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Cold War

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Cold War tensions between the US and SU after WWII
Espionage spies
potsdam conference meeting among leaders of US, Britain and SU before end of WWII; agreed on european divide
eastern bloc eastern europe controlled by SU(Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia)
marshall plan financial aid to western Europe after WWII
nuremberg trials trials of the Nazis for crimes against humanity
berlin airlift allies fly food into west berlin
NATO defensive alliance of Western countries against the SU
warsaw pact alliance of eastern european countries and the SU
technocrat government worker trained in a specific field
european union focused of reducing border tensions; one currency, free labor movement, reduction of taxes
NAFTA free trade with Canada and Mexico
truman doctorine US promised military aid to any nation fighting communism
red scare led by McCarthy, politicians attacked citizens for being communists
CIA spy agency
containment policy US policy of containing communism using any means necessary
domino theory when one country falls to communism so will the countries next to it
north= communist; south= elections; north attacked south; truce sign; country is still split korean war
DMZ(demilitarized zone) split Korea into 2 countries
brinkmanship art of moving to the edge of war without going over
geneva conference conference about the after effects of the Vietnam war
gulf of tonkin allowed US president to send troops to vietnam without congress approval
tet offensive turning point for US where we began to lose the vietnam war
vietnamization US idea of slowly leaving and training the vietnamese to take over
Ho Chi Mihn led vietnamese communist party in struggles for liberation against France and US
boat people vietnamese refugees who came to the US
feminism women wanted equal rights
destalinization end to large scale forced labor
khrushchev rejected stalinization for concentration of power and arbitrary dictatorship
solidarity Polish labor movement challenged SU dominated government of Poland
arms race, espionage, competition, indirect confrontation, alliances, propaganda ways the cold war was fought
europe split, marshall plan, divided Germany, nuremberg trials, alliances, UN political changes in europe during cold war
truman doctrine, domino theory, containment policy, red scare, CIA, military spendings increased characteristics of US during cold war
5 year plan and collectivization, heavy industry concentration, science is heavily funded, environmental damage characteristics of SU during cold war
korea split; vietnam became independent and communist results of indirect confrontations
germany is split and US and SU almost go to war because of berlin wall example of brinkmanship
welfare state country that had adopted socialist programs to decrease the gap between the rich and the poor
dien vien phu last battle between french and vietnamese
brain drain scientists came to US and stayed
chernobyl nuclear power plant that leaked and blew up
Created by: AnnikaPVD
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