Pacts, treaties, and polices
Policy by president truman to combat the expansion of communism and aid nations that were threatened
Truman Doctrine
soviet union leader in 1959 who gained power after Stalin died
Nikita Khrushchev
1960, direct confrontation between U.S and soviet Union. Closest to nuclear war as the Soviet Union moved nuclear missiles towards Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
Sputnik
Policy in the Soviet Union of speaking openly about problems.
Glasnost
Alliance formed in 1949 by European Nations and United States to fight soviet aggression
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
commander of allied forces in western Europe, president of U.S in 1953, who came up with the domino theory. Also ended Korean war in 1953
Dwight Eisenhower
Through 1948-49 when the soviet union tried to gain control over berlin, blocked road ways and canals
Berlin Blockade
Vietnamese guerillas who opposed the noncommunist government of South Vietnam
The conference between the highest-ranking officials of different nations.
Summit Meeting
Military alliance formed in 1955 of soviet union and other communist states in Europe (Treaty of friendship)
Warsaw Pact
Led Great Britain through WW2 and was one of the first to raise the iron curtain across Europe
Winston Churchill
Vietnam War
a metaphoric wall dividing the democratic nations of the West from the communist nations of the East
Iron Curtain
What was Truman's policy known as?
Containment
Plan to rebuild Europe in 1948 in which the U.S gave billions to aid western Europe
Marshal Plan
U.S president between 1961-1963 who helped diffuse the cuban missile crisis and also ordered the space race program into action
John F. Kennedy
(1950-53) US fighting Communist North Korea that had the support of soviets, who tried to invade south korea
Korean War
a nation that is dominated politically and economically by a more powerful nation
Satellite Nation
the belief that once a certain region was infected by communism, communism would spread to regions around that area
Domino Theory
When both super powers agreed to get rid of the use of missiles and nuclear warfare
Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF)
U.S president in 1980-1988, took stance against soviet union and communism, also increased defense spending which brought up the arms race with soviets
Ronald Reagan
Berlin Crisis
nations with enough military, political, and economic strength to influence events worldwide
Superpowers
Kennedy's plan to round up Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs Invasion