Ch. 13 + 14 Cold War

Uneasy Alliance

At the end of WWII both sides looked at one another with animosity and suspicion of their goals

Capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

Democracy

A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.

Communism

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state

Yalta Conference (1945)

Established world organization and Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in eastern Europe. Pledge broken and led to Cold War

Containment

A US foreign policy adopted by president, Harry Truman in the late 1940s, and which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances

Iron Curtain

Winston’s Churchill term in the Cold War division between the Soviet dominated east and US dominated west

Truman Doctrine 1947

A policy of providing economic military aid to any country threatened by communism

Marahall Plan

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe

Cold War

The power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II. They argued between the world running on democracy and communism. There was no direct firing weapons at one another and finding other areas in the world to fight.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. An alliance between the western European countries and agreed to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country.

Chang Kai shek

The leader of nationalist forces against the communist in China during the revolution, and fled to Taiwan

38th parallel North

The line that divided Korea between the Soviet Union, supported the north and the United States supported the south

Duck and cover

School children practice, crawling under their desk and putting their hands over their heads to protect themselves from an atomic bomb attack

Brinkmanship

The art of never backing out And it was used to keep the Soviet union Believing that we were capable of Launching our missiles

Sputnik

It was the first official earth satellite and sparked US fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.

Arms race

A competition between the US and Soviet Union to build up their armed forces and weapons

Woman’s in the 1950s

Women were stereotypes and to stay at home. There was only a fraction of women going to a university. Woman began to work later in life after the children had left the home.

Blacklisting

List of people suspected to be communist. These people were prevented to find work.

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Created McCarthyism. He claimed to have list of communist in the US gov. He took advantage of fears of causing post World War III to become influential. He also hated communism.

What was mentioned in Doctor Strangelove movie

Satire of the Cold War, fluoride conspiracies, soviets had a doomsday machine, a plane gets through and begins the end of the world( meaning nuclear bombs are noticed and recognized by the world and there is no going back.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

They were American communist, and executed after found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were passing information to the USSR about the atomic bomb

The anti-communism of the 1950s

Known as the second red scare

HUAC

House Un- American activities committee. Committee that investigate possible subversive activities within the United States

Truman fires MacArthur for insubordination reasons

1 macArthur advocates it’s attacking China

2 if needed the use of nuclear weapons. He believed it would get rid of communism