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Cold War
-war with little to no fighting
-ideological war b/t USA & USSR; capitalism vs. communism
-race that developed b/t the US and USSR to see who could build the bigger sphere of influence
Proxy war
a war where 2 opposing countries support combatants that serve their interests instead of waging war directly
Truman Doctrine
1947 aid to Greece & Turkey to stop them from becoming communist
Marshall Plan
A plan to rebuild Western Europe’s economies, infrastructure, & militaries
likely created competition
Iron Curtain
Soviet block of Eastern Europe countries from the Soviet Union
Decolonization
process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country
Cultural Revolution
-1966-76
-Mass mobilization of urban Chinese youth inaugurated by Mao Zedong attempting to prevent development of a bureaucratic Soviet style of communism
-an attempt to create a common national identity, which caused a massive upheaval and crisis
-tried to abolish old customs, culture, habits, and ideas and intellectuals and Mao’s political enemies
Mikhail Gorbachev
-wanted to instill some elements of capitalism
-reforms led to the breakup of the Soviet Union
-war ended in a stalemate with the country still divided at the 38th parallel
-”loss” of China to communism and the stalemate led Americans to become increasingly paranoid about the spread of communism
-costed Truman popularity
The significance of the Korean conflict as it pertains to containment
Mao Zedong & Communists won the Civil War against the Kuomintang
How did Mao Zedong rise to power?
