Cold War Flashcards

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Cold war - who

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U.S/capitalism vs. USSR/communism

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cold war- where

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global war

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cold war- why

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need for both ideologies to be seen at the dominant

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cold war- what

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extreme international tension between two superpowers. divides the world into spheres of influence as competition
- starts with Yalta conference 1945

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Yalta conference 1945

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allied members meet to plan the future of europe

- stalin wanted the east

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Postdam conference 1945

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continuation of the yalta conference

- stalin doesn’t give up terrorists

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Truman doctrine 1940’s

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policy of containment by U.S to battle communism and support those against communism

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Marshall plan 1940’s

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help europe recover economically, but ideology is being swallowed up by sphere of influence

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Berlin airlift 1940’s

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USSR blocks access to west germany in hopes that the U.S would give up

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Red scare 1950’s

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communist vs. McCarthyism to detain communists

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Korean War 1950’s

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communist north korea vs. domestic south korea

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non-alignment nations 1950’s

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nations that stayed neutral

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Nikta Khrushchev 1950’s

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takes over USSR after stalin dies

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NATO & Warsaw pact 1950’s

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military alliances

  • NATO: capitalist
  • Warsaw pact: communist
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space race 1950’s

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USSR begins race for technology in space

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cuban revolution 1950’s

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fidel castro takes control of cuba

- communist

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U2 spy plane 1960’s

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USSR shoots down U.S plane

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bay of pigs invasion 1960’s

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U.S invades cuba to stop Castro’s communist threat from spreading. Cuba turns to USSR for support

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vietnam war 1960’s

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war this USSR and U.S, same as korean war

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Red telephone 1960’s

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moscow-washington hotline

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cuban missile crisis 1960’s

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USSR transports weapons into Cuba, U.S sends nukes to turkey at USSR

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Brezhnev doctrine 1960’s

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truman doctrine but at communist point of view

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prague spring 1960’s

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attempted to revolt by czech

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SALT 1970’s

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strategic arms limitation talks

- ways to limit missiles, slow down arms race, leads to development of missiles

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soviets invade afghanistan 1970's
afghanistan turns from communist to democratic, soviets invade and many nations angry at USSR
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olympic boycotts 1980's
1980- U.S and allies boycott moscow olympics | 1984- soviets boycott L.A olympics
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star wars 1980's
reagan proposes SDI (strategic defense initiative)
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grenada interventionism 1980's
U.S outs communists in grenada
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iran-contra affair 1980's
U.S sold weapons to iran and used profits to fund guerilla force battling communists
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START 1980's
strategic arms reduction talk | - physically reducing weapons stockpiles, leads to INF (intermediate nuclear forces treaty)
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tiananmen square 1980's
protest of chinese vs. communist | - end of USSR
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Perestroika 1985
economic restructuring, limited free market
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glasnost 1987
political openness, reduction of censorship, opens paradox box
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demokratizatsiya 1988
oldest communists
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Balance of power
1. alliances 2. arms race 3. brinkmanship 4. detente
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sphere of influence
reign/area (independent nation) where an outside state is more significant
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arms race
building army to be stronger
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brinkmanship
practicing dangerous policy to the limit before stopping
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expansionism
a policy of territorial/economic expansion
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containment
strategy to cut off/quarantine the expansion of ideas of capitalism/communism
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deterrence
the discourage of an action/event through consequences
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liberation movement
an organization/political movement leading to a rebellion against gov - seeking independence