Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
32 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
COLD WAR
|
PERIOD OF Ideological CONFLICT, TENSION AND Competition BETWEEN THE U.S. AN U.S.S.R.
|
|
|
|
“BIPOLAR WAR”
|
WHEN YOU RATHER TAKE U.S.’S SIDE OR U.S.S.R.’S
|
|
|
|
UNITED NATIONS
|
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION TO provide SECURITY TO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
|
|
|
|
IRON CURTAIN
|
BOUNDARY SEPARATING COMMUNIST NATION OF E. EUROPE FROM MOSTLY DEMOCRATIC NATIONS OF W. EUROPE
|
|
|
|
CONTAINMENT
|
U.S. TRIED TO STOP SPREAD OF COMMUNISM BY CREATING ALLIANCES AND HELPING WEAK COUNTIES TO RESIST SOVIET
|
|
|
|
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
|
U.S. POLICY GIVING ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID TO FREE NATIONS THREATENED BY INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL OPPONENTS
|
|
|
|
Marshall Plan
|
U.S. program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after ww2
|
|
|
|
Berlin aircraft
|
In response to soviet’s hostage of W.Berlin, U.S. and Britain sent food and supplies for nearly 11 months, soviet gave up and removed boundaries
|
|
|
|
NATO
|
North Atlantic treaty organization defensive military alliance formed by 10 W. Europeans nations, the U.S., and Canada
|
|
|
|
Warsaw pact
|
Military alliance formed by soviet and 7 e. European countries
|
|
|
|
Brinkmanship
|
The policy of a nation that pushes a dangerous situation to the limits of safety (the “brink”) before pulling back
|
|
|
|
Great leap forward
goal facts failures |
GOAL
-5 year plan to increase agriculture and industry FACTS -State set production quotas -Communes created -Work points FAILURES –lacked technical experience -Poor quality -Poor planning -unrealistic goals -Crop failures and famine |
goal 1
facts 2 failure 4 |
|
|
Communes
|
collective farms which a great # of people work and live together
|
|
|
|
Red Guard
|
militia forms by young Chinese people in respond to Mao’s call for social and Cultural Revolution
|
|
|
|
Cultural rev :
goals |
Goals
-Renew revolutionary spirit and Marxism -Establish more equitable society of peasants and workers -Eliminate intellectual and artistic activity -Reeducate and purify those who resist |
4
|
|
|
38th parallel
|
DMZ parallel separated North Korea (democratic People’s Republic or Korea) (Kim 2 sung) (Soviet) from South Korea (Republic or Korea) (Syngman Rhee) (U.S.)
|
|
|
|
Domino theory
|
idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
|
|
|
|
17th parallel
|
DMZ parallel that separated North Vietnam (ho chi minh) (Democratic of Vietnam) from South Vietnam (Ngo Dinh Diem) (Republic of Vietnam)
|
|
|
|
Vietminh
|
fought for Vietnam's independence against the Japanese during WWII and against the French in the Indochina War - by ho chi
|
|
|
|
Vietcong
|
Ngo Dinh Diem, emerged these communist guerillas (South Vietnam)
fought against the American invasion during viet war |
|
|
|
Gulf of Tonkin
|
-North Vietnam attack U.S. Maddox
-U.S. begins involvement in defense of South Vietnam |
2
|
|
|
Vietnamization
|
pull out of U.S. troops as South Vietnam troops increase
|
|
|
|
cold war's " Multiple fronts"
|
-Espionage and diplomacy
-Technology competition (space race) -Conventional and nuclear arms race -Propaganda -Proxy wars -Economic competition |
6
|
|
|
US'S AND USSR'S OBJECTIONS
|
Since U.S.S.R. troops died more than the U.S., the U.S.S.R. tried to shield themselves from another invasion. He installed secured communist governments. However U.S.’s goal is to stop the spread of communism. In response to U.S.S.R.’s action, emerged Truman’s policy of containment.
|
|
|
|
how did ussr and us's differences contribute to the cold war?!
|
These differences only worsened USSR’s and US’s relationship. It only increased their excuses to find another technique to prove they are better than another.
|
|
|
|
Leaders and major points/ agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam conferences
|
Yalta
-terms of Germany’s unconditional surrender -plan for division of Germany and Berlin -free elections in E. Europe nations -creation of United Nations Potsdam -terms of German surrender - Demilitarization, Denazification, Democratization, Decartelization -Germany and Berlin formally divided into 4 occupational zones -return of all German annexed lands |
Yalta 4
Potsdam 4 |
|
|
pro / con of Truman doctrine
|
PRO
-build alliance -stop spread of communism CON -bankrupt us |
|
|
|
key indivudual roles of US, USSR, China, outcome, causes/effects of the Chinese Civil War
|
ussr : supplied ccp
nationalist:defected troops, suffered economically outcome: ccp won |
|
|
|
key indivudual roles of US, USSR, China, outcome, causes/effects of the Korean War
|
4 PHASES-
1: N.KOREA INVADES S.KOREA AND PUSHED END TO PENINSULA 2: U.N. FORCES PUSHBACK N.KOREA TROOPS 3: CHINA&NK FORCES PUSH UN&SK TROOPS BACK 4: CEASE FIRE outcome: stalemate |
|
|
|
key indivudual roles of US, USSR, China, outcome, causes/effects of the Vietnam War
|
CHINA - SUPPLIED TROOPS,SUPPLIES
SOVIET - SUPPLIES, AVISORS outcome : SV defeated, viet reunited under communist rule, renamed saigon->ho chi minh city |
|
|
|
why and what exucse led americans involvement into the vietnam war and the disadvantages the US faced?
|
WHY ?!
-Domino Theory EXCUSE -Gulf Of Tonkin Incident PROBS -unprepared for guerilla warfare -US presense become very unpopular -underestimate Viet. desire for independence - waning support at home |
probs - 4
|
|
|
Cause of them 3 wars
chinese civil war vietnam war korean war |
chinese : jiang jieshi begun elimination of CCP
viet: fight btwn viet and france for vietnam korea:disagreements of appeasement, communism and reunification |
|
