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post ww2/ cold war
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| george marshall | was an American soldier and statesman famous for his leadership roles during World War II and the Cold War |
| douglas macarthur | He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. |
| harry truman | was the 33rd President of the United States. As the final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman became president on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died |
| winston churchill | was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955 |
| dwight eisenhower | 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961, |
| john f. kennedy | politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. |
| mikhail gorbachev | a former Soviet statesman. He was the last leader of the Soviet Union |
| chaing kai-shek | military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975 |
| mao tse-tung | a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China |
| deng xiaoping | He was the paramount leader of China from 1978 until his retirement in 1992 |
| ho chi minh | was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| fidel castro | served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 |
| nikita krushchev | Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. |
| margaret thatcher | was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 |
| indira gandhi | first female Prime Minister of India and central figure of the Indian National Congress party. |
| ronald reagan | American politician, commentator, and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 |
| universal declaration of human rights | a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly |
| iron curtain | physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas |
| war crimes trials | a series of trials of accused Nazi war criminals |
| super powers | |
| marshall plan | American initiative to aid Western Europe |
| truman doctrine | American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War |
| policy of containment | prevent the spread of communism |
| united nations | The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation |
| nato | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| warsaw pact | a collective defense treaty among eight communist states |
| yalta conference | meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. |
| democracy | all the people of a state or polity are involved in making decisions about its affairs |
| dictatorship | control by force |
| fall out shelter | |
| satellite nations | subordination of one state to another. |
| nuclear weapons | explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions |
| korean conflict | war between North and South Korea, a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North |
| vietnam war | was fought between North Vietnam—supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the United States |
| berlin wall | was the defining symbol of the Cold War, separating families and keeping the people from jobs and opportunity in the west |
| cuban missile crisis | was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba |
| theory of deterrence | nuclear weapons are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons |
| domino theory | if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect |
| soviet collaspe | in December of 1991 the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries |
| chinese civil war | war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China |
| glasnost | Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues |
| prestroika | a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 80's |
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