of the UN
Maintain peace and settle international disputes
General assembly
Every nation has a single vote in this UN committee
Weakness of UN general assembly
It cannot enforce it’s decisions; the security council has way more power
UN Security Council
The most powerful in UN; enforces all decisions, 15 members (5 being permanent)
NATO
A formal military alliance to guard against soviet attack
China’s new government
The nationalist government fell and china was in the hands of communists
