The Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards
The competition between the us and the ussr to build better and more numerous forms of military technology.
Arms Race
Blacklist
A list that is circulated among employers containing names of persons that should not be hired
A list that is circulated among employers containing names of persons that should not be hired
Blacklist
Brinkmanship
Policy of risking war in order to protect a nations interests
Policy of risking war in order to protect a nations interests
Brinkmanship
Cold War
The struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy for power and world inference from 1945-1991
The struggle between the forces of Communism and democracy for power and world inference from 1945-1991
Cold War
Collective Security
Policy in which countries agree to protect one another during an attack
Policy in which countries agree to protect one another during an attack
Collective Security
Containment
The idea that America should take an active role in stopping the spread of communism around the world
The idea that America should take an active role in stopping the spread of communism around the world
Containment
Domino Theory
The foreign policy idea that if one country fell to communism, other nearby countries might fall as well.
The foreign policy idea that if one country fell to communism, other nearby countries might fall as well.
Domino theory
Eisenhower Doctrine
The American pledge to aid middle eastern nations that were being threatened by communism.
The American pledge to aid middle eastern nations that were being threatened by communism.
Eisenhower Doctrine
House un-American activities commuter (HUAC)
The government organization designed to investigate suspected communists during the red scare
The government organization designed to investigate suspected communists during the red scare
House un-American activities commuter (HUAC)
Iron curtain
He line in Europe that separated free, democratic nation scrim communist, totalitarian nations
He line in Europe that separated free, democratic nation scrim communist, totalitarian nations
Iron curtain
Marshall plan
Program of American financial assistance offered to Western Europe in 1947
Program of American financial assistance offered to Western Europe in 1947
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A group of alliances that was based on the idea of protecting democratic nations in Western Europe from the spread of communism
A group of alliances that was based on the idea of protecting democratic nations in Western Europe from the spread of communism
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet version of European alliances
