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The Yalta Conference
allowed self-determination; many Eastern European nations became communist
brinkmanship
Warsaw Pact
military alliance between the USSR and pro-communist allies formed in 1955
Cultural Revolution
emphasized strict socialism and attacked traditional Chinese ideas
De-Stalinization
Nikita Krushchev's plan to ease Cold War tensions; released political prisoners and relaxed censorship
The major world powers involved in the Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Krushchev sent missiles to Cuba; closest we came to nuclear war
detente
Nixon's policy of easing Cold War tensions; replaced brinkmanship
Great Leap Forward
Mao's plan to increase industry and agriculture from 1958-1961
38°
the dividing line between Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea
The two competing ideologies of the Cold War
United States: Capitalism & Democracy / USSR: Communism
Vietnam War 1965-1973
US fought a very unpopular war to stop communism spreading in Vietnam; unsuccessful
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
military alliance among democratic countries in Europe and North America formed in 1949
Results of the Great Leap Forward
Marshall Plan
"The Iron Curtain"
the divide between Capitalist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe
Korean War
US fought to prevent spread of communism into South Korea
People's Republic of China
the Communist government of China created by Mao Zedong
Little Red Book
given to all Chinese citizens during the Cultural Revolution; reinforced what was acceptable under communism
Space Race
began after the USSR launched Sputnik; US created NASA
Truman Doctrine
promised economic and military help to any nation threatened by communism
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
limited the number of ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) the US and USSR could have
Mao following Stalin's example
collective farms and 5 year plans
Domino Theory
idea that communist nations will turn their neighbors communist
Berlin Wall 1961
created by Krushchev; meant to keep East Germans in East Germany