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Unit 9 Cold War

Cold War & Independence Movements

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United Nations World Organization formed to prevent war
Iron Curtain Division between Eastern & Western Europe during the Cold War
Containment Policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine Policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism
Marshall Plan Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover
Cold War State of tension & mistrust between the United States & the Soviet Union
NATO Military alliance including the United States, Canada & Western Europe
Brinkmanship Willingness on the part of the superpowers to go to the edge of war
Mao Zedong Communist leader who defeated the Nationalists & led the People’s Republic of China (Mao Tse Tung)
Chiang Kai-Shek Nationalist leader who set up a new government on Taiwan (Jiang Jieshi)
Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese nationalist who drove the French out of Vietnam & led North Vietnam
Domino Theory Theory that nations were like a row of dominoes, if one fell to communism, others would fall too
Vietcong Communist rebels in South Vietnam who were supported by North Vietnam
Third World Developing nations in Africa, Asia & Latin America
Fidel Castro Communist leader of Cuba
Ayatollah Khomeini Muslim leader who overthrew the Shah of Iran
Nikita Kruschev Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin
John F. Kennedy President of the U.S. from 1961 to 1963; Cuban Missile Crisis; Assassinated!
Detente Policy to decrease tensions between the superpowers
Ronald Reagan President of the United States from 1981 to 1989; helped end the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev Last leader of the Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact Military alliance including the Soviet Union and its satellite allies
Satellite Nation A “nation” that is controlled by another more powerful nation
Mohandas Gandhi Helped liberate India through passive resistance & civil disobedience; Assassinated!
Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India; Ally of the USSR; Assassinated
Jawaharlal Nehru First Prime Minister of India that supported western-style industrialization
Gamel Nasser President of Egypt that nationalized the Suez Canal & built the Aswan High Dam; ally of USSR
Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel that led them to victory in the Yom Kippur War; ally of USA
Jomo Kenyatta Leader of the independence movement in Kenya
Nelson Mandela Fought against Apartheid; first black president of the Republic of South Africa
Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister that reasserted the United Kingdom’s military power
Deng Xiaoping Reformed Communist China’s economy to a market economy leading to rapid economic growth
Apartheid Policy of racial segregation in South Africa; separateness
Indian Sub-Continent Territory that was controlled by Great Britain that became the independent nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka
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