Causes of Cold War
This was dropped on two cities in Japan-
Atomic Bomb
The build up of the army and military- competition between two countries
Arms race
French word for relaxation
Detente
The leader when USSR dissolves
Gorbechev
This leader lied during the Yalta Conference
Stalin
The 13 day tense event between Cuba and the USA
Cuban Missile Crisis
Openness in Russian
Glasnost
Describe the economy during the leadership of Bresnev
Stagnant
The ideology that the government owns all means of production
Communism
Civil War between communists & non-communist that resulted in a stalemate with the peninsula still divided at the 38th parallel
Rebuilding of the economy
This alliance dissolved after the USSR fell
Warsaw Pact
The idea that countries can choose their own leaders
Democracy/voting/self determination
Civil War between communists led by Ho Chi Mihn in the North vs. anti-communist leaders in the South where communists won, and the country is communist today
Vietnam War
These were talks between the USA and USSR over nuclear weapons
SALT
This war cost a lot of money and had heavy casualties for the Soviet Union
Soviet Afghan War
This plan funneled money into European economies to help give them money to rebuild after WWII
Marshall Plan
When Stalin created a barrier around Berlin as a way to protest the creation of a united Western Germany, but it failed
Berlin Blockade
This treaty led to the decrease of both USSR and USA weapons
INF
The first country to declare independence from the USSR
Poland