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Cold War Terms
Yalta Conference
Who: Allied leader, the Bid Three (Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill)
When: February 1945
What: They met at Yalta to plan what would happen to Europe after Germany’s defeat
- Stalin agreed to enter war with Japan after Germany lost.
- The USSR’s border moved further into Poland.
- Germany would be divided into four zones: American, French, British and Soviet.
- The Big Three: Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to hunt down all war criminals and join the new United Nations Organization to keep peace after war (some kind of new League of Nation).
Significance: This conference was extremely significant because it was the first conference in which the leaders started to decide what would happen to Germany. The decision to divide Germany between the Soviet and the Americans will have a big impact on the future.
Potsdam Conference
Who: the new Allied leaders, Stalin, new President Truman and Clement Atlee replaced Churchill
When: May 1945
What: The war had just ended and Germnay had lost but many changes had occurred as the leaders of two of the Allies countries had changed. This conference had a lot of disagreements
- Stalin wanted to cripple Germany completely but Truman didn’t want to repeat the T of V error.
- Stalin wanted huge reparations from Germany but once again …show more content…
Truman didn’t want to repeat the T of V mistake.
- Stalin wanted to keep its Soviet policies and troops in Eastern Europe and even though Truman didn’t agree, his demand was granted.
Significance: This conference was very different from the first one and the decisions made in it were very significant. Since his demand was granted, in the matter of nine months, Stalin will have occupied most of Eastern Europe and impose a communist government in them, which will result to a conflict between the Truman and Stalin.
Iron Curtain
Who: A phrase first used by Churchill but that will spread and start being used more and more concerning Eastern and Western Europe separation
When: 1946
What: It was a phrase to describe the clear difference between communist Eastern Europe countries controlled by Stalin and Western Europe.
Significance: This phrase is significant because is symbolizes the extremely divided Europe.
Truman Doctrine:
Who: the USA under President Truman
When: 1940s
What: This Truman Doctrine meant that the USA was prepared to send money, equipment, and advice to any country which was, in the American view, threatened by a Communist take-over. This Doctrine also involved containment.
Significance: This Doctrine was important because it was very similar to saying to the Soviet that the USA was ready to do anything to prevent them from spreading their horrible communist government.
Containment:
Who: USA under Truman against the Soviet under Stalin
When: 1940s (1947-8)
What: Containment was the concept invented for the Truman Doctrine that said that since they couldn’t really go into communist countries and install their governments because it would be too hard, they would instead work to stop further spreading/expansion of communism in more countries in Europe.
Significance: It was significant because it was the main plan that the USA had put in action to fight communism.
Marshal Aid
Who: American General George Marshall
When: December 1947
What: Truman believed that communism would spread to countries that faced poverty and so he sent General Marshal to assess Europe’s economy. Marshal Plan was the plan that Marshal came back with was that the USA needed to put 17 billion dollars to rebuild Europe’s prosperity and the Congress accepted because communism was a big threat.
Significance: This was one further step towards a war between the Soviet and the USA
Berlin Blockade
Who: the Allies (Western Berlin) against the Soviet (Eastern Berlin)
When: June 1948
What: Stalin was scared that Germany was recovering. Germany wanted to rebuild their economy to be able to feed their people. But the allies were aware that this would restrengthen Germany. They came together to make West Germany. They reformed the currency and within months it was getting better. Stalin did not like this at all so he decided to block all means all railroads and bridges and roads from West Berlin and blockade them. The only remaining way to get to West Berlin was by air so the Allies set up a very expensive plan and air-lifted supplies to West Berlin for 10 months before Stalin surrendered and stopped the blockade
Significance: It really showed that the USA were resourceful and would stop before nothing at any situation or cost.
NATO
Who: Western powers
When: Berlin Blockade (April 1949)
What: During the Berlin Blockade, war between the USSR and the USA seemed like a great possibility so the Western powers met in Washington and signed an agreement to work together. The new organization they formed was known as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Significance: It is a very important organization that is still maintained today and that has helped many things
Arm Race
Who: USSR vs. USA
When: 1949-1963
What: When the USA used the very first nuclear bomb in 1945 killing million of people, there was a lot of talk but the arm race truly started when the USSR successfully detonated their first nuclear bomb in 1949. Both countries were already opposed in many ways and so they both started to try building better arms than the enemy thus creating more and more nuclear weapons. This resulted in having hundreds of missiles pointed at each other by 1961.
Significance: this was one of the most significant part of the Cold War because first it was the entire concept of the Cold War since no war was truly fought but weapons were built. It was very scary because with that many nuclear missiles on both sides it could either in both countries retreating and stopping or in both countries launching their missiles which would was Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) which meant that everybody died.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Who: USSR (Cuba) vs. USA
When: 1962
What: Until 1959, Cuba had an American imposed dictator in charge but in 1959, Fidel Castro, a communist leader overthrew him thus making Cuba a pro-communism state. The Soviet used this occasion to place nuclear missiles in Cuba which was 100 km away from Florida and on may 1962, the USA got real proof that there were missiles and nuclear weapons in Cuba. Khrushchev and JFK started negotiating and K said that they would take everything out of Cuba if the USA took their missiles out of Turkey. JFK refused and surrounded Cuba with US navy. He drew some kind of line and while Russian boats were arriving, he said that if the Russian boats crossed the line then a war would be declared. Minutes before they crossed the line, JFK agreed on a secret deal; in public, the USA had won and the Soviet had taken their boats and missiles out but in private the USA had to take their missiles out of Turkey so in the end everybody won.
Significance: It was extremely significant because if the secret deal wasn’t made this war would have ended in a Mutually Assured Destruction.
Red Scare
Who: Arthur McCarthy in USA
When: 1950-1954
What: It was a time of suspicion where everybody could be accused of being a communist and could be thrown in jail. People took advantage of it to denounce people who they disliked.
Significance: It showed that democracy is a scam and even though people were judged a lot of them were accused. It showed the extent of mass paranoia and fear when it is not needed. It also demonstrated that even though democracy is the voice of the people, when authority, in this case Senator McCarthy, said that there were communists then everybody believed him.
McCarthyism
Who: Senator Arthur McCarthy
When: 1950-54
What: He wanted power and so he said that he had a list of 200 communists in the State Department. He then claimed that there were 57 communists in the US government, 22 of these people were in investigation. He quickly rose to power and he was appointed as Head of a White House committee to investigate Communists activists in the government. He initiated the Red Scare and he even said that General Marshal and Eisenhower did not want to clash with him and argued. In 1954, people hd enough of him and everybody started to protest against him and when he turned his attacks on the army, he lost all his credibility and finished his political course.
Significance: It was very significant because it showed the true side of democracy and how much power one person could get using the people.
Khrushchev
Who: Communist leader who took over the USSR after Stalin
When: 1955
What: After he took over the USSR, he accused Stalin of being a tyrant and thus started a program called de-Stalinization in which he closed down Cominform, dismissed Stalin’s foreign minister, invited Marshal Tito to Europe and finally reconcile the USSR with Yugoslavia. He was the very first Soviet leader to attend a post war summit.
Significance: Many European saw hope in him and the Soviet will see many changes under his rule
Berlin Wall
Who: Western vs. Eastern Berlin
When: 1961-1989
What: Western Berlin under the Rule of the Allies and the USA was getting richer and the USA was doing a lot of propaganda to get people to leave poor communist Eastern Berlin to Western Berlin.
All the money the Eastern Berliners made was taken away and given to the USSR for war equipment while Western Berliners had supermarkets, malls and a lot of other appealing things so a lot of the eastern Berliners left to Western Berlin. K did not like this at all and he decided to build the Berlin Wall to keep people from crossing over. Families were divided and Eastern Berliners were imprisoned from the world for almost 30 years before it went down in
1989
Significance: It gave insight on how real and strict the Eastern government was. It demonstrated what people would die for as people preferred to die trying to cross to West Berlin than to stay. It brings to life the real but often neglected aspect of death and the emotional power of
Yalta Conference
Who: Allied leader, the Bid Three (Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill)
When: February 1945
What: They met at Yalta to plan what would happen to Europe after Germany’s defeat
- Stalin agreed to enter war with Japan after Germany lost.
- The USSR’s border moved further into Poland.
- Germany would be divided into four zones: American, French, British and Soviet.
- The Big Three: Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to hunt down all war criminals and join the new United Nations Organization to keep peace after war (some kind of new League of Nation).
Significance: This conference was extremely significant because it was the first conference in which the leaders started to decide what would happen to Germany. The decision to divide Germany between the Soviet and the Americans will have a big impact on the future.
Potsdam Conference
Who: the new Allied leaders, Stalin, new President Truman and Clement Atlee replaced Churchill
When: May 1945
What: The war had just ended and Germnay had lost but many changes had occurred as the leaders of two of the Allies countries had changed. This conference had a lot of disagreements
- Stalin wanted to cripple Germany completely but Truman didn’t want to repeat the T of V error.
- Stalin wanted huge reparations from Germany but once again …show more content…
Truman didn’t want to repeat the T of V mistake.
- Stalin wanted to keep its Soviet policies and troops in Eastern Europe and even though Truman didn’t agree, his demand was granted.
Significance: This conference was very different from the first one and the decisions made in it were very significant. Since his demand was granted, in the matter of nine months, Stalin will have occupied most of Eastern Europe and impose a communist government in them, which will result to a conflict between the Truman and Stalin.
Iron Curtain
Who: A phrase first used by Churchill but that will spread and start being used more and more concerning Eastern and Western Europe separation
When: 1946
What: It was a phrase to describe the clear difference between communist Eastern Europe countries controlled by Stalin and Western Europe.
Significance: This phrase is significant because is symbolizes the extremely divided Europe.
Truman Doctrine:
Who: the USA under President Truman
When: 1940s
What: This Truman Doctrine meant that the USA was prepared to send money, equipment, and advice to any country which was, in the American view, threatened by a Communist take-over. This Doctrine also involved containment.
Significance: This Doctrine was important because it was very similar to saying to the Soviet that the USA was ready to do anything to prevent them from spreading their horrible communist government.
Containment:
Who: USA under Truman against the Soviet under Stalin
When: 1940s (1947-8)
What: Containment was the concept invented for the Truman Doctrine that said that since they couldn’t really go into communist countries and install their governments because it would be too hard, they would instead work to stop further spreading/expansion of communism in more countries in Europe.
Significance: It was significant because it was the main plan that the USA had put in action to fight communism.
Marshal Aid
Who: American General George Marshall
When: December 1947
What: Truman believed that communism would spread to countries that faced poverty and so he sent General Marshal to assess Europe’s economy. Marshal Plan was the plan that Marshal came back with was that the USA needed to put 17 billion dollars to rebuild Europe’s prosperity and the Congress accepted because communism was a big threat.
Significance: This was one further step towards a war between the Soviet and the USA
Berlin Blockade
Who: the Allies (Western Berlin) against the Soviet (Eastern Berlin)
When: June 1948
What: Stalin was scared that Germany was recovering. Germany wanted to rebuild their economy to be able to feed their people. But the allies were aware that this would restrengthen Germany. They came together to make West Germany. They reformed the currency and within months it was getting better. Stalin did not like this at all so he decided to block all means all railroads and bridges and roads from West Berlin and blockade them. The only remaining way to get to West Berlin was by air so the Allies set up a very expensive plan and air-lifted supplies to West Berlin for 10 months before Stalin surrendered and stopped the blockade
Significance: It really showed that the USA were resourceful and would stop before nothing at any situation or cost.
NATO
Who: Western powers
When: Berlin Blockade (April 1949)
What: During the Berlin Blockade, war between the USSR and the USA seemed like a great possibility so the Western powers met in Washington and signed an agreement to work together. The new organization they formed was known as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Significance: It is a very important organization that is still maintained today and that has helped many things
Arm Race
Who: USSR vs. USA
When: 1949-1963
What: When the USA used the very first nuclear bomb in 1945 killing million of people, there was a lot of talk but the arm race truly started when the USSR successfully detonated their first nuclear bomb in 1949. Both countries were already opposed in many ways and so they both started to try building better arms than the enemy thus creating more and more nuclear weapons. This resulted in having hundreds of missiles pointed at each other by 1961.
Significance: this was one of the most significant part of the Cold War because first it was the entire concept of the Cold War since no war was truly fought but weapons were built. It was very scary because with that many nuclear missiles on both sides it could either in both countries retreating and stopping or in both countries launching their missiles which would was Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) which meant that everybody died.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Who: USSR (Cuba) vs. USA
When: 1962
What: Until 1959, Cuba had an American imposed dictator in charge but in 1959, Fidel Castro, a communist leader overthrew him thus making Cuba a pro-communism state. The Soviet used this occasion to place nuclear missiles in Cuba which was 100 km away from Florida and on may 1962, the USA got real proof that there were missiles and nuclear weapons in Cuba. Khrushchev and JFK started negotiating and K said that they would take everything out of Cuba if the USA took their missiles out of Turkey. JFK refused and surrounded Cuba with US navy. He drew some kind of line and while Russian boats were arriving, he said that if the Russian boats crossed the line then a war would be declared. Minutes before they crossed the line, JFK agreed on a secret deal; in public, the USA had won and the Soviet had taken their boats and missiles out but in private the USA had to take their missiles out of Turkey so in the end everybody won.
Significance: It was extremely significant because if the secret deal wasn’t made this war would have ended in a Mutually Assured Destruction.
Red Scare
Who: Arthur McCarthy in USA
When: 1950-1954
What: It was a time of suspicion where everybody could be accused of being a communist and could be thrown in jail. People took advantage of it to denounce people who they disliked.
Significance: It showed that democracy is a scam and even though people were judged a lot of them were accused. It showed the extent of mass paranoia and fear when it is not needed. It also demonstrated that even though democracy is the voice of the people, when authority, in this case Senator McCarthy, said that there were communists then everybody believed him.
McCarthyism
Who: Senator Arthur McCarthy
When: 1950-54
What: He wanted power and so he said that he had a list of 200 communists in the State Department. He then claimed that there were 57 communists in the US government, 22 of these people were in investigation. He quickly rose to power and he was appointed as Head of a White House committee to investigate Communists activists in the government. He initiated the Red Scare and he even said that General Marshal and Eisenhower did not want to clash with him and argued. In 1954, people hd enough of him and everybody started to protest against him and when he turned his attacks on the army, he lost all his credibility and finished his political course.
Significance: It was very significant because it showed the true side of democracy and how much power one person could get using the people.
Khrushchev
Who: Communist leader who took over the USSR after Stalin
When: 1955
What: After he took over the USSR, he accused Stalin of being a tyrant and thus started a program called de-Stalinization in which he closed down Cominform, dismissed Stalin’s foreign minister, invited Marshal Tito to Europe and finally reconcile the USSR with Yugoslavia. He was the very first Soviet leader to attend a post war summit.
Significance: Many European saw hope in him and the Soviet will see many changes under his rule
Berlin Wall
Who: Western vs. Eastern Berlin
When: 1961-1989
What: Western Berlin under the Rule of the Allies and the USA was getting richer and the USA was doing a lot of propaganda to get people to leave poor communist Eastern Berlin to Western Berlin.
All the money the Eastern Berliners made was taken away and given to the USSR for war equipment while Western Berliners had supermarkets, malls and a lot of other appealing things so a lot of the eastern Berliners left to Western Berlin. K did not like this at all and he decided to build the Berlin Wall to keep people from crossing over. Families were divided and Eastern Berliners were imprisoned from the world for almost 30 years before it went down in
1989
Significance: It gave insight on how real and strict the Eastern government was. It demonstrated what people would die for as people preferred to die trying to cross to West Berlin than to stay. It brings to life the real but often neglected aspect of death and the emotional power of