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an easing of tensions detente system of thought and belief ideology full scale use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) would result in the destruction of both the attacker and defender, and possibly all humankind Mutually Assured Destruction competition between USSR and US for supremacy in space exploration Space Race S. Vietnamese rebels used the countryside and the peasants they knew in order to fight the war guerilla warfare restriction from trading with a country trade embargo property is private + prices are set by Supply and demand, US market economy gov. controls every aspect of the economy including setting prices, USSR command economy "the draft," which required all young men to be ready for military or other service conscription country with a market economy, but greater gov. responsibility for the socials and economic needs of its people welfare state the movement to built-up areas outside of central cities suburbanization agreement to end fighting in a war armistice 5 reasons USSR collapsed 1.E.Europe was supposed to bring USSR great power and wealth, but they had to spend a lot of time + resources to keep them under control 2.Khrushchev gave people more freedom + they responded by demanding more, so to counter this, USSR had to become more oppressive 3.command economy of USSR led to some great things, but for most part it didn't work bcause goods+output weren't high enough to support all of USSR people-standard of living never rose as it did in US bcause the people had no incentive to work, + inefficient gov. didn't know how to run a country's economy 4.nuclear arms race with US caused USSR to spend their money to keep up + neglecting other, more important things-farming 5.war w/Afghanistan weakened the USSR morale 2ideologies, 2countries, 2military alliances USSR-communism-Warsaw Pact US-democracy+capitalism-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goal of Viet Cong wanted to overthrow non-communist gov.s agreement ended Vietnam Paris Peace Accord Pres. Reagan's Cold War policy Reagan Doctrine-US policy directly challenge USSR; sought to undermine existing communist gov.s "red scare" term used to describe accused thousands of being communists Marshall Plan Massive aid package offered by US to Europe to help countries rebuild after WWII reason Cold War so terrifying nuclear weapons American strategy under detente less military involvement result of glasnost and perestrkia 1."openness" eliminating censorship + encouraging people to openly discuss USSR's problems 2."restricting" reduced size of inefficient USSR bureaucracy that made it hard to get things done + backed limited capitalism in heavy industries + farming 5 ways America became leading economic + political superpower following WWII US was unharmed by destruction of WWII, so they were able to supply Europe+Japan w/goods. US $ became strongest currency in world, UN headquarters built in NYC, IMF+World Bank are headquartered in DC, +gov. programs helped promote prosperity course of action taken by US and USSR in Korea, Germany,+Vietnam, + political+economic results for each country each country was split in 2 w/ US taking half+USSR the other N.Korea +East Germany were communist +W.Germany +S.Korea bcame capitalist. W.Germany was democratic, while S.Korea was dictatorship. N.Vietnam bcame communist+S.Vietnam started as democracy, but after Vietnam War they bcame part of communist Vietnam line divided (s) Korea 38th parallel female PM of England during 1980s, her goals for Europe Margaret Thatcher-bring down welfare states Gulf of Tonkin Resolution let Pres.Johnson take all necessary steps to prevent further aggression in SE.Asia "Blank Check" Cultural Rev., especially goal to remove "bourgeois" tendencies from China; Mao turned country over to teenagers w/goal of bringing China back to revolutionary spirit China turned after fall of USSR capitalism US-China relations through 1950s, 60s, + 70s, +leaders involved,+why actions of 1970s occurred Pres.Eisenhower recognized Taiwan as country of China, when China +USSR split Pres.Richard Nixon visited Mao in China, offered them a seat in UN,+recognized China as country in order to oppose USSR country aided N.Korea in Korean War+why they did so China-communist purpose of SALT+START SALT-fixed each country's nuclear arms to current level+banned ABMs; limit amount of nuclear weapons European Coal+Steel Community, what is was+what it led to promoted economic activity in W.Europe, especially by eliminating tariffs,+it led to European Union USSR's "Vietnam" war w/ Afghanistan Sino-Soviet relationship,+3 reasons why relationship turned China+USSR were allies because they both communists, disagreed over border of Russia+China, communist ideology (Mao thought peasants should lead rev.+Khrushchev thought factory workers),+Mao +Khrushchev thought other was crazy, so USSR+China became enemies