cold war

Years of the Cold War

1945-1991 *almost half a century

definition of cold war/who fought

a conflict between the United States (democratic capitalist) and the Soviet union (communist)

why did the cold war happen

the two political philosophies believed they could’t coexist

the name of the international peacekeeping body after WW2 and where it is located

the united nations (UN), located in NYC

what NATO stands for and its purpose

north atlantic treaty organization

a defensive military alliance between the u.s and other countries

purpose of the security council

members of the security council (5)

maintenance of international peace and security

u.s, russia, china, France, britian

UN’s general assembly and its role

each member gets a vote on issues/proposals

warsaw pact

soviet union’s version of NATO (USSR’s military alliance)

iron curtain definition/sides

a symbolic divide between democratic capitalist west europe and communist east europe

definition of containment

leader who came up with it

stopping the spread of communism

created by Truman

examples of containment

u.s. going to war in Korea and vietnam

truman doctrine

GREECE AND TURKEY, u.s foriegn policy that offered financial aid to any democratic nation under threat of communism

purpose of Yalta conference

a meeting between the big three (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) to create a postwar plan for WW2 for the allies (thought they would win)

define how berlin was divided into occupation zones

east Berlin - communist (USSR)

west Berlin - democratic capitalist (u.s and allies)

located in east germany

type of government/economic system that America,birtian,etc set up in germany after WW2

democratic capitalist

type of government/economic system that the Soviet union set up in germany after WW2

communist

soviet response to west germany

berlin blockade(cut off resources to east Berlin)

cause of Berlin airlift

berlin blockade

chinese communist leader responsible for things such as the cultural revolution and the great leap forward

mao zedong

great leap forward and its impact on china

an attempt to ramp up industrial and agricultural production

workers had no incentive to work when only the state profited from their labor (production went down)

chinese cultural revolution and its impact on the people

period of terror where china’s red guards (student militia groups) attempted to stamp out the old, non-maoist way of life

which sides the u.s and Soviet union supported in the Chinese civil war

u.s - republic of china (nationalist china)

USSR- people’s republic of china (communist china)

how has the chinese government and economy changed since the death of mao

the economy has become more free-trade friendly

the grovernment continues to censor some media and silence dissidents

which sides the u.s and Soviet union supported in the korean war

u.s - south korea

soviets - north korea

first Korean dictator

who is in control today

kim il sung (first)

Kim jong un (current)

why Americans trained cuban exiles in the 1960s

to take Cuba back from Castro/communism

explain the Cuban missile crisis and how it ended and

the leaders involved in it (u.s,Soviet union,Cuba)

a 13 day military standoff over the installation of neclear-armed Soviet missiles on cuba that were very close to u.s shores

John f. kennedy - america

Nikita khrushchev - russia

Fidel castro - cuban

story of the bay of pigs

the CIA sent the Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro (full scale invasion)

the invaders were baby outnumbered by castro’s troops, along with many other things that went wrong, and surrendered after less than 24 hours

why was the Berlin wall built

to prevent refugees from fleeing communist east berlin

what the arms race is and why it emerged

a military buildup of troops and weapons between the u.s and Soviet union

mutually assured destruction (MAD) was guaranteed with nukes, along with brinkmanship being driving forces

who the u.s supported after the soviets invaded Afghanistan

the afghan rebels (taliban) (anti-communist)

vietcong and who they supported

a geurrilla army of South Vietnamese communists who supported ho chi minh

viet Minh and what they wanted

ho chi minh’s supporters (he was their leader)

wanted to drive out the u.s troops /south Vietnamese people that didn’t support ho chi minh

ngo dihn diem and his significance to south vietnam

ruled as a dictator in south Vietnam, but was very unpopular and was taken out of power quickly (this weakened their government)

explain domino theory and who came up with it

the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of southeast Asia would follow suit(simililar to a line of dominos)

eisenhower

glasnost definition

a policy of openness in the Soviet union (ex - less censorship)

perestroika definition

economic restructuring (more autonomy & some private businesses)

how the arms race and policies of mikhail Gorbachev led to the collapse of the Soviet union

russian people lost their fear of the communist party

symbolic end of the cold war

the Berlin wall falling

stalin

ruled USSR after WW2, transformed it into a superpower/communist

nikita khrushchev

cuban missile crisis, brinkmanship

gorbachev

made the Soviet union more free/led to the downfall

FDR - number and main stuff

(1)

at Yalta conference

died before world war 2 ended

truman - number and main stuff

(2)

truman doctrine

marshall plan

Korean war

eisenhower - number and main stuff

(3)

Vietnam war

domino theory

kennedy - number and main stuff

(4)

vietnam war

bay of pigs

Cuban missile crisis

brinkmanship

johnson - number and main stuff

(5)

Vietnam war

gulf of tonkin

nixon - number and main stuff

(6)

withdrew from vietnam

detente

visited china