Study sets matching "world history cold war era"
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Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang Kai Shek fled to
Chiang Kai Shek and Mao Zedong fought
Truman Doctrine
the Nationalist leader of China who was defeated by the Commun…
Taiwan
Chinese Civil War
Vietnam War and Korean War
Chiang Kai Shek
the Nationalist leader of China who was defeated by the Commun…
Chiang Kai Shek fled to
Taiwan
fidel castro
nikita krushchev
john f kennedy
dwight d eisenhower
takes over cuba in 1959 and turns communist
new leader of the soviet union after stalin died... created the i…
in office during the cuban missile crisis... (US)
US general
fidel castro
takes over cuba in 1959 and turns communist
nikita krushchev
new leader of the soviet union after stalin died... created the i…
term coined by Winston Churchill to des…
The ideological struggle between commun…
Yugoslav statesman who established a co…
President Truman's policy of providing…
iron curtain
Cold War
Marshal Tito
Truman Doctrine
term coined by Winston Churchill to des…
iron curtain
The ideological struggle between commun…
Cold War
demilitarization
democratization
Cold War
Yalta Conference
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Conflict started in 1949 between superpowers, U.S. and Soviet…
Meeting of leaders from U.S. (FDR), Britain (Churchill) and So…
demilitarization
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
democratization
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
A state of tension and hostility between the United States and…
The United States policy trying to contain the spread of commu…
Massive aid package offered by the United States to Europe to…
a military alliance between allies of the United States to pro…
Cold War
A state of tension and hostility between the United States and…
Truman Doctrine
The United States policy trying to contain the spread of commu…
cold war
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
conflict between USSR and United States
USSR closed all roads & railways into West Berlin
U.S. & GB flew over West Berlin & dropped food & supplies for…
symbolic term used to describe the split it Europe
cold war
conflict between USSR and United States
Berlin Blockade
USSR closed all roads & railways into West Berlin
Superpower
Marshall Plan
Suburbanization
Segregation
a very powerful and influential nation (used especially with r…
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe,
is a population shift from central urban areas into suburbs
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from…
Superpower
a very powerful and influential nation (used especially with r…
Marshall Plan
was an American initiative to aid Western Europe,
demilitarization
democratization
Cold War
Yalta Conference
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Conflict started in 1949 between superpowers, U.S. and Soviet…
Meeting of leaders from U.S. (FDR), Britain (Churchill) and So…
demilitarization
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
democratization
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
NAFTA
French Mandates
British mandates
Margaret Thatcher
North America Free Trade Agreement; phased out trade Tariffs a…
Syria, Lebanon
Jordan and Palestine
Britain's first woman prime minister/improved economy/supports…
NAFTA
North America Free Trade Agreement; phased out trade Tariffs a…
French Mandates
Syria, Lebanon
Containment
Cold War
Mao Zedong
Cultural Revolution
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United Sta…
Chinese communist leader
a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and…
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
Cold War
the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United Sta…
First satellite launched into space, ma…
Nations that are governed politically a…
Nation that remains divided at the 38th…
Alliance of Soviet supporting nations f…
Sputnik
Satellite State
Korea
Warsaw Pact
First satellite launched into space, ma…
Sputnik
Nations that are governed politically a…
Satellite State
superpower
Marshall Plan
Suburbanization
Segregation
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the wor…
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction…
Movement from one area to the suburbs
Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differe…
superpower
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the wor…
Marshall Plan
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction…
Cold War
After WW2, the Allies were committed to…
Why was the UN formed?
United Nations (UN)
a war without direct fighting between the Soviet Union and the…
preventing conflicts between nations from escalating into war
People believed that there needed to be a world organization d…
an organization promoting international co-operation; the lead…
Cold War
a war without direct fighting between the Soviet Union and the…
After WW2, the Allies were committed to…
preventing conflicts between nations from escalating into war
Satellite State
Containment
Deterence
Domino Theory
Political term that refers to a country or nation that was for…
A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent th…
The action of discouraging an action or event through instilli…
The theory that a political event in one country will cause si…
Satellite State
Political term that refers to a country or nation that was for…
Containment
A United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent th…
Cold war
United Nations
Satellite Nation
Containment
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The n…
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promot…
a state dominated politically and economically by a more power…
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
Cold war
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The n…
United Nations
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promot…
globalization
Japan's economy
Asian tigers
China's economy
trend of things & ideas spreading worldwide; McDonald's is an…
implemented economic policies after WWII designed to increase…
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, & China; prospered…
communist government enacted reforms for growth; reopened stoc…
globalization
trend of things & ideas spreading worldwide; McDonald's is an…
Japan's economy
implemented economic policies after WWII designed to increase…
demilitarization
democratization
Cold War
Yalta Conference
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Conflict started in 1949 between superpowers, U.S. and Soviet…
Meeting of leaders from U.S. (FDR), Britain (Churchill) and So…
demilitarization
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
democratization
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Cold war
United Nations
Satellite Nation
Containment
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The n…
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promot…
a state dominated politically and economically by a more power…
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
Cold war
A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The n…
United Nations
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promot…
cold war
containment
domino theory
Iron Curtain
intense economic political military and ideological rivalry be…
USA did not let communism spread
idea that if one country fails to communism other surrounding…
(HT) , Term used by Churchill in 1946 to describe the line of…
cold war
intense economic political military and ideological rivalry be…
containment
USA did not let communism spread
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Cuban Missile Crisis
Containment
a military alliance between allies of the United States to pro…
Mutual defense alliance between the Soviet union and seven sat…
This was the closest the US and the Soviet Union have ever bee…
The US strategy of keeping communism within its existing bound…
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
a military alliance between allies of the United States to pro…
Warsaw Pact
Mutual defense alliance between the Soviet union and seven sat…
Cold War
Containment
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
State of tension and mistrust between the United States and th…
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
Division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
The military organization formed by the Soviets and Eastern Bl…
Cold War
State of tension and mistrust between the United States and th…
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism ar…
demilitarization
democratization
Cold War
Yalta Conference
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Conflict started in 1949 between superpowers, U.S. and Soviet…
Meeting of leaders from U.S. (FDR), Britain (Churchill) and So…
demilitarization
Process of removing weapons and soldiers from a country so the…
democratization
To change the way in which a government or country is organize…
Deng Xiaoping
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms aft…
Leader of the anti-Communist government of South Vietnam
36th U.S. President. 1963-1969. Democratic
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Deng Xiaoping
Communist Party leader who forced Chinese economic reforms aft…
Ngo Dinh Diem
Leader of the anti-Communist government of South Vietnam
Superpowers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
1945-1991
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
Military alliance led by US
Military alliance led by Soviet Union
dates of Cold War
Superpowers
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
NATO
Military alliance led by US
Deng Xiaoping
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lyndon Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Chinese revolutionary and statesman
South Vietnamese politician, named Prime Minister of the State…
American politician who served as the 36th President of the Un…
Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minist…
Deng Xiaoping
Chinese revolutionary and statesman
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Vietnamese politician, named Prime Minister of the State…