Cold War Flashcards
Iron curtain
Line that separated the democratic from the soviet dominated
Cold War
U.S verses Soviet Union
Marshall plan
US program of economic aide to help western euro recover after ww2
Containment
US Cold War policy aimed at keeping communism from spreading
Communism
Gov. That works in a community and provides support for lover people
Sputnik
1st artificial satellite to orbit earth
Truman doctrine
US Cold War policy meant to support free people who were resisting take over by an outside pressure
Buffer zone
Soviets wanted to use E. Europe to protect Soviet Union from enemies in the west
NATO
Established in 1949 military alliance between Soviet Union and satellite countries in E. Europe
Cuban middle crisis
Nuclear face off between JFK and Khrushchev
Ho Chi Minh
Communist leader of Vietminh
Harry s. Truman
President
JFK
President
Nikita Khrushchev
Ruled Soviet Union from 1950-1960
Mao Zedong
Chinese communist b4, during and after ww2