Cold war

Marxism

Karl Marx

social classes are equal

founder of marxism

Bolsheviks

member of left wing side of the political spectrum

Vladimir lenin at the time led

adapted the idea of marxism

October Revolution

Bolsheviks took over Tsar Nicholas II

after they take over does not join ww1 back and stays out

Vladimir Lenin

in charge of the reds during the october revolution

led communism

first head government of USSR

father of modern communism

Russian civil war

Bolsheviks (red) vs anti communism (white)

reds won and USSR formed

were fighting for control of whether there should be communism or not

Joseph Stalin

led the soviets after lenin died

born in Gori Georgia

rose to power for being hardcore and played a crucial role in the war

trotsky

The Great Purge

when stalin would kick anyone out of the country if they did not like him or they spoke out against communism

NKVD was the secret police of the USSR and kill or capture anyone that they did not like or spoke out

Potsdam Conference

3 of these

U.K U.S USSR

Discussed what would happen with germany and places around it

The U.S wanted to tell USSR about atomic bomb but stalin already knew (Spys)

clement atly

Satellite state

When a country is under control of another government but its still independent

iron curtian

a “line” that divided east germany and west germany

truman doctrine

gave a bunch of money to greece and turkey to support the USSR not take over

400 million dollars of aid

march 12 1947

speech to congress

containment

playing defense to stop the spread of communism

not attacking

playing defense

George F kennan

marshall plan

providing money to european countries to rebuild europe and make it better

provide economic assistance

12 billion dollars given

berlin blockade

spread berlin into four different occupation zones

france

U.S

U.K

USSR

trying to rebuild berlin because it was bombed to the ground

berlin airlift

western allies trying to rebuild berlin by dropping supplies by air planes

marking turning point

stalin was furious

NATO

North atlantic treaty organization

april 4 1949

signed treaty

france, U.S, U.K, Belgium, norway, netherlands, Luxemburg

Warsaw pact

exact opposite of nato

United nations

international organization to keep peace and stop war from happening

red scare

emerged in late 1940’s and peaked in the 1950’s

wide spread fear in the U.S about communist infiltration in the government

people that were thought the be communists were blacklisted and most likely fired from their job

HUAC

House Un-american authorities committee

congressional committee that investigated communist activities

targeted government employees

Alger Hiss

state department official and advisor during yalta conference

1948 he is accused of being a commi spy

wilta chambers accused him because he was a spy also but instead of jail time he just ratted everybody else out

don’t know if he was telling the truth

rosenbergs julius and ethel

spys for USSR

arrested in 1950

these people were not government officials (only civilians)

Klaus fuchs

this guy is the reason stalin knew about the atomic bomb

spy for the USSR

worked on Manhattan project

Joseph Mccarthy

senator

born is wisconsin

fueled the red scare

had a list of supposed communist

MCcarthyism is making accusations about other people being communist

arms race

race to build nukes

between U.S and USSR

one makes a new nuke the other makes 2

constantly making more to one up the other

duck and cover

false hope sent out by U.S to try to make the civilians not worry

Bikini Atoll

island chain used to test nukes

1946

operation crossroads

largest was castle bravos

MAD

prevent a nuclear war with the nuclear bomb

Levittowns

american dream town

white fence

get away from city life

Baby boom

increased rate of babies after people came home from the war

the romanovs

Tsar means emperor

royal family

anastasia thought to survive