COLD WAR PT 1

Karl Marx

Founder of modern communism

Vladimir Lenin

Leader Russia's Bolshevik movement.

Joseph Stalin

Communist dictator of the Soviet Union during WWII

Totalitarianism

Government control over every aspect of public and private life

Communism

A form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

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

Did the Truman Doctrine work?

Yes, it was overall a success in containing communism

When did the Truman Doctrine fail(MAY BE WRONG)

March 12, 1947

Marshall Plan

A plan that the US came up with to revive 16 war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.

Mao Zedong

Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976.

Chiang Kai-shek

Nationalist Chinese leader

Joe McCarthy

Winsconsin Senator that created a national witch hunt for socialist and communists inside the United States after WWII

McCarthyism

The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism

Edward R. Murrow

An American journalist who criticized McCarthyism and helped bring about the eventual censure of Joseph McCarthy by the U.S. government.

Ike

Dwight D. Eisenhower. President, 1953 - 1961

military-industrial complex

An alleged alliance between military leaders and corporate leaders

Nikita Khrushchev

Ruled the USSR from 1958-1964; lessened government control of soviet citizens; seeked peaceful coexistence with the West instead of confrontation

Arms Race

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

Fidel Castro

Communist leader of Cuba

Bay of Pigs Invasion

failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.

New Frontier

Kennedy's plan, supports civil rights, pushes for a space program, wans to cut taxes, and increase spending for defense and military

LBJ

37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 under President John F. Kennedy, and was sworn in shortly after Kennedy's assassination. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a U.S. representative, U.S. senator and the Senate's majority leader.

Great Society

1964, LBJ's policies of fighting poverty and racial injustice

Korean War

1950-1953

Berlin Wall

Barrier set up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin

Fall of the Berlin Wall

1989

Nixon visits China

1972

Vietnam War

1955-1975

Berlin Airlift

1948

Cuban Missle Crisis - JFK

1962

USSR detonates its first atomic bomb

1949

Hydrogen Bomb Test

1952

Sputnik

1957

Moon Landing

1969

Put the Ten events in order.

Berlin Airlift

USSR detonates first atomic bomb

Korean War

Sputnik

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam War

Moon Landing

Nixon Visits china

Fall of Berlin Wall

Why was the Berlin Airlift Important

It gave the U.S.A the first victory of the Cold War, without having to fire a single bullet

Why was the USSR testing their first atomic weapon important

It showed that the USSR is now on the same level of power as the U.S.A

Why was the Korean war important

This was the first major U.S/ USSR proxy war

Why was the Sputnik satellite important

This showed that the USSR was much farther ahead in the space race than the US

Why was the Berlin Wall important

It cut off West Berlin and East Berlin, and did not allow to people to travel in between the two.

Why was the cuban missile crisis important

It was the closest that the U.S and the USSR came to nuclear war with one another

Why was the Vietnam War important

It was the U.S’s first war loss.

Why was the moon landing important

It showed that the U.S had beaten the USSR in the space race

Why was Nixon Visiting China important

It was the first time that the U.S had recognised communist China to exist, and drove a wedge between USSR and China

Why was the Fall of the Berlin Wall important

Germany was able to unite, and it was the ending mark for communism.

What was the flaw of communism/Calculation

The government could not calculate the price of things in their country. They had a hard time since they controlled all of it and it did not fluctuate freely.

What was the flaw of communism/ Incentive

No one in the country had an incentive to work. They didn’t have it because their hard work would be shared with everyone for free

What was the flaw of communism/ Knowledge

The government did not have a good number of how many people were in their country. They also did not know how to deal with things such as famine and destruction. (definition may be wrong so check)

What countries were on the communist side of the IRON CURTAIN

USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria