Cold War Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

The first artificial satellite launched into space. Its launch by the Soviets marked the beginning of the Space Race

A

Sputnik I 1957

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2
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Mutrual defense alliance amoung the nations of Western Europe and North America. Designed to contain the spread of Communism

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NATO 1949

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The US policy of containing the spread of Communism. Containment was the foundation of US foreign policy from 1940s to the fall of the Soviets in 1990s. This policy was conceived by George Kennen, a state department employee and expert on Soviet.

A

Containment

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4
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Cold War competition between US and Soviet for supremecy in technology and spaceflgiht

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spacerace

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5
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Term introdued by Churchill to descibe the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe after WWII

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Iron Curtain

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6
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Soviet leader that denounced Stalin in 1956 and improved the Soviets image abroad. (Lost his power in 1964 after failing to improve the Soviet’s economy)

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Nikita Khruschev

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7
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Treaty between the US and Soviets to limit the number of strategic nuclear missisles in each country. The US Congress did not approve the treaty because the Soviet invasion of Afganistan

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) 1979

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8
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Practice under Eisenhower of trying to win internaitonal disputes through willingness to push dangerous situations to the brink of war

A

brinkmanship

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9
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Military crisis between US and Soviet over a secret Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear misscles in Cuba

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Cuban Missle Crisis 1962

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10
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The first hydrogen bomb, a thousand times stronger than the atomic bomb dropped in Japan, was tested by the US in south pacific in 1952. The Soviets, after their first A bomb in 1949, tested their first Hydrogen bomb in 1952

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Development of Hydrogen bombs 1952

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11
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President Kennedy’s strategy of considering a varity of military and nonmilitary options when facing foreign policy decisions

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Flexable Response

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12
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President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to counties threatened by communism

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Truman Doctrine 1947

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13
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Program developed to promote economic recovery in Western Europe with massive amounts of US financial help

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Marshall Plan

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14
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Policy of relaxing tensions between the US and Soviets, introduced by Nixon during the early 1970s

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detente

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15
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Treaty between the US and Soviet to limit offensive nuclear weapons and defensive antiballistic missile system

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Stragetic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) 1972

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16
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A war of words and threats between the Soviets and US that was marked primarity by a political and economic, rathter than military, struggle between two nations

A

Cold War

17
Q

Treaty signed by US, Soviets, and 100 other nations that banned nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater

A

Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963

18
Q

After the Soviet invaded Afganistan in dec 1979, President Carter placed an embargo on wheat shipments to Russia, increased spending on defense, and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow

A

Soviet Invasion of Afganistan

19
Q

Term used by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that implied the US was willing to use nuclear force in response in Communist agression

A

massive retaliation

20
Q

President Nixon’s policy of requiring countires threatened by communism to assume most of the military burden, with the US offering political and economic support

A

Nixon Doctrine

21
Q

Response of the US and GB to the Soviet’s blockade of the West Berlin. Supplies were sent to West Berlin with countinuous flights of thousands of US and GB airships

A

Berlin Airlift 1948

22
Q

President Eisenhower’s policy of reducing the size of the army, developed tactical nuclear weapons, and building strategic air power to employ nuclear weapons. Came to be known as Bigger Bang for the Buck

A

New Look 1955

23
Q

Soviet theory under Khruschev that the Soviets could coexist peacefully with the US. Ended in 1960 when the US was caught flying U-2 spy planes over the Soviets

A

peaceful coexistance