world history chp 7

Cold War

avoidance of direct war, between USSR and the US

Yalta Conference

Split germany and berlin into 4 zones of occupation between the Allied powers.

United nations

organization to settle problems, US, France, GB, USSR, and China could veto any policies

satellite nations

border nations between USSR and the west

containment

a foreign policy strategy aimed at preventing the spread of communism during the Cold War.

Truman Doctrine

A policy set forth by President Harry Truman in 1947 to provide political, military, and economic assistance to countries threatened by communism.

The Berlin Airlift

allies merged their zones to create west germany and stalin closed access to west berlin

The Berlin Airlift

US and British created “Operation Vittles” to fly food and supplies into west Berlin

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Warsaw Pact

alliance with soviets satellite nations

Brinkmanship

going to the verge of war in order to get what you want

Sputnik

first satellite in orbit launched by the soviets

Mao Zedong

Communist leader in china

The Great Leap Forward

policy to transform China into a socialist society with rapid industrialization

communes

farms of 25,000 peasants living and working together

38th parallel

border between north and south korea

Ho Chi Minh

communist leader in north vietnam

Domino Theory

if one nation goes communist, others would follow

Vietnamization

plan to train south vietnamese to take over for US troops

Fidel Castro

Communist dictator in cuba

Bay of Pigs

US failed attempt to overthrow Castro

Cuban Missile Crisis

Clash between US and USSR about Soviet Missiles in Cuba

Nikita Khrushchev

soviet leader 1950s-1960s

detene

policy of lessening Cold War Tensions

SALT

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, limiting nukes

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative, increased military spending and put a missile defense system in space

Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet Leader who reformed the USSR

Glasnot

Social Reform that ended religious bans and censorship.