The cold war was between the..?
US and USSR (Soviet Union)
What is Sputnik?
In 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik, the world’s first human made satellite.
What was the “Truman Doctrine”
Foreign policy promise to provide military and economic aid to any country threatened by communism, specifically aiming to stop Soviet expansion.
The Marshall Plan
was a U.S.-led initiative that gave over $13 billion to help Western Europe rebuild and recover after World War II
Molotov Plan
he Soviet Union’s economic response to the American Marshall Plan, designed to rebuild Eastern European countries under Soviet influence
What year was NATO created?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was made up of Eastern European countries dominated by Soviet control.
Who was General Douglas Macauthor?
five-star U.S. Army General! General MacArthur believed that the United States could win the Korean War if it invaded China. FIRED BY TRUMAN.
How did the Korean War end?
Stalemate
Vietcong
a communist guerilla group supported by North Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
allowed the U.S. to begin bombing enemy targets within North and South Vietnam.
What happened with USSR and Afghanistan?
Afghanistan had been under the influence of USSR since 1947, turned to them for aid. USSR began sending troops. Started intervention.
Outcomes of Soviet Afghan War
Massive strain on economy. Many more terrorists.
McCarthyism
In a speech, McCarthy waved a paper in the air that he claimed contained the names of 205 Communists who worked in the State Department.
The Rise of the Berlin Wall
In the dark on August 13, 1961, a low, barbed-wire barrier rose between East and West Berlin. Within days, workers cemented concrete blocks into a low wall, dividing neighborhoods and families, workers and employers, the free from the repressed.
-The USSR called the wall a barrier to Western imperialism, but it also was meant to keep its people going to the West where the standard of living was much higher and freedoms greater.
Why did the Soviets Blockade all land and water traffic into western Berlin?
-to make Britain, France, and America leave the city.
-USSR response to efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany. ( IN RESPONSE, BRITAIN SENT AIRLIFT)
The Bay Pigs
failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban exiles, aimed at overthrowing communist leader Fidel Castro
Cuban Missile crisis
a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the U.S. and Soviet Union, bringing them to the brink of nuclear war
Kennedy and Cuba
-On October 20th , Kennedy decides to blockade Cuba
-Kennedy publicly calls on Khrushchev to remove weapons
-On October 23rd Khrushchev refuses to acknowledge blockade or presence of Soviet missiles on Cuba
Outcomes of Cuban missile Crisis.
Cuba remained Communist & heavily armed (without nuclear missiles)
