Ideologies in Conflict and the Imposition of Liberalism Flashcards
(36 cards)
What was the Berlin Blockade
The U.S.S.R blocking the borders, railways, and roads to prevent people leaving
What was the cold war?
A “cold” war where there was no physical war between the two nations. From 1947-1991, a fight between two superpowers and their ideologies, capitalism and communism
Why was Josef Stalin mad at berlin being separated into four?
Berlin was in their section but because it was the most powerful, it was decided to be split into four which was not supported y the soviets
What is the balance of power?
A distribution of power so that no state becomes more powerful than another
What is containment?
The American perspective on limiting the expansion of the communist ideology
What is the domino affect?
The theory where if one country gets taken over by an expansionist nation, more countries will be taken over
What does espionage mean?
Spy/spying
What is expansionism?
The attempt to expand a nation’s territory or the nations influence
What is the iron curtain?
The ideological border between nations in Europe
What is isolationism?
The policy to limit involvement in other countries affairs
What was the Marshall plan?
The American plan to aid countries that were affected by WWII
What is a satellite state?
A smaller nation falling under the influence of a superpower
What is the sphere of influence?
The territory which is influenced under one main ideology and economic affair
What is a superpower?
A particularly powerful nation (the Soviet Union and the United States of America after WWII)
What is the truman doctrine
A policy where the U.S.A will help another nation battling communism
What is mutually assured destruction (MAD)?
Fear that if one country used nuclear weapons, other nations would reciprocate which would destroy the world
What was the peace dividen
the though that the millions of dollars that have been spent on the cold war would now be used for humanitarian purposes
What is an arms race?
a competition between countries to see who could develop the most nuclear weapons
What is brinksmanship?
The act where a government threatens to be able to take an extreme rather than concede in a conflict
What does collective security mean?
countries will secure each other
What does Detente means?
The act of lessening tensions
What does deterrence mean?
The policy of discouraging nations to take military action
What is dissuation?
The French policy of keeping nuclear arms for the protection of the state
What was Mcarthyism?
The term given to root out potential espionages of foreign nations in American society during the 1950s
