the cold war--ch26 Flashcards
A charter for the UN was drafted in ______ in 1945
San Francisco
headquarters of the U.N.
New York City
representatives from all member nations
General Assembly
five permanent and ten elected nations
Security Council
the secretary general and his aids
Secretariat
Failures of United Nations
Did not stop the spread of communism
Did not bring world peace
Threatened authority of individual nations
a “war of words” and ideology between the Soviet Union (Communist Bloc) and America (Free World)
Cold War
executed for selling nuclear secrets to Russia
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Soviet Goals
Add satellite nations to its empire
Extend its trading powers
Expand Russia’s borders
Spread Communism
director of Britain’s nuclear research program; supplied Russia with a detonator for the atomic bomb
Klaus Fuchs
an American senator who led an investigation into supposed Communist spies in American government; it was unsuccessful
Joseph McCarthy
Churchill’s description of Soviet control over its Eastern European empire
Iron Curtain
Truman’s policy of containment against communism; financial aid of nations threatened by communism (Turkey and Greece)
Truman Doctrine
Europe Recovery Program of economic assistance to rebuild Europe after WW2
Marshall Plan
West Germany/Berlin: ____ side
free
East Germany/Berlin: ____ side
communist
American aid provided by airplane to West Berlin as a result of the Berlin blockade
Operation Air-Lift (1948-1949)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Opposed the Warsaw Pact to defend themselves from communist attack
NATO
NATO opposed the ________ to defend themselves from communist attack
Warsaw Pact
