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Truman Doctrine
USA policy to provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism. -
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The Cold War
A state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
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Marshall Plan
The US loaned Europe, $13 billion U.S dollars to aid in its economic recovery. -
COMECON
The Council of Mutual Assistance was the Soviet's plan to aid in rebuilding Soviet bloc nations. -
NATO
The North American Treaty Organization is an alliance providing mutual help if attacked between the allied nations. -
Simone de Beauvoir
Her writings influenced the second wave of the American women's movements in the 1960s and 1970s. -
Krushchev
The Soviet leader after Stalin's death who sought the removal of Stalin's harsh policies. -
Eisenhower
The 34th American president who adopted a foreign policy of massive retaliation which entailed that the US would meet any Soviet advance in Europe with nuclear weapons. -
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of Communist Block nations. -
Hungarian Revolutions
Anti-Soviet demonstrations took place in Hungary but were quickly crushed by Khrushchev. -
Sputnik
The first satellite to orbit earth; it belonged to the USSR. -
Fidel Castro
Leader of communist forces who overthrew the Cuban Dictator, Fulgencio Batista, gaining control of Cuba. -
U-2 Incident
A U-2 American spy plane was shot down by the USSR. -
John F Kennedy
President during the tensest time of the Cold War, he was the one who ordered the Bay of Pigs incident and also the one who ordered a blockade of Cuban ports in an attempt to stop Soviet missiles from being transported to Cuba. -
Yuri Gagarin
A Russian Cosmonaut who was the first man to travel in space. -
Bay of Pigs
Kennedy ordered Cuban exiles to invade Cuba in an attempt to drive out Castro. -
Berlin Wall Built
The USSR built the wall to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba which was within short range of the US shoreline. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the leader of the Civil Rights Movements who led a march on Washington, D.C., to demonstrate the African American desire for equality. -
Brezhnev Doctrine
Policy affirming the Soviet Union's right to intervene if communism was threatened in another Communist state. -
Détente
A period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
SALT
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties were signed by the US and USSR agreeing to limit nuclear arms. -
Vietnamization
The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam -
Jimmy Carter
U.S president who canceled participation in the 1980 Olympic Games that were held in Moscow to show his disapproval of Soviets invasion of Afghanistan. -
Ronald Reagan
US president who made the relationship between the Soviets and US worse. He considered the Soviets an evil empire, began a new arms race, and helped afghan rebels who were fighting against the Soviet Union. -
Perestroika
Restructuring of Soviet economy by gradual changes. -
Glasnost
Glasnost means openness and refers to freedom of expression for Soviet citizens. -
INF
Treaty signed between the US and Gorbachev to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear weapons. -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
When East Germans were finally allowed to freely enter West Germany, they demolished the Berlin wall. -
Ukraine
Ukraine voted for independence. -
Vladimir Putin
A former KGB officer who was elected president of Russia after Yeltsin.
