right from the notes/ cold war
the _________ ____________ describes the tensions between communist and democratic governments from 1946-1990.
cold war
based on the idea that everyone should have equal rights and should be involved in making important decisions.
democratic
Soviet revolutionary and political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
Joseph Stalin
the ___________ dynasty was the last standing Chinese dynasty.
Manchu
was a true threat to China
Japan
the ___________ ____________ was a meeting between leaders to determine how they were going to divide.
Yalta Conference
belief that the state is more important than any individual
socialism
American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Ronald Reagan
the ___________ ___________ ___________ broke out due to a clash between the Nationalist and the communist
proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
Marshal Plan
Germany was divided into two sections
the east and the west
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, in which all property is publicly owned
communism
an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
The communist and nationalist banded together to fight against
Japan
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection.
Truman Doctrine
a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe.
NATO
a political system in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as head of state.
Monarchy
Chinese statesman, physician, and political philosopher who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang.
Sun Yat-sen
the ____________ leap forward was a campaign undertaken by the Chinese Communist between 1958 and early 1960 to organize its vast population, especially in large-scale rural commune's.
Great
Nicknamed the Candy Bombing
Berlin Airlift
a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe:
Warsaw pact
a succession of rulers of the same line of descent, In China.
Dynasty
a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China, which he led as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Mao Zedong
the _____________ revolution in China was an effort to revive Mao's ideas and reassert his authority which resulted in tens of millions of people being murdered.
Cultural
New Country established by the Nationalist
Taiwan