Unit 4:: The Cold War Flashcards
Yalta Conference
sometimes called the Crimea Conference
Potsdam
capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg
Berlin Airlift
Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
Soviet Atomic Test
The Soviet union exploded there first atomic bomb and the US was surprised.
China goes Communist
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Korean War
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.
Shooting down the U-2
This was a spy plan
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism
Marshall Plan
U.S. program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952).
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country.
HUAC
The House Un-American Activities Committee is formed
Democracy
Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or indirectly through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.
Communism
A political system in which the government owns and controls all resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions. NO private property and NO free enterprise. You CANNOT own a business.
Harry Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States of America. The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died
Dwight Eisenhower
President during Cold War. “Massive Retaliation”.
Joseph Stalin
was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
Nikita Khrushchev
A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Winston Churchill
1874 to 1965; greatest wartime leader; rallied the British with his speeches, infectious confidence, and bulldog determination; known for his “iron curtain” speech; led the British during World War II; agreed Hitler should be conquered; was thrown out by his own people.
The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis
failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.
The Election of Eisenhower and the Domino Theory
the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control
The Space Race and Sputnik
the Soviet Union surprised the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
The Iron Curtain and the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union’s policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.
