Unit 4: Resistance to Liberalism Flashcards
Appeasment to Nazi Germany
Munich agreement, big powers agreed to give Sudetenland to Germany with the promise of no more expansion but then Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia
German Expansionism
started with the Anschluss of Austria, no nations intervened bc it could start another war with the Great Depression still going on
Centrally Planned Economy/Comman Economy Principles
economic equality collective interest state ownership of means of production everyone would work for the whole private property abolished mass collectivized farms
Dissent
any criticism of state policy was considered anti-soviet and punishable by imprisonment or death
Marshall Plan
giving US support/aid to ruined European countries in order to
- contain the spread of communism
- stabilized the world according to liberal democratic principles
Molotov Plan
Soviet program for economic aid/bilateral trade agreements w socialist countries
NATO
defense alliance w Western European countries + CA that supported liberal democracy
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union + Communist countries alliance
NORAD
btw USA + CA to defend air space around North America in case of soviet attack
Non-alignment Movement
some nations wanted freedom to choose own political/economic paths + not be involved in any war bc of being aligned with a super power
many were former colonies and became known as “Third world”
Strategy of Deterrence
each country threatened retaliation if they were attacked through threat of economic sanctions, nuclear weapons, and mutually assured destruction
Brinkmanship
an attempt to push a dangerous situation as far as possible without conceding to the enemy
Proxy War
when opposing powers use third party as substitutes for fighting each other directly
Egalitarianism
political principle that all ppl should be treated as equals / have equal civil, social, political, economic rights under law
Neoconservatism
ideology in US that’s a reaction to modern liberalism, it includes aspects of classical liberalism, laissez-faire economics, reduction of government intervention
autarky
self-sufficiency
Bay of Pigs
a failed, US-supported invasion of Cuba in 1961 that led to the escalation of tensions and threat of nuclear war between the US and the USSR
Enabling Act
legislation in which the governing body authorizes someone to take certain actions without any additional act of government
Indoctrination
the process of teaching someone or some group to believe in something systematically, with the goal of discouraging questioning or independent thought
McCarthyism
the politically-motivated practice of making unsubstantiated accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason
Unilateralism
when a nation conducts its foreign affairs by itself, without the involvement of other nations or even its allies
Radical
an extreme or revolutionary change in a political regime in which previous political and economic traditionss are rejected
Reactionary
opposed to progressive social or political change, often returning to the ways of the past and accepting economic inequality