Social Studies Cold War Test Flashcards
Cold War
Rivalry for world leadership between US and USSR from 1945 - 1990 called “COLD” because they did not fight with weapons.
containment
US foreign policy that advocated holding back the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
pledged that the US would fight the spread of communism world-wide
Berlin Airlift
carried supplies from W Germany to W Berlin. Supplied W Berlin for over a year.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- US, Canada, and Western European countries formed together for this defensive and economic alliance
Warsaw pact
military alliance of Soviet Union and Eastern Europe communist countries - Eastern Bloc
berlin Wall
E Germany builds wall to keep E Berlin separated from W Berlin
Parestroika
rebuilding. policy to open some free enterprise
glasnost
openness. policy to allow more freedom, such as speech.
solidarity
workers union/party that called for changes
Fidel Castro
led communist revolution in Cuba during missile crisis in 1959
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet piemier in 1985
Boris Yeltsin
1st Russian president
iron curtain
Soviet control of Eastern Europe
1st man made satellite into space was from what country?
USSR
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba put missiles in Cuba and threatened to bomb us
WHy are there 2 Chinas?
- Communists and nationalists fight
- They joined together to defeat Japan
- After the war with Japan, they were soon fighting
- In the war with Japan, the communists did not send as many men to fight, so they still had some to fight against the nationalists
- In result of this, Communists win and push nationalists into Taiwan
Great Leap Forward
- Mao’s attempt to modernize China
, govt collectivized farms and took over industry. Famine killed 15 million people.
Korean War
Northern Korea tried to take over S Korea. US comes to help and territory is sent.
Japan’s post ww2 recovery
US helps them write democratic constitution
- US creates economic boom
- By the 70s, Japan has a huge part in the car industry
Countries that resisted Soviet control in the 1950s and 60s
Hungary and Czehoslovakia
Nixon and People’s Republic of China
NIxon ended 25 years of separation with the US by visiting mainland China in 1972. He establishes diplomatic relations and opens trade with China. US still friends with Taiwan and will still defend them if China does bad stuff to them
Reagan’s pressure on Soviets
Reagan told Gorbachev to “Tear Down This Wall” regarding the Berlin Wall
Velvet Revolution
Czechslovakia decided to split bc there are 2 groups into Czech Rep and Slovakia. There was no bloodshed so it was the “Velvet” Revolution
Pope John Paul II influence on collapse of communism
- Between ww1 - ww2 he grew up as a priest and he dealt with communist govts
- He encouraged peaceful resistance
- Solidarity party ended communism with little violence
Josip Broz Tito
dictator of Yugoslavia who encouraged unities with ethnicities.
- People moved but were not unified
- Were not aligned with USSR
- Tito dies in 1980 and the future is in question
cultural revolution in china
1966-76- a 10 year period ofr destruction of non-communist beliefs and influences. People critical of Mao's punishment Chinese and non-Chinese books destroyed Western made books/Items under attack 1976 Mao dies
Tiananmen Square
Spring 1989 students protest for Democracy and Dengs troops slaughter them and hundreds were killed.
