Key Terms
The process of bringing privately owned assets, like businesses, land, or natural resources, under public/government control or ownership
Nationalize
This man led the Chinese communist party to success in the costly civil war in China following the end of World War 2. He is also known for widespread social, economic, and political reforms... many of which were costly.
Mao Zedong
The Cold War can be boiled down to the conflict that was ongoing between these two countries.
The United States and Soviet Russia
This conflict broke out immediately following World War Two, though the two groups involved had been in conflict for nearly 20 years. This resulted in the Communist party gaining control and the Nationalist party fleeing to a nearby island.
The Chinese Revolution - (1945-49)
This American president was a major figurehead of the Cold War, making significant strides and decisions both good and bad in developing Cold War beliefs and practices before his untimely death at the hands of an assassin.
John F. Kennedy
The interference of a state in the domestic affairs of another state to influence political or economic outcomes - usually through force.
Intervention
This man was the 2nd premier of Russia and led them through World War 2 and the earliest stages of the Cold War.
Joseph Stalin
This conflict occurred from 1950-1953 between two rival parties looking to establish a new and reformed nation in East Asia, both of which were supported by one of the world's superpowers - the United States and the USSR, and later China.
The Korean War
The Indian Independence Movement.
This structure separated West Berlin and East Berlin, while also serving as a representation of the divide between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Berlin Wall
From the Afrikaans term for apartness - A form of legalized segregation where the white minority controlled the non-white majority.
Apartheid
This man led the peaceful protest movement in India against English rule. He utilized peaceful actions, and hunger strikes as a way to share his message before being assassinated.
Mohandas Ghandhi
The Vietnam War
This nation struggled through many decades of racial corruption, segregation, and mistreatment; officially ending these practices in the 1990's.
South Africa
This is the name of the Nationalist party in China that would go on to lose the Chinese Revolution and flee to the Island of Taiwan after the conflict.
The Guamindang
The division of a previously unified territory into two or more separate political entities, often with opposing ideologies or allegiances
This man led a successful coup in the island nation of Cuba in 1959. He would later ally himself with Soviet Russia and become one of America's most hated political opponents. He would lead Cuba until 2008, and would pass away in 2016.
Fidel Castro
This major event was the closest we came to World War 3, occurring when Soviet missiles were moved to an island extremely close to the United States, leading to a tense stand-off between the two nations before cooler heads prevailed and a rough agreement was established.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This revolutionary leader spent 27 years in prison after speaking out against his nation's leadership and racist practices. Shortly after his release he would become the leader of his nation.
Nelson Mandela
This man was a veteran of both World Wars and would work his way up within the communist party until he was one of the highest-ranking officials. He would establish a strong Communist nation in Yugoslavia where he would help establish the Non-Aligned nations that refused to work with both the United States and the USSR
Josep "Tito" Boritz
The US foreign policy strategy aimed at preventing the expansion of Soviet influence and the spread of communism
Containment
This man led a revolutionary movement within the newly freed Congo. He was elected as the first prime minister of the Congo but would only rule a short time until his removal and later assassination only a few months after taking office.
Patrice Lumumba
These are the 3 key features of that define the Cold War struggle.
1) The threat of nuclear war
(2) competition over the loyalty of newly independent nations
(3) the military and economic support of each other's enemies around the world.
This nation was invaded by Russia in 1979 as they were trying to establish themselves within the global sphere. In response, the United States funded freedom fighters who would later make up the terrorist organizations that would fight against the United States in the early 2000s.
The strategy established by the United States to fund struggling nations in Europe to ensure they would not "fall to Communism."
The Marshal Plan