Study sets matching "us history cold war"
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Containment
U2 Affair
Tet Offensive
Star Wars (SDI program)
Policy originated by President Harry Truman that sought to hal…
US spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union
North Vietnamese attack in 1968
Fake program to create a spacecraft with lasers to blow nukes…
Containment
Policy originated by President Harry Truman that sought to hal…
U2 Affair
US spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshal Plan
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the…
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military a…
program designed to rebuild postwar Europe and keep it from be…
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the…
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
Yalta Conference
U.S. vs. Soviets (differences)
Proxy War
Totalitarianism
At this conference, the allies agreed to divide Germany and Be…
Differences ... Political-US believed in capitalism-private owner…
The rivalry between the two superpowers led to many indirect (…
form of government in which the national gov't takes control o…
Yalta Conference
At this conference, the allies agreed to divide Germany and Be…
U.S. vs. Soviets (differences)
Differences ... Political-US believed in capitalism-private owner…
Cold war
Containment Policy
United Nations
Capitalism
The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that…
A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent th…
An intergovernmental organization to promote international co-…
An economic and political system in which a country's trade an…
Cold war
The state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that…
Containment Policy
A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent th…
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
War between the US and USSR from 1947-1991. There was politica…
A phrase that was used to describe the division of democratic…
Truman's policy to provide aid to any country affected by the…
The US would provide food, machinery, and other materials to c…
Cold War
War between the US and USSR from 1947-1991. There was politica…
Iron Curtain
A phrase that was used to describe the division of democratic…
satellite nation
Iron curtain
containment
Truman doctrine
a country dominated politically/economically by another nation…
division of Europe (west= democratic/ east=communist)/ said by…
proposed by George Kennan, what Truman used to prevent soviets…
president pledged to defend free peoples everywhere with econo…
satellite nation
a country dominated politically/economically by another nation…
Iron curtain
division of Europe (west= democratic/ east=communist)/ said by…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Iran
The CIA
I vowed to restore tranquility to American politics and to tak…
I lost the support of the Chinese people because of my corrupt…
The CIA helped overthrow this country's prime minister return…
This American group helped overthrow the democratically electe…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I vowed to restore tranquility to American politics and to tak…
Chiang Kai-shek
I lost the support of the Chinese people because of my corrupt…
Yalta Conference
U.S. vs. Soviets (differences)
Proxy War
Totalitarianism
At this conference, the allies agreed to divide Germany and Be…
Differences ... Political-US believed in capitalism-private owner…
The rivalry between the two superpowers led to many indirect (…
form of government in which the national gov't takes control o…
Yalta Conference
At this conference, the allies agreed to divide Germany and Be…
U.S. vs. Soviets (differences)
Differences ... Political-US believed in capitalism-private owner…
Showed how gullible and fearful America…
They fired any hollywood celebrity in t…
To help other countries threatened by t…
To fight against NATO, and make sure th…
Impact of Joseph McCarthy
Impact of HUAC on Hollywood
Motivation behind the Truman Doctrine
Reasons behind the creation of the Warsaw Pact
Showed how gullible and fearful America…
Impact of Joseph McCarthy
They fired any hollywood celebrity in t…
Impact of HUAC on Hollywood
Rosenbergs
Sputnik
Domino Theory
Marshall Plan
Julius and Ethel were United States citizens who spied for the…
Each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of…
The theory that a political event in one country will cause si…
American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United…
Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel were United States citizens who spied for the…
Sputnik
Each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of…
United Nations
Satellite Nations
Containment
Iron curtain
est. 1945; representatives of 50 nations trying to accomplish…
communist countries dominated by the Soviet Union (Albania, Bu…
by Truman late 1940s, US tried to stop the spread of communism…
a shadow, dividing Europe
United Nations
est. 1945; representatives of 50 nations trying to accomplish…
Satellite Nations
communist countries dominated by the Soviet Union (Albania, Bu…
U-2 Incident
Baby Boom
Termination Policy
Urban Renewal
Spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union, tensions caused betwe…
Babies born from 1945- 1965; large amounts of children born.
Terminate all support and control of the Native Americans.
Rebuilt broken down cities for nicer, affordable housing for p…
U-2 Incident
Spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union, tensions caused betwe…
Baby Boom
Babies born from 1945- 1965; large amounts of children born.
satellite state
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
independant nation under the control of a more powerful nation
worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Uni…
term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border betwee…
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against…
satellite state
independant nation under the control of a more powerful nation
Cold War
worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Uni…
UK, US, Soviet Union, China, France
The allied powers talked about what wou…
Let them choose their own government
Allied powers split it up into four par…
What five countries are in the UN security council?
What happened at the Yalta conference?
What did the Soviet Union promise to do with Poland?
What happened to Germany after WWII?
UK, US, Soviet Union, China, France
What five countries are in the UN security council?
The allied powers talked about what wou…
What happened at the Yalta conference?
Cold War
satellite nation
containment
Iron Curtain
period of hostility and competition between the US and Russia…
countries dependent upon and controlled by the USSR
policy to stop spread of communism
speech by Winston Churchill that said that there was an invisi…
Cold War
period of hostility and competition between the US and Russia…
satellite nation
countries dependent upon and controlled by the USSR
1. Harry S. Truman-
2. Joseph Stalin-
3. United Nations-
4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization-
beat Dewy in 1948, replaced Roosevelt
dies in 1953, replaced by Nikita Khrushchev
more successful that the League of Nations, created Israel
intergovernmental military alliance
1. Harry S. Truman-
beat Dewy in 1948, replaced Roosevelt
2. Joseph Stalin-
dies in 1953, replaced by Nikita Khrushchev
1945-1990
United States, Soviet Union
no direct violence, intense competition…
different ideologies and post-war goals…
years in which the Cold War took place
the countries (superpowers) involved in the Cold War with one…
the characteristics associated with a cold war
primary cause of the Cold War
1945-1990
years in which the Cold War took place
United States, Soviet Union
the countries (superpowers) involved in the Cold War with one…
NATO
WHO
LDC
WTO
(1949) intergovernmental military allilance
World Health Organization- bring health care to other countries
lesser devolped countries
World trade organization- international countries encouraging…
NATO
(1949) intergovernmental military allilance
WHO
World Health Organization- bring health care to other countries
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
United Stats and the Soviet Union had been allies during world…
Fell over Eastern Europe by developing a policy of containment.
President Truman promised to support any country fighting comm…
Was extremely successful.
Cold War
United Stats and the Soviet Union had been allies during world…
Iron Curtain
Fell over Eastern Europe by developing a policy of containment.
What conferences led to distrust betwee…
George Kennan laid out the US strategy…
Harry Truman ensured that West Berlin w…
Another word for the Truman Doctrine
Yalta Conference
Long Telegram
Berlin Airlift
The Marhsell Plan
What conferences led to distrust betwee…
Yalta Conference
George Kennan laid out the US strategy…
Long Telegram
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
fires MacArthur, drops the bomb
From Abilene, Kansas, Pledged to "go to Korea" to end it, Won…
JFK vs. Nixon- 1st televised debates, "New Frontier", Youngest…
Ran for president in the 1960 election
Harry S. Truman
fires MacArthur, drops the bomb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
From Abilene, Kansas, Pledged to "go to Korea" to end it, Won…
Yalta Conference
Potsdam conference
Satellite nations
iron curtain
allied nations met to discuss the future of European countries.
happend in July 1945 Germany would be divided into 4 zones as…
countries that is dominated politically and economically by an…
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the…
Yalta Conference
allied nations met to discuss the future of European countries.
Potsdam conference
happend in July 1945 Germany would be divided into 4 zones as…
satellite state
iron curtain
Truman doctrine
containment
independent country under military control
physical blockade in Europe by the soviet union
Truman promised to aid countries that were being influenced by…
us policy to prevent the spread of communism
satellite state
independent country under military control
iron curtain
physical blockade in Europe by the soviet union
Voice of America
Selective Service Act
US
OPEC
Government run radio that broadcast behind the Iron Curtain
The proper name for the required military registration of all…
One of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (…
Organization of countries whose primary export is oil (abbr)
Voice of America
Government run radio that broadcast behind the Iron Curtain
Selective Service Act
The proper name for the required military registration of all…