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United States vs. U.S.S.R
two major super powers coming out of the war -
Germany
Democratic government in the west, west germany and west berlin. -
Japan
U.S occupation under macarthur, democracy, dominant economy -
United Nations
United Nations and The Warsaw pact -
Beginning of the cold war
yalta conference, soviet control of eastern europe -
Democracy
democracy and the free enterprise vs dictatorship and communism -
iron curtain
Winston Churchill described the soviet uniun as a "iron cutain" divinding the contient -
President Truman
policy of containment -
Marshall Plan
the european recovery program is commonly known as the marshall plan. helped european countries rebuild. -
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
code of conduct for the treatment of people -
NATO
North Alantic Treaty organization, western european countries formed a military allaiance -
chiang kai-shek (jiang jeishi)
became leader of nationalist china (taiwan island) -
chinese civil war
china was divided into 2 nations -
mao tse-tung (mao zedong) (chairman mao)
became the leader of communist china (mainland china) -
Korean Conflict
38th paralell,north korean troops invaded south korea, the us following thier policy of containment, sent troops to help repel the invaders. the war ended with an armistice -
Deterence
teh belief of having large amounts of nuclear weapons by both superpowers would prevent nuclear attack because both sides could strike back with devestating power -
Battle at dien bien phu
The veitnamese defeated the french and pushed them out of vietnam -
ho chi minh
became leader of communist north veitnam -
Warsaw pact
the soviet union responded to NATO by forming this group -
vietnam war
domino theory, -
The united states
applied the containment theory to ending communism in vwitnam by sneding troops to fight -
berlin wall
a powerful symbol of the division between east and west during the cold war -
Cuban missle crisis
the brink of nuclear war, President JFK imposed a naval blockade of cibato prevent soviet ships carrying missles from reaching the island -
indira gandhi (indian presdient)
deveoped a closer relationship with the societ union and developed a nuclear program -
The paris peace accords
Ended the fighting in veitnam by the unted staes -
North veitnam defeated south vitnam
veitnam was reunited as a communist country -
deng xiaoping (chinese leader)
reformed communist chinas economy to a market economy leadin to rapid economic growth , but kept control of the government -
maragaret thatcher (british prime minister)
close relationship with the united states -
mikhail gorbachev (soviet leader)
insituted policies of glasnost and perestorika which ed to the fall of the soviet union -
berlin wall came down
east and west germany reunified -
soviet union
economic collapse and break up
