Today we went over key terms and then we got to work on our projects.
Key Terms
Iron Curtain Speech- Winston Churchill
Talking about how the soviets are dominating eastern Europe.
Europe is split.
2 Europe- one communist one democrat
Domino Theory (Effect)
a foreign policy theory
if one land fell to communism all of the surrounding ones will follow
Policy of Containment
US foreign policy that said that communism would fall if it could be contained
Truman Doctrine
was a speech given by President Truman saying to support Greece and Turkey to stop them from becoming communist
Marshall Plan
Rebuilding countries in Europe to stop the spread of communism and build up their economies
Brinkmanship
pushing you to the brink of war but you don't do it
Massive Retaliation/Mutual Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction
if one country had nuclear weapons and another country has the same thing you won’t use them
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
alliance against the communists in the Cold War
Warsaw Pact was the alliance between the Soviet Union and other eastern Europe countries.
CIA vs. KGB
Central Intelligence Agency
set up after WWII
spied on the Soviet Union
KGB
FBI and CIA of the Soviet Union
Peaceful coexistence
competition without war
De-Stalinization
undoing what Stalin did
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963
banned above ground nuclear testing
Between the US, Soviet Union, United Kingdom
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968
objects the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology
countries that did not have nuclear weapons, if they signed it, could not make nuclear weapons.
they can use nuclear energy
Detente
the easing of hostility
US and Soviet Union
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Treaty) 1972
limited nuclear weapons
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972
neither country can put together a system to protect themselves from nuclear weapons
Perestroika
openness in the economy
Glasnost
openness in the government
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