Monday- No school
Tuesday- Semester test questions over the Cold War-
- Understand the causes, effects, goals and major events of the Cold War
-Understand the causes,effects, and major events of the Korean Conflict
- Understand the causes,effects and major events of the Vietnam conflict
Democracy- the people have the right to vote and can speak out
Communism- government that controls everything. No freedom of speech or anything but everyone is equal.
China, North Korea, Laos, Cuba, Vietnam
Capitalism- people own businesses and government doesn't own it.
Socialism- Government is involved with businesses and controls it
Vladimir Lennin- first leader of the Soviet Union- died- power struggle- Joseph Stalin is the leader
- didn't trust people and killed millions
Causes of the Cold War- US is based on demovracy, capitalism and freedom
- USSR is based on dictatorship. communism and control
- The Red Scare
- Both thought their system was better and distrusted the others intentions- Stalin despised capitalism
- Stalin breaking his promise to allow free elections at the Yalta Conference in Eastern Europe
- Scared to death of the atomic bomb- USSR's goal to spread communism around the world
Wednesday- Iron Curtain- Europe has been divided, separating communist countries from democratic countries
- Domino effect- if one country fell to communism all of them would
Containment- was a policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad
Truman Doctrine- was a united states policy to stop soviet expansion during the Cold War- the US would provide political, military and economic help to democratic countries and that needed help from us to defeat the communists
Marshall Plan- America helped rebuild Europe and Asia after WWII- to stop the spread of communism
Mutual Assured Destruction- US doctrine would say that if any country were to use nuclear weapons on each other will both be totally destroyed. A nuclear war cannot happen.
Massive Retaliation- Both sides retaliating back to each other with full force- no one will use the nuclear weapons because we will all die.
/Mutual Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction
Nato- ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization)- an agreement between membered areas, mainly in North America and Europe, that provide a collective defenses from outside attacks
-US, Canada, France, England
Thursday- Warsaw pact- A military alliance of communist nations of EAstern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO. Treaty signed by a bunch of communist countries that helps them unite together in common and basic needs.
CIA- A government organization in the US that collects secret information about other countries
Peaceful Coexistence- Competition without war between communist and non-communist nations
De- Stalinization- realized what Stalin did was wrong-realized they needed to change a little bit, took down Stalin's statues and laws.
Glasnost- The law in the Soviet Union of talking about political happenings freely; encouraged open debates
Nuclear Powers of the World- US, Russia, China, France, UK (Original 5) India, Pakistan, North Korea, Israel, Iran ( Developing)
Friday- Missile Defense system- an Anti- Rocket/ missile system that can disable or shoot down a projectile being launched. Thought of it was brought up in the cold war. Now used against terrorists
Detente- relaxing of tension between nations- Countries negotiating to keep peace and end hostility
Nuclear test ban treaty- treaty that banned the test of all nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship- going beyond the limit of safety to play a dangerous move before having to stop
Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty-prevents the spread of nuclear weapons and the use of them in war and to encourage peace and peaceful used of nuclear energy
SALT 1 TREATY-US/ USSR-1972- froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers
1980's- Ronald REagan announces the Strategic Defense Initiative
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty- banned underground nuclear testing everywhere
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