COLD WAR|UPDATED&VERIFIED|100% SOLVED|GUARANTEED SUCCESS

Cold War A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. Joseph Stalin Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition Iron curtain A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe after WWII, restricting their ability to travel outside the region Soviet satellites Eastern European nations which were influenced by the USSR to establish communist governments Containment American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world Berlin Blockade/Airlift The blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift. Truman doctrine 1947 (HT) , 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey Marshall plan 1947 A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe () NATO 1949 ..., North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries Warsaw Pact An alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO Brinkmanship A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles, long-range nuclear missiles capable of being fired at targets on the other side of the globe. The reason behind the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Russia was threatening the U.S. by building launch sites for ICBM's in Cuba. Hydrogen bomb a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium Arms Race a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons Space race a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union Many scientists and military leaders believed that control of space would be very important. Consequently, the USA and USSR invested billions of dollars in developing satellites, space stations, rockets, etc. This investment led to great scientific advances, but also caused friction and insecurities. Espionage Spying the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets Mao Zedong () Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China and ruled from 1949 until 1976. Korean War 1950 ..., The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. Vietnam war (LBJ), France tried to keep control of SE Asia, but Vietminh (Ho Chi Minh), North was Vietminh govt, South was anti communist, US helped them with military troops Domino theory A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. Berlin wall 1961 A fortified wall surrounding West Berlin, Germany, built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the West. Its demolition in 1989 symbolized the end of the Cold War. This wall was both a deterrent to individuals trying to escape and a symbol of repression to the free world. 3rd world Non-allied nations. Nations that chose to not be involved in the Cold War. Came to be extremely poor, unmodernized countries. Countries that didn't have much power. Developing nations, not aligned with either superpower. Nonaligned nations Developing countries that announced their neutrality in the Cold War. The independent countries that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union Fidel Castro Communist leader of Cuba Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)