Untitled Deck Flashcards
(29 cards)
Cold War
The state of hostility without direct military conflict
United Nations
An international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong founded in 1945 to promote world peace
Marshall Plan
The program proposed by the Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947
Truman Doctrine
A U.S. policy announced by Pres. Truman in 1947
Satellite nation
A country that is dominated politically and economically by another nation.
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet blockade of the German city of Berlin implemented from 1948 to 1949 to halt land travel into the city in hopes of forcing the United States
Containment
The blocking of another nation’s attempts to spread its influence—especially the efforts of the United States to block the spread of Soviet influence during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
A defensive military alliance formed in 1949 by ten Western European countries the United States and Canada.
Berlin Airlift
A 327-day operation in which U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded the city in 1948.
Korean War
A conflict between North and South Korea lasting from 1950-1953
38th Parallel
Divided North and South Korea.
House of Un-American Activities Committee
A congressional committee that investigated Communist influence inside and outside the U.S. government in the years following World War II.
McCarthyism
The attacks often unsubstantiated
Second Red Scare
The fear of communism in the U.S. during the 40s & 50s.
Iron Curtain
A phrase used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line that separated Communist countries in the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe from countries in Western Europe.
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies.
Brinkmanship
The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression.
U-2 Incident
The downing of a U.S. spy plane and capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960.
Causes of the Cold War
U.S. and Soviet Union have competing (differing) economic and political systems.
Soviet Union dominance
Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe by establishing satellite nations.
U.S. policy of containment
U.S. establishes policy of containment.
Communist takeover in China
Communists take over China.
Effects of the Cold War
Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan aid Europe.
NATO and Warsaw Pact founding
NATO and Warsaw Pact are founded.
