Cold War Packet Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 the Cold War | America and Soviet Union attempt to be the dominant force in the world through alliances and the enlargement of their respective military's |
| The United Nations | Idea of Big Three powers being allies before an event came about that divided them. Endorsed by FDR at the Yalta Conference |
| The Iron Curtain | The division between the powers controlling and occupying Germany and therefore, Germany itself. Coined by Churchill, idea from the Soviets. |
| The Truman Doctrine | US would provide money to countries that claimed the y were threatened by Communist expansion. instigated by Commie and anti-commie war fro Greece. |
| Containment | preventing the spread of Communism |
| The Marshall Plan | American program set up to aid the needy countries after WWII. Didn't include the Soviets. Endorsed by General George C. Marshall. |
| The Yalta Conference | Held in Feb. 1945. Big Three meeting. FDR pushed formation of UN. Soviets help US with Japan. Germany must unconditionally surrender. "Free" elections for USSR and its sphere of influence |
| The Berlin Wall | Only in Berlin. Kept East Germans out of West Berlin. inside Soviet's Germany |
| The Berlin Airlift | System of airplanes from the French, British, and US that allowed the West Berliners to be fed. Flew from Hamburg, Hanover, Frankfurt, and Braunschweig. |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Included former members of the Warsaw Pact. Signed April 1949 (mostly against Communism) |
| The Warsaw Pact | Allowed USSR to control Eastern Europe (sphere of influence) using Communism. |
| Communist Revolution in China | Mao's revolution in 1949. Chain Kai-shek leave China. Becomes People's Republic of China. Mao: Stalinist. UN shocked that 2 Communist Countries were now in the permanent security council of 5. |
| The Korean War | 1950-1953. The Forgotten War. No real heroes. UN problems as to whether or not to allow Korea to be Communist. |
| 38th parallel | Divided the Korean peninsula. DMZ (de-militarized zone). Decided by the UN. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Almost brought on nuclear war. Caused by soviets giving nuclear missiles to Cuba within striking range of US mainland. |
| Bay of pigs Invasion | US's attempt to overthrow Soviet-supported totalitarian regime through the Bay of Pigs. Failed. |
| Satellite States | Eastern Europe states under USSR's sphere of influence |
| The Great Leap Forward | Mao's failed attempt to create a classless society through the people's communes |
| Tienanmen Square Uprising | Chinese protests for democracy. Caused by political corruption and inflation. Uprising crushed by military. |
| Chinese Cultural Revolution | from 1966-1976 and attempted to eliminate old ideas as well as rivals to communism so that China could reach the final stage of Communism, a classless society. |
| Eastern Bloc | Communist Bloc. Includes USSR and the states under it sphere of influence. |
| Uprising Poland (1952) | Revolts to get rid of Communism. Soviet's influence remained because of Warsaw Pact |
| Uprising Hungary (1956) | Promised free elections, but were rigged so communism nominees won. Could have led to the end of communist rule in Hungary. Soviets controlled the uprising |
| Uprising Czechoslovakia | Revolts to get rid of Communism. Soviet's influence remained because of Warsaw Pact |
| Holocaust | The murder of more than 5 million Jews and other who Hitler did not think were acceptable to live in his new world. |
| Israel | In response to the split of Palestine because of religious differences by the UN, the Jewish declared the area the state of Israel, a safe haven for Jews. |
| Balfour Declaration | ??? |
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