The Cold War Flashcards
An international organization that approved and organized military action against North Korea.An international organization that approved and organized military action against North Korea.
United Nations
A phrase coined by British Prime Minister Churchill to represent Europe’s division into mostly democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
Iron Curtain
A policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism
Containment
A pledge made by the president of the US, promising to support any nation struggling to suppress communist revolutionaries
Truman Doctrine
An assistance program that provided food, machinery and other materials to rebuild western Europe
Marshall Plan
A struggle over political differences carried on by all means short of direct military action or war between the two superpowers
Cold War
An alliance formed by the United States and its allies to check and protect their interests against soviet expansion
NATO
A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations
Warsaw Pact
A belief that when one country falls to communism, that ultimately, it would lead to the fall of its neighbors
Domino Theory
Leader of the Cuban communist revolution
Fidel Castro
Leader of the communist Sandinistas in Nicaragua, who aided other socialists in nearby El Salvador
Daniel Ortega
Leader of the Iranian Revolution who wanted a republic ruled by strict Islamic law
Ayatollah Khomeiel
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Describes policies that relaxed tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets.
Détente
negotiations between the US and the USSR which was designed to limit both countries’ stock of nuclear weapons
SALT
