Cold War Beginnings and Mao’s China
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13 Terms
Cold War
Long tension between United States and Soviet Union without direct war
Denazification
Removal of Nazi influence from Germany after WWII
Truman Doctrine
United States policy to stop communism spreading
Iron Curtain
Division between Western and communist Eastern Europe
Marshall Plan
US money to rebuild Europe and stop communism
Berlin Airlift
US flew supplies to blocked West Berlin (1948–49)
NATO
Military alliances of Western countries
Warsaw Pact
Communist military alliance led by Soviet Union
United Nations (UN)
Organization to keep world peace (founded 1945)
Mao Zedong
Communist leader of China
Great Leap Forward
Failed plan to industrialize China → famine
Cultural Revolution
Mao’s movement causing chaos and persecution
Little Red Book
Book of Mao’s quotes used for propaganda