Cold War Events and Policies

Cold War Events and Policies

• Rosenberg's: Couple executed for being Soviet spies and selling atomic secrets.
• Marshall Plan: US policy providing $7 billion to rebuild Western Europe. Aim was to contain communism.
• Berlin Divided: Berlin split into East and West preventing movement between the sides.
• South Korea Support: US supported South Korea to resist North Korea.
• UN: Organization created after WWII replacing the League of Nations.
• Iron Curtain: Term symbolizing the division between West and East Europe.
• Mao Zedong: Leader of communist China.
• Cominform: Communist alliance between USSR and Eastern Europe.
• Apollo Program: Space project to send a man to the moon.
• Vietnam Division: Vietnam split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South.
• Korean War: War that ended without a formal treaty.
• Operation Rolling Thunder: US bombing campaign in North Vietnam that was ineffective.
• Germany Divided: Germany was divided into four zones after WWII.
• USSR Leader: Bolshevik Revolution and first leader of the Soviet Union.
• Truman Doctrine: US pledge to support countries resisting communism in Eastern Europe.
• Yalta Conference: Meeting between Truman, Churchill, and Stalin to determine Germany's post-WWII outcome.
• Eastern Bloc: Communist countries in Eastern Europe loyal to the USSR.
• Vietnam Reunification: Vietnam was intended to be reunited.
• Reagan's Response: President Reagan responded to the USSR invasion of Afghanistan.
• Soviet Leader After Lenin: Leader of the USSR after Lenin’s death.
• Gorbachev's Plan: Gorbachev's plan to restructure the Soviet economy.
• Southeast Asia Colonization: Southeast Asia region colonized by France named French Indochina.
• War Powers Act: Allowed President Johnson to create war without Congress approval.
• Cold War: Non-physical war between the US and the USSR including their allies.
• Korean Invasion Reason: North Korea wanting the South.
• Father of Communism: Karl Marx.
• McCarthyism: Senator that created massive fear of communists within the government.
• Hydrogen Bomb: Bomb that is 10x more explosive than the atomic bomb.
• Berlin Airlift: Allies airdropped supplies into Berlin when blocked from entering.
• Domino Theory: Theory that one country falling to communism would cause neighboring countries to also fall.

Specific Terms

• Warsaw Pact: Communist military alliance during the Cold War.
• Marshall Plan: US aid package to rebuild Western Europe.
• Satellite Nations: Countries in Eastern Europe controlled by the Soviet Union.
• Space Race: Competition between the US and USSR to achieve space milestones.
• Truman Doctrine: Policy to contain Soviet expansion.
• Cold War: Period of geopolitical tension between the US and USSR.
• Korean War: Conflict in Korea between the North and South.
• Vietnam War: Conflict in Vietnam between the North and South Vietnamese.
• Korean War: War between North and South Korea.