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LD SS COLD WAR TEST
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| COLD WAR | The war which the US tried to contain communism against the Russians |
| COLD WAR TIME PERIOD | 1945 - 1991 |
| CAPITALISM | The form of economy in which some people can be in higher classes with more money than the others. |
| COMMUNISM | A form of economy which in theory everyone will have the same amount of money and will be equal. |
| SATELLITE NATIONS | Nations that were taken over by the USSR. |
| CONTAINMENT | Trying to keep communism in the parts of the world that it was in and try to prevent it from spreading to other countries. |
| CONTAINMENT EXAMPLES | Truman Doctrine, Red Scare/McCarthyism, Berlin Airlift, Marshall Plan, NATO, United Nations & NASA |
| TRUMAN DOCTRINE | To provide military & economic support for countries that had not yet turned communist. |
| RED SCARE/MCCARTHYISM | The fear of communists living in the United States. |
| BERLIN AIRLIFT | When the Russians blockaded West Berlin, Truman ordered hundreds of planes to drop packages with food in it for the people in Berlin. |
| MARSHALL PLAN | The US provided European countries not under communism military and economic support. |
| NATO (VS. WARSAW PACT) | A military alliance with much of western Europe. This group was created to defend against the Soviets. |
| UNITED NATIONS (UN) | An intergovernmental corporation that is used to keep peace. |
| NASA | The US base that was used to beat the Russians in the space race. |
| KOREAN WAR TIME PERIOD | 1950 -1953 |
| KOREAN WAR GOALS | To stop the spread of communism. |
| KOREAN WAR LOCATION | North and South Korea |
| KOREAN WAR AFTER WWII | Japan controlled Korea after WWII; USSR supported North Korea and the US supported South Korea |
| KOREAN WAR RESULTS | Ended at the 38th parallel. After both sides pushed back and forth, they both wound up with the same amount of land from when they first began. |
| VIETNAM WAR TIME PERIOD | 1956 - 1975 |
| VIETNAM WAR GOALS | To stop the spread of communism into the South so that the neighboring countries in Southeast Asia would also fall into communism. |
| VIETNAM WAR LOCATION | Vietnam |
| VIETNAM WAR AFTER WWII | Vietnam was divided - North (communist) which was supported by the Soviet Union) - led by Ho Chi Minh South (non-communist) supported by the US - led by Ngo Dinh Diem |
| VIETNAM WAR RESULTS | 1974 - Nixon pulled out troops; still funds S. Vietnam 1975 - North takes over the South and became one united communist country. |
| PRESIDENTS INVOLVED IN KOREAN WAR | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson & Richard Nixon. |
| DOMINO THEORY | JFK belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, neighboring countries in Southeast Asia would also fall to communism. He sent military advisers to help Diem fight the Vietcong. |
| VIETCONG | Guerrillas who opposed Diem; many of who were peasant from South Vietnam. |
| CAMBODIA | Fighting in Vietnam spilled over into this country causing a Civil War there. |
| HAWKS VS. DOVES | One group was in favor of the war and the other was against the war |
| CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS LOCATION | Cuba & Turkey |
| CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS DATE | 1962 |
| REASON FOR CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | USSR were putting nuclear missiles in Cuba |
| CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS RESULTS | USSR withdrew their missiles from Cuba and US withdrew their missiles from Turkey. |
| DETENTE | 1971 - Easing of tensions between US and USSR/China. Ended when Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. |
| DETENTE LEADER (S) | Richard Nixon |
| SALT AGREEMENT | 1972 - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Limited number of nuclear weapons the US and USSR built. Paved way for START (1991) - Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| SALT AGREEMENT LEADER (S) | Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter |
| STAR WARS | 1981 - Defense program which included research for weapons that could shoot down soviet missiles from space. "We must find peace through strength" |
| STAR WARS LEADER (S) | Ronald Reagan |
| GLASNOST | 1985 - A policy of speaking openly and honestly. Allowed open criticism of government; allowed new political parties to form; East European Countries now began to demand change: Berlin Wall cam down in 1989 |
| GLASNOTS LEADER (S) | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| INTERMEDIATE NUCLEAR FORCE (INF) TREATY | Decided he had to sharply cut military spending to solve economic problems; After several summit meetings, they signed the treaty which the US and the USSR agreed to get rid of short-range and medium-range missiles. 1989 - He withdrew from Afghanistan |
| INTERMEDIATE NUCLEAR FORCE (INF) TREATY LEADER (S) | Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev |
| FALL OF THE USSR | 1991-Unrest among 120 ethnic groups in 14 Soviet Republics; demanded self-rule; Gorbachev supported move toward democracy; Gorbachev held captive. Yeltsin & other reformers stopped the plotters, Gorbachev resigned & Soviet Union ceased to exist. |
| FALL OF THE USSR LEADER (S) | Boris Yeltsin |
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