APWH Ch. 21 - Cold War

AP World History with Gill at Windermere Preparatory School

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What two powers surpassed Europe in military and political power?

USA and Soviet Union

What are examples of new technology designed or advanced during the cold war?

Nuclear Weapons, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, The Control of Space, etc.

Superpower

ascribed to both the US and USSR in recognition of their power. (greater than any other country of the world at the time)

asymmetrical warfare

Warfare between groups armed and equipped very differently, usually with different strategies.

Paper Tiger

Mocking comment of the chinese toward the americans, who could use nuclear weaponry but couldn't fight simply armed warriors

Pax Americana

"American Peace" to describe America's relative tranquility

Marshall Plan

American Program for economic assistance for rebelling noncommunist Europe

Sphere of Influence

The geopolitical region in which one external power is considered dominant and other powers keep hands off

Iron Curtain

Term introduced by Winston Churchill to describe the division of Europe by the Soviet Union spreading its areas of control in central and Eastern Europe to West Europe

Containment

The postwar policy of the United States advocated by diplomat George Kennan, to encircle and contain the Soviet Union within limits.

Truman Document

A document from the US to "help free people to maintain institutions against aggressive movements that impose upon them"

client state

a state that is economically, politically, or militarily dependent on another state

McCarthyism

A strategy of attacking political opponents by labeling them unpatriotic or even treasonous.

What did Eisenhower's farewell address say as a warning?

He warned his nation against the dangers of the "military-industrial complex" so nothing will promote more warfare

gulag

The acronym of the Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, a department of secret police of the Soviet

The "Kitchen Debate"

I should know this one......

Khrushchev and Nixon argued their nations ability to provide domestic goods along with military products

Neocolonialism

The assertion of power by one country over another, usually through economic dominance

Prague Spring

The period in the spring of 1968 when it appeared that Prague, and more of Czech would achieve greater freedom of expression and independence from USSR. This hope was crushed by military interventions

Brezhnev Doctrine

Leonid Brezhnev declared that the USSR would intervene military to prevent any satellite countries from declaring independence

Leonid Brezhnev

Head of USSR government

What is considered to be the most frightening moment in the Cold War?

1962 - Cuba had a revolution led by Fidel Castro, overthrowing Fulgencio Batista. He made close ties with the Soviet bloc, threading Americas hold over Latin America

domino affect

The belief, held by many American policymakers, that if one country in a region became communist, others would follow

glasnost

political and cultural openness

perestroika

economic restructuring

sunset industries

industries that are expected to be in decline in the future

sunrise industries

industries that are expected to be profitable in the near future

Asian Tigers

The countries in Asia that were economically doing really well.

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization.

Green Revolution

The revolution in agriculture production

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