US 2 Quest Friday Flashcards
United Nations
UN peacekeeping goals were primarily limited
Iron Curtain
separates free and communist states
satellite nations
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania
- these were nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of the soviet union
containment
geographical foreign policy used by the US during the Cold war to prevent the spread of communism after the end of WW2
Who was George F Kennan?
he was a foreign policy officer ; created “containment” method
Truman Doctrine
Truman established that the US would support and provide assistance to all democratic nations under threat from authoritarian threats
Marshall Plan
provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, supported the development of stable democratic governments in western europe
berlin airlift
airlifting food and fuel from allied airbases in western Germany
NATO
made to safeguard the allies freedom and security by political and military means
Warsaw pact??
collective defense treaty established by the soviet union and several other satellite states in central and eastern Europe
1949 - soviets and the atomic bomb
the soviets successfully tested their first nuclear device
1949 - china communist
china becomes communist
Mao Zedong
declared the creation of the people’s republic of china in 1949
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese politician, and military leader of the republic of china
Red Scare at Home
China turning communist made everyone in the US afraid
HUAC
invented to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebellious activities on the part of citizens suspected of being a communist - if suspected communist, you would be tried in a court of law
Hollywood ten
group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the second red scare era
Alger Hiss
American government official accused of having spied for the soviet union in the 1930’s. He helped create the UN in the aftermath of WW2
Richard Nixon
focused on reducing the dangers of the cold war among the soviet union and china
Ethal and Julius Rosenburg
married couple who were convicted of spying for the soviet union , including top secret information about nuclear weapon designs
Dr. Jonas Salk
American medical researcher who developed first successful polio vaccine
Senator Joe McCarthy
launched HAUC - made claims that spies were in the US federal government
Mcarthyism
the political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence
Korean War
north Korea, supported by the Soviet Union, invaded the south in 1950, which was supported by the US
- 3 year war was very bloody and led to the deaths of more than 3 million
