abeka history 11 section 27.2

• germany

• berlin

fill in the blank

after WWII, _______ and ______ were split into several sections for the Allies to rebuild

berlin airlift

provided aid to West Berlin after the Soviet blockade of their city

federal republic of germany

recognized nation of Western Germany (1955)

konrad adenauer

leader of West Germany (with the aid of Ludwig Erhard and his economic system)

ludwig erhard

fill in the blank

Konrad Adenauer was the leader of West Germany with the aid of ________ _______ and his economic system

geneva summit

meeting of the Soviet Union and several other nations to work toward “peaceful coexistence”

nikita khrushchev

dictator of Russia after Stalin

spy plane

fill in the blank

before Khrushchev and Eisenhower met in Paris in 1959, a ____ ____ was shot down over Russia

francis gary powers

pilot shot down over Russia; the conference was called off

berlin wall

built to close E. Berlin in 1961

arms race

race for nations to possess the atomic bomb and the hydrogen bomb

international atomic energy act

agency designed to control all of the uses of atomic energy

atoms for peace

Eisenhower’s program for the use of nuclear material for peaceful purposes

henry kissinger

perhaps the most influential person in Cold War foreign policy

detente

an official policy of lessened tensions between 2 nations

• SALT

• SALT II

agreement with Leonid Breshnev attempted to limit nuclear weapons in the world; the Soviet Union did not follow through