Vocab and Terms
This policy is the most fundamental idea of the Truman Doctrine - minimizing communism and controlling its spread around the world
Containment
Became president after FDR died, dropped the Atom Bomb
Harry Truman
A speech made to Congress after World War II which expressed the president's firm plans to stop communism around the world
Truman Doctrine
French colonization of this place left it weak and susceptible to dictatorships and foreign influence after WW2
Vietnam
How did Khrushchev's policies weaken the dictatorship that had existed during the Stalin era?
De-Stalinization contributed to looser rules and the break down of some of the economic policies which had helped build the USSR like 5 yr plans.
What does Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost" mean?
Openness - letting ideas and solutions flow freely within the USSR to help improve it after Brezhnev
Used diplomacy with Khrushchev to avoid World War 3 during an important missile crisis
John F Kennedy
A competition between the 2 superpowers after WW2 to build up nuclear weapons and military strength
Arms Race
The creation of "zones" within this country after WW2 was a point of tension between the GB/France/the US and the USSR
Germany
How did Brezhnev contribute most to the fall of the USSR?
He opened up culture to western influence
What is perestroika and who was known for it?
Gorbachev - means "restructuring" of the USSR's government and policies during the 1980s
Known for de-Stalinization in the 1960s
Khrushchev
The 'domino theory' was most specifically mentioned during this controversial war
Vietnam
These two major alliances formed after World War 2. Name them and give 3 examples of countries within them
NATO - USA, GB, France, Belgium, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Luxemburg, Greece, Turkey
Warsaw Pact - USSR and Satellite States - Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
Unification of Germany
Revolution in Poland followed by revolutions in the other states like Czech. and Hungary
The plan to minimize communism by giving financial support to the countries affected by World War 2 was called...
The Marshall Plan
Communist group within North Vietnam who were supported by the Soviets
Viet Cong
Def-Con 4 was called by JFK during this moment after he ordered a blockade around a Soviet military base
The Cuban Missile Crisis
How did the views between Truman and Stalin differ most? Give at least 2 reasons
Truman wants to stop communism by helping weak countries politically and financially. Truman believes in ideologies democracy and capitalism
Stalin believed WW2 is caused by uncontrolled capitalism and wants to spread communism around the world. He planned to set up Soviet regimes in as many places as possible. Socialism, specifically totalitarian communist dictatorships, was his main ideology.
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement (labor union organization advocating for worker's rights and freedom)
Brezhnev is seen as one of the better leaders of the USSR by Americans due to this foreign policy
Detente - gradual easing of tension/relaxing of nuclear weapons
Name ALL of Russia's leaders from the Revolution through today in order (last names only is fine)
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
Yeltsin
Putin
Describe 3 similarities and 3 differences between the Korean and Vietnam wars
Similar - both happened in Asia close to communist China and the USSR and are proxy wars between the 2 same countries, both were split into north and south during the conflict, both wanted to unite a nation under one ideology, both were not popular amongst the American public - both used a draft
Different - Korean was much shorter, Vietnam is very long. Korea ended with 2 separate nations, Vietnam did not. Vietnam is still communist today, the US pulled out with little success. Fighting was harder in Vietnam. More people died in the Vietnam war. Different presidencies (Korea is Truman and Eisenhower, Vietnam was 4 presidents: Eisenhower through Nixon)
Why was the dropping of the Atom Bomb during WW2 a pivotal moment in the start of the Cold War?
Everyone began to fear nuclear war. The development of more nuclear missiles by both sides was a direct reaction to the terror that was seen in Japan after the war. War as it had existed in the past in history changed forever.
List at least 3 countries who followed Poland with their own revolutions within the republics
Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan...
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