cold war Flashcards
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define cold war
Political and hostility between countries
define Second red scare
1940s and 1950s in the United States when many people were very afraid of communism spreading in the country.
define the Marshall Plan
was a U.S. program that gave about $13 billion in aid to European countries after World War II to help them rebuild their economies and cities.
define MAD
-> Mutually Assured Destruction
was the idea during the Cold War that if one country (like the U.S.) used nuclear weapons, the other country (like the Soviet Union) would fire back with their own — and both sides would be destroyed.
What was NATO?
NATO is a military alliance between the U.S., Canada, and many countries in Europe. It was created in 1949 to protect each other if any one of them was attacked.
what was the warsaw pack and perpose
Warsaw Pact was a military alliance created by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies in 1955. purpose was created to oppose NATO and keep control over Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
what were the proxy wars? proxy fought between US and Soviet Union during Cold War?
U.S. and the Soviet Union didn’t fight each other directly, but instead supported other countries or groups that were on their side. - Korean and vietnam war
What was significance of the 1969 moon landing.
Victory for US in space race.
The fight between indiviualsim (US) and collectivism (USSR) became a theme in American popular culture. what are to examples
1984” by George Orwell and “Rocky IV” (1985)
what was the importance of the fall of the berlin wall
showed freedom and the end of the cold war
what is meant by decolonization after WWII
process by which colonized nations gained independence from their colonial rulers after World War II.
