cold war

Question 1

what affects did the yalta and postdam conferences have on the cold war

Answer 1

-allies gave in to Stalin, and Stalin spread communism

Question 2

meaning and effects of Churchills iron curtain speech

Answer 2

-made people realize the threat of the spread of communism (battle of beliefs of democracy v. communism)

Question 3

what was the berlin blockade

Answer 3

• a blockade made between east(russia) and west(us, britain, and france) berlin in order to keep communism in East Berlin
• berlin was located in russian sector of germany
• east berlin cut off electricity, food, and others from west berlin

Question 4

what was the berlin airlift

Answer 4

• british, american, and french sectors airlifted food and other supplies to west berlin
• successful

Question 5

what is the purpose of NATO?

Answer 5

NATO= North American Treaty Organization

- military alliance between US & European allies

Question 6

what is the purpose of the Warsaw pact?

Answer 6

-military alliance between USSR & satellite states (USSR allies)

Question 7

what is a satellite state

Answer 7

a country that is independent but heavily influenced by military, economic and political aspects of another country

Question 8

what is containment

Answer 8

-a policy that will dominate the foreign policy of the US all the way up into the early 1990s and actually get us involved in a couple of wars (Korea & Vietnam)

Question 9

what is mccarthyism?

Answer 9

• political tactic of accusing somebody of something without proof but uses bullying/fear
• hearings were held over the use of this tactic
• backfired since people slowly saw it wasn’t true

Question 10

US Civil Defense

Answer 10

volunteers who help people in the case of a bomb attack

Question 11

launching of sputnik

Answer 11

• first satellite to orbit Earth and was made in Russia

- started a space race since the US wanted to exceed Russia

Question 12

ICBMS (intercontinental ballistic missiles)

Answer 12

-missiles that could reach a target without having to be flown there by a plane

Question 13

what is the alger hiss case

Answer 13

• state department official accused of stealing secret US documents and giving them to the USSR
• convicted of perjury

Question 14

what is the Red Scare (Us internal reaction to the Cold War)

Answer 14

• paranoia of communism
• spies
• bomb shelters
• air raid drills
• us civil defense creation
• loyalty checks
• mccarthyism

Question 15

what happened to the rosenbergs?

Answer 15

• accused and convicted of sharing info with the USSR (Treason)
• both put to death

Question 16

HUAC (House un-american activities commitee)

Answer 16

• a commitee of us house representatives

- investigated popular people to ensure no communist was trying to share propaganda

Question 17

what is the domino theory

Answer 17

-if 1 country falls to communism surrounding countries will as well

Question 18

5 countries involved in domino effect

Answer 18

1. Western Europe
2. Greece
3. Korea
4. Vietnam
5. Middle East

Question 19

Us way of influence on the domino effect countries

Answer 19

-focusing primarily on containment of communism

Question 20

what was the meaning of what happened in Hungary

Answer 20

• Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian revolt against communism
• showed the Us that we cannot help all

Question 21

what is massive retaliation

Answer 21

of russia does something we do it back but worse

Question 22

perestroika

Answer 22

restructuring economy

Question 23

glasnost

Answer 23

encouraged openness about issues

Question 24

detente

Answer 24

lessen tension

Question 25

berlin wall

Answer 25

comes down in 1989 and aby 1991 soviet union dissolves

Question 26

what is the berlin wall?

Answer 26

- a wall that separated East Berlin from West Berlin - built in 1961 - JFK says speech in support of W. Berlin

Question 27

deterrence

Answer 27

discouraging something through fear tactics