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Name: Brianna Duffy
Date: 10/17/13
Block: 3
Terms: Cold War
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Term/Identification
Definition/Explanation
I think it is important because…/this reminds me of… I
agree/disagree because…
Key Terms:
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Germany
United Nations General
Assembly
Politburo
An international organization of US, Canada,
Britain, and other European Countries for
security purposes (1949)
An organization that included Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R. (1955)
A former communist country in northern Asia
and eastern Europe that was established in
1922 it included Russia and 14 other soviet
socialist republics.
A republic in north Central Europe that was
established by the soviet union in 1954.
I think this is important because it still is in affect today
and seems to be working well
Established in 1949 by the zones of Germany, it
was a republic in north Central Europe on the
north Sea.
One of the six principal organs of the United
Nations, and the only one in which all member
nations have equal representation.
The US, French, and Britain each had their own zones but
then decided to merge them together
The principal policymaking committee of a
I would think they would make policies opposite of what
I feel as though the Soviet Union did this in response to
NATO.
I find it interesting how the Soviet Union switched sides so
often.
East Germany was a communist country since it was ruled
by the Soviets
I wonder if some countries were mad if they were larger
but did not have more representation.
Communist Party.
capitalists would do.
Term/Identification
Definition/Explanation
I think it is important because…/this reminds me of… I
agree/disagree because…
Key Concepts:
Cold War
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Containment Policy
Domino Theory
Détente
Communism
Intense economic, political, military, and
ideological rivalry, or competition, between
nations, without the use of military conflict.
A program that provided aid from the United
States for the reconstruction of Europe (19481952).
President Truman's policy of providing
economic and military aid to any country
threatened by communism or totalitarian
ideology.
A foreign policy used by the United States in
the 1940s and 1950s in order to stop the
spread of communism and contain it.
A theory that if one country is to fall to a
Communist, neighbor, or party; the nearby
nations will be taken over one after another.
The relaxing of tension, mostly directed
towards nations, by the use of negotiations or
agreements.
An economic and political system which
is based upon the holding of all property in
actual ownership, being to the community or
people as a whole or to the state. The
The only Cold War has been between the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R
The U.S.S.R did not want help from this plan since they
wanted to stay communist. I also believe the must’ve been
angry because they would want to reform the states to
communist.
This doctrine most likely made the U.S.S.R angry because
they wanted to spread their communist ideology; not stop
it.
I feel this could’ve also made the Soviets mad because I’m
sure they did not want their ideology stopped.
I disagree with this because not every nation is just going
to let communism happen to them.
I agree with this way of going about things because you
should not be fighting but trying to negotiate.
Russia was once firmly a communist country but then the
communism dissolved.
Capitalism
Iron Curtain
government essentially has control.
An economic and political system in which a
country's trade and industry are controlled by
private owners for profit, rather than by the
state.
The invisible barrier in Europe that separated
the Soviets and the rest of Europe (West
Europe).
The United States is an example of a country with this
system
Winston Churchill made a speech with this idea and I
believe this rose tensions with the Soviets.
Arms Race
Term/Identification
Definition/Explanation
Space Race
The competition between nations concerning
achievements in space exploration.
“East”
The area of Europe, or Germany, where the
Soviets controlled.
I think it is important because…/this reminds me of… I
agree/disagree because…
I find it interesting how before the Space Race we never
had NASA, so this is something good that came out of the
Cold War.
They wanted to keep their side communist and spread
communism.
“West”
The area of Europe, or Germany, where the
Allies controlled.
They wanted to keep their side capitalist and promote
democracy.
An air military operation in the late 1940s that
brought food and other needed goods into
West Berlin when the Soviets blocked the
routes going in.
A program that provided aid from the United
States for the reconstruction of Europe (19481952).
I feel as if this was not handled correctly the Berlin Airlift
could’ve tuned the cold war to “hot.
Key Events:
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing
economic and military aid to any country
The U.S.S.R did not want help from this plan since they
wanted to stay communist. I also believe the must’ve been
angry because they would want to reform the states to
communist.
This doctrine most likely made the U.S.S.R angry because
they wanted to spread their communist ideology; not stop
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Term/Identification
threatened by communism or totalitarian
ideology.
A 13 day standoff between the U.S. and
U.S.S.R. in which the Soviets were located in
Cuba and the U.S. located in the U.S.
it.
A war between North and South Korea where
the North was aided by communist China and
Russia; and South Korea was aided by the U.S.
A war between the communist North Vietnam
and South Vietnam whom was aided by the
United States.
This was considered a proxy war because it was still the
Soviets fighting agent the U.S. just not directly.
Definition/Explanation
This is what I believe to be the most important event in the
Cold War because it was the closest we got to a “hot” war
or using nuclear weapons.
I believe this was a war that the U.S. should’ve never have
gotten involved in.
I think it is important because…/this reminds me of… I
agree/disagree because…
Key People of Cold
War: (role played in
Cold War)
Josef Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
A Soviet Union political figure, who was also
secretary general of the communist party
(1922-1953) and premier of the U.S.S.R.
A Great Britain statesman and leader during
World War ll.
I think it’s interesting how he was with the allies but then
these ideologies split them so far apart that Stalin did was
on the other side.
Churchill played a key role in the Cold War with his “Iron
Curtain” speech.
A United States vice president in Roosevelt's
4th term, later became the 33rd President of
the United States after Roosevelt's death.
Truman was also elected President in 1948 and
authorized the use of atomic bombs against
Japan. (1884-1972)
Served as the 35th President of the United
Since Truman did not like Stalin I think him becoming
president escalated he Cold War.
Even though he was only president for 3 years, he played a
States, serving from 1961 until his
assassination in 1963.
A Soviet Statesman and premier who is known
for denouncing Stalin.
big role in the Cold War and became very popular with the
U.S.
I find it brave for someone in the Soviet Union to stand up
against Stalin.
A Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a
dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist
socialist state in Cuba.
He helped the Soviets with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Ronald Reagan
Served as the 40th president of the United
States, 33rd governor of California, and a radio,
film, and television actor in his earlier years.
I think it’s interesting how he escalated the cold War as I
feel a president would want to end it.
Mikhail Gorbachev
A former Soviet statesman who brought an end I think it’s interesting that he brought an end to the war as
to the Cold War.
I believe it could go on longer.
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro