WWII to Cold War

Flashcards about the Cold War, World War II, Fascism and Nazism.

Glasnost

Greater freedom of expression; dissidents were freed from Soviet prisons.

Perestroika

Limited economic reforms in the Soviet Union, including allowing small private businesses and giving factory managers greater control over production.

Truman Doctrine

Policy where the U.S. would support and provide aid to all free peoples resisting Communism.

Marshall Plan

Billions of dollars in aid given to Western European countries to rebuild their economies and prevent future Communist revolutions.

Bay of Pigs

Failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles to incite an anti-Castro rebellion.

Cuban Missile Crisis

In 1962, the U.S. discovered Soviet missiles being secretly placed in Cuba, leading to a naval blockade and near nuclear war.

Hitler-Stalin Pact

Non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin that led to the Nazi conquest of Poland.

Nuremberg Trials

Trials held after World War II to prosecute Nazi leaders for war crimes and genocide.

United Nations

New world peace organization created after World War II to include all nations in an attempt to bring about world peace.

Fascism

Political system developed in Italy, Germany, and Spain, characterized by extreme nationalism, devotion to party leader, glorified violence and racism.

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler's book outlining his ideology, including the belief that Germans were a superior race and Jews were the cause of Germany's problems.

Gestapo

Secret police force used by the Nazis to inflict terror and suppress dissent.

Holocaust

The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.