Conflicts
This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist countries--it is where North Korea invaded South Korea and where the United Nations sided with South Korea (capitalist/democratic) and China sided with North Korea (command economy/communist).
Korean War
What country was trying to contain communism?
USA
After WW2, which side of Germany was under communist rule and had a command economy that was controlled by the Soviet Union?
East Germany
a political system where the government owns all property and controls all aspects of life
communism
an organization of idependent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
United Nations
1. Cuban dictator Fidel Castro allowed the Soviet Union to put nuclear missiles in Cuba, and the United States demanded that they be removed. For two weeks, the US and the Soviet Union were very close to going to war.
2. What was the US repsonse to this?
1. Cuban Missile Crisis
2. naval blockade of Cuba--no ships could enter or leave Cuba
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
USSR/Soviet Union
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War, led the country with an iron fist and used the Five-Year Plan to increase industrial production and increase terror in order to get rid of opposition?
Joseph Stalin
this was a Cold War competition between the US and the Soviet Union to build up their armed forces and weapons to be larger/better than the other
Arms Race
an alliance between democratic nations made to defend one another if they were attacked by another country--includes US, England, France, Canada, and Western European countries
NATO (North American Trade Organization)
What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communist nations where the Chinese supported North Vietnam and the US supported South Vietnam?
Vietnam War
A US program that provided money to European nations to help them rebuild after WW2
Marshall Plan
Who was in charge of East Germany and East Berlin?
Soviet Union
an ecomonmic system based on open competition in free market, where individuals and companies own the production and operation of products for profit
Capitalism
an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations to defend each other if one was attacked
Warsaw Pact
What were the effects of the Vietnam War?
1. US retreated
2. Vietnam united and became Communist
3. the people lost faith in their government
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism can be labeled forms of resisting expansion of communism around the world
containment
After WW2, which part of Germany ws democratic in government and capitalist in its economy and was controlled by the US, Britain, and France?
West Germany
the belief that nuclear war does not make sense because everyone would be destroyed
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
the idea if one nation falls under communist control, other nations nearby will also fall under communist control
Domino Theory
What was the era from 1945-1991 that had increased tension between the USSR and USA and was because of different ideas about how countries should be run/governed
Cold War
Iron Curtain
What separated East and West Berlin, was built by East Berlin, and was used to keep citizens from escaping to the West?
Berlin Wall
the act of accusing peopel of disloyalty and communism
McCarthyism
the US got supplies to West Berlin when communists blockaded the roads by dropping them from airplanes
Berlin Airlift