Cold War Test Flashcards
(29 cards)
Origins of the Cold War
stalin was upset that america didn’t help the USSR during ww2
Stalin learns about our plans to build the a-bomb/nuclear weapons through the spies Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
The US and USSR have different government styles
Yalta: (feb 1945) USSR promised free election (which was rigged with jail, murders, and bribery) for conquered countries
Potsdam: (july 1945) america lies about building the a-bomb
Buffer Zones and Satellite Nations
Areas surrounding a large powered country that have high influence on how that area is run and creates a buffer zone by land in case of an invasion
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Spies for the soviet union that stole plans for the a-bomb and were later killed
Alger Hiss
Accused of being an soviet union spy
CIA
US intelligence gathering agency
KGB
Soviet union’s intelligence gathering agency
NATO
(April 4, 1949) the North Atlantic treaty organization, a military alliance of democratic countries
Warsaw Pact
(May 14, 1955) The soviet union’s response to NATO, a military alliance of communist countries
U.S.S.R Leaders & U.S. Presidents
USSR: Stalin, Khrushchev
US: Harry Truman, JFK
Kitchen Debate
With Khrushchev at a appliance event arguing with Nixon
Flexible Response
a wide range of options before military usage
John Foster Dulles & Brinkmanship
John Foster Dulles developed Brinkmanship: The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression in the hope they back down
Berlin Airlift
Flying food and supplies into west Berlin
Sputnik
Soviet Union Satellite
Summit in Geneva
Where the US and Soviets meet to discuss the “Open sky proposal”
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cubans sent back to Cuba funded with US military weapons, but Fails
Truman Doctrine
Containment: prevent communism from influencing other countries, payed Greece and Turkey to stay a democracy
Marshall Plan
plan to give all European countries money to remain a democracy
M.A.D
Mutually Assured Destruction
Open Skies Proposal
Each side proposes that they can fly spy planes over the rival country to gain intelligence
Russia rejects the idea
The U.S. flies a U2 spy plane over anyways
Gary Powers is shot down over Russia and put on trial
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR’s movement of nuclear weapons into Cuba to have full rage to hit the united states if needed
McCarthyism
Prove that the communists were taking over america so planted evidence to set politicians up, Downfall after trying to accuse the US army
The Red Scare
Growing fear the communism would take over america
The Korean War
(June 25th 1950) North korea surprises south Korea with an invasion, South Korea Calls for help from america, US sends General Douglas MacArthur
(Sep 1950) Landing the of US soldiers to split the line, MacArthur promised to have the soldiers “home for christmas”
(Nov 1950) 300,000 Chinese soldiers join the war, hiding there troops over daylight and moved at night, pushed america back to the 38th parallel
