Period 8 Key Concepts Flashcards
(40 cards)
Yalta Conference
Meeting between FDR, Stalin, and Churchill. Est. the United Nations and showed the rising tensions between Soviets vs. US and Britian.
Potsdam Conference
Meeting between the Big Three to negotiate the terms for the end of WWII. Set the stage for a Soviet take over and worsened US-Soviet relation.
Containment
USA attempt at limited/countering Soviet influence in Europe. Pushed the US to declare support for any government that was anti-Communist.
Truman Doctrine
Truman declared support for any country dealing with Communist coups/uprising. Led to USA giving $300 mil aid to Greece and $100 mil aid to Turkey.
Marshall Plan
Proposed that the US lends money to Europe for the purpose of economic recovery. Sent $13 billion towards the recovery effort.
NATO (National Alliance Treaty Organization)
Peacetime military alliance; declared that if one country in NATO was attacked, all the countries in NATO were attacked.
Warsaw Pact
Basically the Soviet’s version of NATO. Was a retaliation to the formation of NATO and solidified the division in Europe.
Taft-Hartley Act
An overhaul of the National Labor Relations Act; weakened workers ability to organize and strike. Was passed over Truman’s veto.
Fair Deal
Truman’s attempt to extend the New Deal. Proposed social services such as ext. Social Security, national health insurance, housing program, etc. Was blocked by Congress.
Loyalty-Security Program
Allowed the investigation of federal employees for potential espionage. Represented how centralized government power had gotten.
HUAC (House Un-american Activities Committee)
Anti-Communist government agency, spread fear over Soviet spies. Launched by conservatives.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Declared that the US would aid countries threatened by Communism. Put a pro-American government in Jordan, showed that the USA expanded containment globally.
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Non-violent peace organization with the philosophy of non-violent but direct action.
Berlin Blockade
Stalin blocks resources off of East Berlin after the USA, Britain, and France suggest giving the Germans their land back.
Berlin Airlift
U.S. response to the Berlin Blockade, flew in thousands of tons of food and other resources to East Berliners.
Korean War
Proxy war between Russia-N. Korea and US-S. Korea.
Mao’s Great Leap Forward
Communal farming that led to widespread starvation in China.
Mao’s Cultural Revolution
Mao ordering the destruction of object from pre-Mao China; included the burning of books and temples.
de-Stalinization
Khrushchev deconstructs Stalin’s policies.
Berlin Wall
Khrushchev builds the Berlin Wall to separate the East and West.
Dentente
Mutual coexistence between nations (U.S. and S.U.)
- Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty
- Helsinki Accords
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Arms treaty between the U.S. and S.U. on the anti missile defense systems in defending areas. Was put in place to reduce pressure to build nuclear weapons.
Helsinki Accords
Formalized and recognized all post-WWII borders.
Taft-Hartley Act
Restricted the power of labor unions.
