Cold War Begins
Why did the US and USSR not get along despite being allies during WW2?
ideological differences (communist vs. democracy)
How was GERMANY divided after WW2?
into four zones
Anti-communist leaders in the US claimed Soviet agents or spies were operating everywhere in the country and began investigations in many areas including government and TV/Movies
Red Scare
Domino Theory
A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
the communist rebels trying to overthrow South Vietnam's government
Viet Cong
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
help countries resist the USSR
alliance between the Soviet Union and seven countries they controlled in Eastern Europe called “satellite states”
Warsaw Pact
What happened after US occupation in Japan?
began manufacturing goods (electronics and cars)
Campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.
Cultural Revolution
What weakened the Soviet Union?
War in Afghanistan, arms race, supporting satellite countries
What was the Marshall Plan?
provide economic aid to help rebuild European countries after WW2
neither side would want to be last to launch their attack, so if conflict started their was risk that both sides would immediately launch an all out nuclear attack
MAD (mutually assured destruction)
Who made most economic decisions in the USSR's command economy?
the government
How was Vietnam split up?
divided between North (communist) and South (anti-communist)
T/F Satellite countries after the USSR no longer supported them were still communist
false
the alliance between the US and its Western allies
NATO
T/F The Cold War was a violent war between the US and USSR
false
Program by President Lyndon Johnson expanded social programs in the 1960s to prevent communism at home.
Great Society
Who did Mao Zedong get support from?
peasants and women
perestroika
reduced size of the government and allowed some free-market ideas.
What was the term used by Winston Churchill to describe the division between Eastern and Western Europe?
iron curtain
How did the Berlin Wall symbolize the Cold War conflict around the world?
divide between capitalism and communism
How did the Civil Rights Movement reflect the broader geopolitical context of the Cold War?
hypocrisy of America's claims of freedom
How did Communist policies in China impact individual freedoms?
restricted personal freedom in favor for goals of the country
What was the impact of news coverage of the Vietnam War?