Section 1 Flashcards
Both have (2)
Economic and military power
U.S was suspicious of Stalin because
he had been Hitler’s ally
Stalin resented that the U.S (2)
- delayed attacking enemy
- hid atorn bomb
Cold War
The indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. And Soviet Union
United Nations (2)
- new peacekeeping body
- used by the Americans and soviets to influence others
Satellite nations
European countries dominated by the Soviet Union
Containment
U.S. Policy to prevent spread of communism
Iron curtain (2)
Churchill’s description of division of Europe into two parts:
- mostly democratic Western Europe
- communist Eastern Europe
Truman doctrine (2)
- support free people against armed authorities and outsiders
- main goal:stop communism
Marshall plan
$ aid to nations in need
Berlin blockade
Set up by the soviets in response to efforts from the west to reunify Germany
Berlin airlifts
American and British flights of food and supplies into West Berlin
Two superpowers
- U.S
- Soviet Union