Yalta conference 1945=In Russia, planned what should happen when the war ended (chuchhill,stalin and roosevelt).
-establishment of the united kingdom
-germany to be divided into four zones
-free elections allowed in the states of eastern europe
-russia promised to join the war against japan
Key terms
-iron curtain speech= Winston churchhill in 1946, saying how europe was split into 2 parts.
-domino theory(effect)= when one falls they all fall
-policy of containment= 1947, george kennon, policy to prevent the spread of communism.
-truman doctrine= truman, 1947, get money and military supplies in turkey to help them fight off the communist.
-marshall plan= george C. marshall, we lent money to european countries to help them gain back confidence after WW1 the domino theory couldnt take effect, european recovery plan.
-brinkmanship= pushing the military to the brink of war without actually going to war. just hope the other side will back down.
-massive retaliation=military doctrine
mutal deterrence=both sides agree not to fight
mutal assured destruction= that everyone dies, we both can destroy each other.
-NATO vs. warsaw pact= north atlantic treaty organization- alliance with europe against communist countries , treaty signed by 8 countries soviet union wanted total control and the pact wanted to maintain peace.
-CIA vs. KGB= Central intelligence agency- gather info about other countries,
-peaceful Coexistence= get along with each other even if you dont like each other.try to
-De-stalinization= the soviets wanted stop doing what stalin had done, get every one to stop doing and acting like stalin and get rid of his stuff. Get him out of your country.
-detente=easing of tensions
-perestroika= openness
-glasnost= change the gov and economy
-nuclear test ban treaty 1963= banned nuclear tests above ground
-nuclear non-proliferation= 1970, prevent the spread of nuclear weapons
-strategic arms limitation talks(treaty) 1972= US and russia= limit weapons
-anti-ballistic missile treaty 1972= both countries agree not to make a weapon to destroy a nuclear weapon shot at them.
Comments