Cold War

Jiang Jieshi

Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party

Fidel Castro

Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959

Ruholla Khomeini

Religious Leader of the Iranian Revolution

Nikita Khrushchev

leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death

Mao Zedong

Chinese communist leader

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Great Britain; famous for iron curtain

Ho Chi Minh

Communist leader of North Vietnam

Joesph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union at beginning of Cold War

Boris Yeltsin

Leader of Russian federation

Ngo Dinh Diem

Leader of South Vietnam

Pol Pot

leader of the Khmer Rouge

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

Shah of Iran

Sadam Hussein

Dictator of Iraq

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the ussr who engaged in economic reforms

Fulgencio Batista

Authoritarian ruler of Cuba until overthrown by Castro.

Kim Il Sung

First leader of North Korea

Syngman Rhee

Leader of South Korea

Richard Nixon

1969-1974, vietnamization, Paris peace treaty - u.s withdrawn, bombs invade Cambodia

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963; misses crisis, slow entry to Vietnam, killed

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1953-1961; Suez canal crisis, Hungarian Revolution

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989; Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969; Vietnam war, golf of Tonkin and Revolution

Harry Truman

1945-1953; Truman doctrine, Marshall plan

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981; SALT II, Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis

What 2 political groups fought in Chinese civil war and who won

Nationalism and communism.

Communism won being led by Mao Zedong

Why was the Great Leap Forward a failure?

poor planning caused home industries to be restrained of growth, crop failures caused famine

Why did china and ussr struggle to maintain their alliance

Mao and Stallin were in competition to see who would lead communism and when Sallin was killed Stalinism was denounced making Zedong believe that communism was over

When did the Cold War begin

1947

What had Russia done during wwii to upset the U.S

Ribbentrop pact, and invading Poland

What had the U.S done during wwii to upset Russia

Invaded Finland and creating west Germany

Iron Curtain

A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region

Truman Doctrine

President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology

Marshall Plan

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)

Berlin Airlift

The Allies response to the Soviets blockade of West Berlin

Cold War

A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization joined by U.S and Canada

Warshaw Pact

A military alliance formed in 1955 to bring together the Soviet Union and its Cold War allies Eastern Europe

What happened in 1953

Stalin died

Arms Race

Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons

Brinkmanship

the willingness to go to the brink of war to force an opponent to back down

ICBM

intercontinental ballistic missile

Who built the Berlin Wall and why?

East Germany, keep East Berliners from escaping to the free West Berlin. Supported by USSR.

Korea divided to what parallel on August 10, 1945

38th

What election embodied Kim in sung to plan an attack on South Korea

Chinese Communist Resolution

How is Douglas MacArthur viewed by the people

Positively

How is Douglas MacArthur view by historians

Although they recognize his strengths they question many of his idea and works

Who launches a surprise attack against UN forces after thanksgiving in 1950?

How did the U.S allies feel about nuclear weapons

Opposed and fearful

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

MacArthur demanded Truman's approval to expand the war

How did the war end in 1953

Stalemate

What are North Koreans taught about the Korean War

South Korea invaded north Korea first and it was a brutal us imperialist aggression

What does Kim II sung do to try and re establish after the Soviet Union established a relationship with South Korea

Self reliance, weapon development

French Indochina

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

How gave up occupation of Vietnam

Japan

Which side of Korea was Communist?

north

Which side of Korea was anti communist

South Korea

Domino Theory (Cold War)

the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control

After 8 years of fighting was France able to gain control of France

No they were unable to defeat Vietnam

Geneva Accords

Temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel

Ho Chi Minh Trail

A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam

National Liberation Front

Political arm of the Viet Cong

Why did Ngo Dinh diem assassinated

Unpopular, favored Catholics

Golf of Tonkin Resolution

It was a bill that gave the president Johnson authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the U.S.

Tet Offensive

a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.

draft

A system of required military service

Vietnamization

President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

How did Nixon handle communist forces

Khmer Rouge

A group of Communist rebels who seized power in Cambodia in 1975.

How many people were killed I'm the Cambodian genocide

1.5 - 2 million

My Lai Massacre

The killing of 200 Vietnamese old men, women and children by American soldiers

Pentagon Papers

Government documents that showed the public had been lied to about the status of the war in Vietnam

Paris Peace Accords

This intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War. It ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam.

Outcome of Vietnam War

North and South Vietnam united under communist North Vietnam

Why were Americans angry with the Vietnam's war

Isolationism and loss of lives

Embargo

A ban on trade

Why did the US put an embargo on Cuba?

To block meddlers (Castro Regime)

Bay of Pigs Invasion

1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles

How did Khrushchev respond to the Bay of Pigs Invasion

Supported for Cuba - U.S/Kennedy

How did Kennedy feel about discovering missile sites just Cuba

Fear and concern, demanded for removal

How did Castro feel about the missile site issues

wanted to fight US

How did Khrushchev respond to JFK'S demands

Denial

How the incident impact Cuba

Upset that the ties were cut with US

Detente

the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

Why did Nixon visit China?

To ease tensions between China and the US

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that reduced the two nations' supply of long-range nuclear weapons.

Why did Carter not ratify SALT

USSR invaded Afganistán

Which president increased defense spending in the 80s

Ronald Reagan

SDI

Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (1983), also known as "Star Wars," called for a land- or space-based shield against a nuclear attack.

Even though Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was a dictator, what did he embrace

Modernism

How did Mohammad Reza transform Iran

From oriental to western

Ayatollah

sign of God

Why did war break out between Iraq and Iran in 1980

Iraq wanted to take land and overthrow clerical ralee

Which side did U.S support during the Iran and Iraq war

Iraq

Who won the Iran-Iraq war?

No one, it was a stalemate

What country developed interest in Afganistán

USSR

Perestroika

A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

Glasnost

a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

What ended the Arms Race?

INF treaty

What occurred in November of 1989

Bringing down the Berlin Wall