History Final Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is a nation stronger than other nations?
Super Power
Who led the cuban revolution in 1959
Fidel Castro
Who led Poland in a movement for change?
Lech Walesa
What were a threat to the balance of terror during SALT talks?
Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABM’s)
What is the Domino Theory?
Belief that one communist victory would lead to many others
Who created Perestroika?
Gorbachev
Who provided troops to help North Korea during the Korean war?
China
Communist Ruler of North Vietnam after 1954
Ho Chi Minh
When were weapons more powerful than ever
During the cold war era arms race
Who was Pol Pot?
Leader of the Khmer Rouge
Defeated chinese nationalist fled to where?
Taiwan
Detente
Relaxation of Tensions
MLKs major goal
Equal Rights
American supported ruler of South Vietnam
Ngo Din Diem
Fear of the spread of communism in the US
Red Scare
Romanias communist dictator
Ceausescu
What brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Marshall Plan
Offered financial assistance to a war torn Europe
Nikita Krushchev
Soviet leader after Stalin
Who led the Cuban Revolution?
Fidel Castro
Perestroika
Led to the success of capitalism and encouraged reforms
Mao Zedong
Led the Cultural Revolution and The Great Leap Forward programs
Welfare State
Led to high taxes and greater government regulation
