Chapter 26 The Cold War

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United Nations (UN)
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
Compare and contrast the Soviets and the US
US
- capitalists
- voting by people
- upset that Soviet Union didn't keep Yalta Conference promise to have free elections and democratic parties in Poland
- wants to create new world order where nations have right of self-determination
- wants to gain access to raw materials and industries
- wants to rebuild European gov to create stability and new markets for US good
- wants to reunite Germany so that Europe can be more secure

Soviets
- communists
- established totalitarian government
- upset at the delay in attacking Germany in WW ll and keeping atomic bomb a secret
- wants to encourage communism in other countries
- wants to rebuild economy using eastern Europe's raw materials and equipment
- wants to control Eastern Europe to balance US influence in Western Europe
- wants to keep Germany weak to prevent future threats
Potsdam Conference
Was the last of the WW ll meetings held by the Bug Three including Truman.
Satellite Nations
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Iron Curtain
a "curtain" split between the democratic nations and communist nations
Cold War
the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II
Truman Doctrine
1947 - Stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism.
Marshall Plan
Plan that was not aimed against anyone but rather for people to be helped
Berlin Airlift
The Allies response to the Soviets blockade of West Berlin. Sent airplanes bringing food, fuel, medicine and Christmas gifts.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
defensive military alliance
38th parallel
Dividing line between North and South Korea
North Korea
Communists
South Korea
Democratics
Korean War
After North Korea invades South Korea in 1950
General Douglas MacArthur
UN forces supreme commander
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
The most famous agency to investigate Communist influence in the US was the
Hollywood ten
The 10 people who refused to testify
Blacklist
A list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval.
Alger hiss
Accused of spying for the Soviet Union
espionage
the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
Perjury
Lying under oath
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Activists in the American Communist Party who were executed as spies
Joseph McCarthy
Senator of Wisconsin jumps on communist issue
McCarthyism
the term that described McCarthy
Air-Raid Drill
the fear of nuclear war were present in the US for the next 30 years
H-bomb
Hydrogen bomb
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Ike"
American General who began in North Africa and became the Commander of Allied forces in Europe.
Brinkmanship
A policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
used spies to carry out covert operations and gather information
1953
Stalin dies in
Warsaw Pact
Seven Eastern European countries alliance
Open skies
Proposal of Eisenhower for mutual air surveillance of the U.S.A.'s and USSR's build up of arms
Nikita Khrushchev
Aggressive Soviet leader, wants communism to take over and whose failed gamble of putting missiles in Cuba cost him his job
Space Race
A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
Sputnik
a Russian artificial satellite
U-2
U.S. spy plane shot down by the Soviets
U-2 incident
the downing of a U.S. spy plane and capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist Chinese leader
Mao Zedong
Chinese communist leader
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