Chapter 17-The Cold War

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Soviet leader at Yalta

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Stalin

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international organization formed to protect its members against aggression

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united nations

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u.s. president at yalta

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roosevelt

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british representative at conference at potsdam, germany

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Truman

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phrase used to represent Europe's division into mostly democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe

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iron curtain

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U.S foreign policy directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism

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containment

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trumans pledge of support for countries that rejected communism

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truman doctrine

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us assistance program that would provide food, machines, and other materials to European countries that needed it

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Marshall plan

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struggle between the us and the soviet union over political differences carried on by means short of war

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cold war

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defensive military alliance of 10 western european nations with the us and canada

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north atlantic treaty organization

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soviet alliance with east germany, czechoslavakia, poland, hungary, romania, bulgaria, and albania

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warsaw pact

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willingness of a country to go to the edge of war

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brinkmanship

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this happened before the end of war (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet to look at the victory of europe) agreed to divide germany into four zones controlled by allies

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yalta conference-feb 1945

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_________ joined war against japan and promised free elections for eastern europeans

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united nations -june 1945

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Stalin wanted a wall of protection and ignored the yalta conference ; secured communist gov'ts in europe

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soviets build a buffer

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Meeting between churchill, truman, and stalin; truman pressed for elections in e. europe; stalin declared capitalism and communism couldn't exist

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potsdam conference-july 1945

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churchill was the first to use phrase; germany is going to be split and became e. german republic; federal republic of germany (western side)

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iron curtain

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containment under truman; gave $ 400 mill. to greece and turkey to stop the spread of communism

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truman doctrine-march 1947

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helped rebuild western europe ($12.5 bill.); give aid to needy european countries

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marshall plan -1947

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soviets blockaded the city of berlin; u.s. and great britain flew supplies for 11 months b/c they were starving

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berlin airlift-june 1948-may 1949

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signed between the soviet union and communist eastern european countries

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warsaw pact-1955

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built to divide berlin b/w the communist and noncommunist side

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berlin wall-1961

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us tested the first bomb then the soviet union ; began the arms race

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h-bomb- 1952-53

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first unnamed soviet space ship to orbit the earth; u.s. launched its own satellite in 1958 this began the space race

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sputnik-1957

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eisenhower proposes that the u.s. and soviet union be able to fly over each others territory to guard against surpise nuclear attack soviet union refused ; CIA stared to send high alteration planes over the sov. union ; in may 1960 the soviets shutdown a _____plane and its pilot was captured

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u-2 s-1960

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country that suffered wwII casualties second only to those of the soviet union

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china

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communist chinese leader who held a stronghold in northwestern china and helped fight against japanese; won support of peasants ; first communist leader

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mao zedong

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leader of nationalist forces that dominated southwestern china and u.s. sent $15 bill. in aid to japan and instead of benefitting the army it went to corrupt leaders

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jiang jieshi

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new name for china under mao zedong

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peoples republic of china

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island to which nationalist forces retreated

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taiwan

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country that provided aid to communist china

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soviet union

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country taken over by china in a brutal assault in 1950 and 1951

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tibet

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tibetan religious leader who fled to india when china took control of tibet

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dalai lama

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maos plan for large collective farms

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great leap forward

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large collective farms where peasants worked the land together and life was strictly controlled

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communes

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militia units formed when mao attempted to revive the revolution in 1966

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red guards

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major uprising in china whose goal was to establish a society in which all were equal and intellectual and artistic activity was considered dangerous

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cultural revolution

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soviet union invaded afghanistan (us boycotted olympics) in?

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1980

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the nation outnumbered the communist 3 to 1 and the us continued to send aid to the nationalist; when chinas economy started to collapse and joined the communist; in 1949 maos forces took over china and it became the peoples republic of china

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civil war resumes

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jiang jieshi fled to the island of taiwan ; nationalist gov't set up on the island and became "republic of china"

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two chinas

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mao seized the holdings of landlords and divided it among the peasants; forces killed 1 mill. landlords that resisted ; peasants were forced to move to collective farms; private companies were nationalized

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agrarian reform law-1950

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expan the success of five yr plan; called for larger collective farms called communes (15,000 acres and 25,000 people); ended in 1961 after a crop failure and a famine that killed more than 20 mill. people

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great leap forward-1958

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high school and college students that responded to mao to have a revolution; shut down colleges and schools

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red guards

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led by red guards; going against intellectuals; took people not working in the fields and forced them to work in the field and 1000s were killed; by 1968 mao admitted this had to stop and they began to restore order

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cultural revolution