Iron curtain
-The imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas -symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite from open contact with the west and and non-Soviet controlled areas
Marshall plan
-Believed that communism was only successful in countries that had economic problems -provided $13 billion to rebuild war-torn Europe
Truman Doctrine
-said the United States would provide money to countries that were threatened by communist expansion
NATO
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization -included Belgium, Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Iceland -signed a treaty with the United States and Canada and agreed to provide mutual help if any of them were attacked
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union and its allies
Arms race
U.S. And the Soviet Union competing to see who can build the best weapon
MAD
Mutually Assured Destruction
38th parallel
Where Korea was separated
Domino theory
The domino theory was the idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall
Glasnost
Openness
Perestroika
Restructuring the government and economy
Why did the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as superpowers at the end of WWII?
They became superpowers because they were unhurt
How was the Butter Battle Book an allegory for the Cold War?
It was an allegory for the Cold War because all the people did was butter their bread differently so there was no real reason to go to war which says about the Cold War is that there was no real reason for it to happen
What was the cause of the Cold War? What did the two sides disagree on?
What was the problem with Berlin's location in the Soviet sector of Germany? What event angered Stalin, after his attempt to starve/isolate West Berlin? (Hint: airplanes)
The problem with Berlin's location in the Soviet sector was there were the enemy right by them. The event that angered Stalin was when the Berlin Airlift was created. France, and the US were airlifting food and supplies into West Berlin