Post WWII
Who was the US President at the end of WII?
Harry S. Truman
What two superpowers were against each other during the Cold War?
the Soviet Union versus the United States
Who was the leader of Communist China during the Great Leap Forward?
Mao Zedong
*content vocabulary* a war in which the powers in conflict use third parties such as substitutes instead of fighting each other directly
proxy war
during the Cold War, the US and Soviet policies of holding huge arsenals of nuclear weapons to prevent war; each nation believed that neither would launch a nuclear attack since both knew that the other side could strike back with nuclear weapons
deterrence
*content vocabulary* building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy
What was the name of the Eastern Europeans alliance during the Cold War?
the Warsaw Pact
*content vocabulary* in China during the 1950s, a group of collective farms, which contained more than 30,000 people working together
commune
*content vocabulary* idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall
domino theory
building up armies and stores of weapons to keep up with an enemy
arms race
Describe the Marshall Plan
it gave financial assistance to countries needing helping with recovery after WWII
What was the name of the Westerns States alliance during the Cold War?
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What happened to farmland in China under Communist rule?
Who controlled Korea until 1945?
Japan
a plan to keep something, such as communism, within its existing geographical boundaries and to prevent further aggressive moves
policy of containment
Describe the Truman Doctrine
this stated that the United States would provide money to countries that were threatened by communist expansion
How many military alliances was the United States in around the mid-1950s?
42
What two governments existed side by side in China at the end of World War II? And who led each side?
The Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, the Communist by Mao Zedong
Describe the Bay of Pigs
when the CIA planned for exiled Cuban fighters to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to incite a revolt against Castro
a country that is economically and politically dependent on another country
satellite state
What is the name of the British and American efforts to fly supplies into Western Berlin?
the Berlin Airlift
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Nikita Khruschev
What is the name of Mao's book? Often referred to as "a sort of bible for the Chinese Communists"
the Little Red Book
Who was the president of the United States during the Vietnam War?
President Lyndon B. Johnson
an atmosphere of constant revolutionary fervor favored by Mao Zedong to enable China to overcome the past and achieve the final stage of communism
permanent revolution