cold war quiz study guide Flashcards
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Containment
wanted to prevent the spread of comminism
Communism
a political and economic system that aims to create a classless society where the major means of production are owned and controlled by the public
Truman doctrine
President Turman’s promise to help nations struggling against communist movements
marshal plan
Foreign policy that offered economic aid to western, after WW2
Berlin Airlift
Program in which US and British pilots flew supplies to west Berlin during soviet blockade
NATO
Military alliance formed to counter soviet aggression
Collective security
If 1 nation is attacked then it’s considered an attack on all countries in the alliance
Satellite nations
independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation
Warsaw pact
military alliance of all the soviet union and its satellite states
Korean war results
it was never officially ended with a form treaty
Korean leaders: present and today
present:
NK:Kim Il Sung
SK: Syngman Rhee
today:
NK: Kim Il jung
SK: Yoon Suk Yeol
North Korea today
It is an isolated area with strict punishment if leaders are disrespected, no internet/little electricity, gov controls all media
38th Parallel
line the marks the division between north and south Korea
loyalty boards
examined the personal + plitical activities of 1000s of federal govt employees
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S
Real purchasing power
value of money in terms of the real goods and services it can purchase. help the economy become stable in the U.S.
Per capita income
The average income earned per person in a given area in a specified year. this is another item that helped the U.S. economy
1948 election: candidates,results,reason for democratic split
candidates:
Southern democrats: Storm Thurmond
Progressive party: Henry Wallace
Democrats: Truman
republican: Thomas dewy
Winner: Truman
Eisenhower turned down their invitation to run again making voters reluctantly pick Truman
China: political groups that fought, leaders, and type of government
groupd fighting: communist + Nationalists
mao zedong-led communists
chiang kai-shek- led nationalists
becomes a communist nation
soviet leaders: identify who was willing to work with U.S
Nikita Khrushchev who was willing to work with the us on the space race
Joseph McCarhty & McCarthysim
Joseph Stalin was a Republican senator who claimed that department members were of communism with zero evidence.
McCarthyism: a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations
Rosenberg spy case
husband and wife that were arrested, convicted, and executed for espionage. for being believed of passing information of the atomic bomb to soviets.
J. Edgar Hoover
head of FBI decided to have HUAC hold public hearings for Americans found to be engaged in communists activates
