REVIEW FOR THE UNIT 13 TEST

1. REVIEW FOR THE UNIT 13 TEST The Cold War

2. REVIEW FOR THE UNIT 13 TEST INSTRUCTIONS: Go through the slides and answer each question in the packet; the slide numbers are listed for each question

3. After WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world’s two “superpowers” The “Cold War” was the rivalry between the US and the USSR (or Soviet Union) where they competed militarily and economically

4. A “hot” war is a war fought the usual way: with weapons and soldiers; because of the threat of nuclear destruction, the US and USSR did not fight a “hot” war Instead, the USA and USSR engaged in a “cold” war, doing everything just short of openly fighting to hurt the enemy

5. WHAT IS “IDEOLOGY”? An IDEOLOGY is a philosophy, or a way of thinking Ideologies of nations can be based on politics, economics, or religion

6. What were the major ideologies of the USA and the USSR? The Cold War was an era of competing ideologies: the USA promoted democracy and capitalism while the USSR believed in totalitarianism and communism

7. President Truman created a foreign policy called containment to stop Soviet influence and stop the spread of communism; containment was the U.S.’s primary goal in the Cold War

8. Stalin failed to keep his promise of allowing free elections in Eastern Europe after WWII; this was the main cause of distrust between the US and the USSR after the war

9. The “Marshall Plan” had the goal of stopping the spread of communism by providing money to war-torn European nations (making them economically strong enough to prevent communism from taking hold) M =

10. The United States formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO), a military alliance that had the goal of resisting Soviet aggression and protecting democratic nations

11. Europe was divided by the figurative “iron curtain” that separated democratic/capitalist Western Europe from communist/totalitarian Eastern Europe “IRON CURTAIN”: nickname for the boundary between the two sides EASTERN EUROPE: Communism and Totalitarianism WESTERN EUROPE: Capitalism and Democracy

12. The countries directly east of the boundary in the middle were called “Soviet satellite nations” Satellites: East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria; these countries served as a “buffer zone” between the USSR and the West, which was a major victory for the USSR in the Cold War

13. The best example of the success of America’s “containment” policy was preventing communism from spreading into Greece and Turkey by giving them military aid

14. ARMS RACE: The United States were the first to develop the hydrogen bomb, and the Soviet Union tested their own hydrogen bomb soon after that

15. Mutually Assured Destruction: If nuclear war happened, it would be likely that both sides would be destroyed, along with the rest of the world; this is what made the US and USSR hesitant to go to war

16. This map shows that the US and USSR had enough nuclear missiles to destroy each other (Mutually Assured Destruction)

17. The USA was afraid of a “domino theory” in which communist nations make their neighbors fall to communism; this was the reason for U.S. intervention in Korea and Vietnam during the Cold War

18. Outcome of the Korean War: the USA successfully stopped communism from spreading into South Korea and showed that it was willing to fight to contain communism

19. In the 1950s, President Eisenhower escalated the Cold War by using “brinkmanship”: threatening to use nuclear weapons and willingness to go to the brink of war

20. If the USSR attacked a NATO member, the U.S. would attack every major Soviet city and military target; this policy was called “massive retaliation”

21. China had a civil war before and after WWII; Mao Zedong was the leader of the Communist faction

22. Mao’s Communist Party gained popularity among poor peasants by dividing land among the peasants, while the Nationalists ignored their problems

23. In 1949, the Communists won the Civil War and Mao created the Peoples’ Republic of China

24. Mao’s“Great Leap Forward” Mao began a program called the “Great Leap Forward”; similar to Stalin’s “Five Year Plans”, it had the goal of improving agricultural and industrial production

25. The goal of the Cultural Revolution was to reinforce Communist values in China and attack traditional Chinese ideas

26. Mao distributed to all Chinese citizens the “Little Red Book,” a book of his quotes that reinforced what was acceptable for Chinese communists

27. Part of the “Cultural Revolution” was closing schools and universities, burning books; the Communists also humiliated, beat, arrested, and killed people who were critics of Mao’s programs

28. Much like the “Reign of Terror” during the French Revolution,the Cultural Revolution used violence to eliminate or silence opponents and critics

29. BERLIN: A DIVIDED CITY IN HOSTILE TERRITORY Communist East Berlin Democratic West Berlin The German city of Berlin became divided after WWII into a communist part and a democratic part

30. Much like Berlin in Germany, Vietnam had become divided: North Vietnam was communist, while South Vietnam was democratic

31. When communist leader Ho Chi Minh gained independence for Vietnam, the USA feared communism spreading in Southeast Asia The U.S. sent troops to Vietnam to stop the spread of communism, just like they had done in Korea

32. The American military used bombing raids, herbicides, and search-and-destroy missions to fight the Vietcong

33. CUBA Much like Ho Chi Minh had done in Vietnam, Fidel Castro became the leader of a communist government in Cuba

34. In 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite in space Sputnikshocked the U.S., which then encouraged Americans to focus on math, science, and technology education

35. The Berlin Wall was built by the communists to prevent East Germans from moving into the democratic Western part of Berlin

36. The Soviets were winning the “Space Race”, which led to President Kennedy committing the U.S. to being the first to land on the Moon In 1969, Apollo 11 landed U.S. astronauts on the moon

37. During the Cold War, the USA and USSR created intelligence agencies, the CIA and KGB, in order to carry out covert operations (spying, espionage, sabotage, assassinations)

38. In the 1970s, President Nixon’s policy of détente (easing Cold War tensions) replaced the policy of brinkmanship (always willing to go to the edge of war)

39. In 1972, Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China and to recognize communists as the legitimate government of China; this opened up American-Chinese relations

40. The USA and USSR signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) which limited the number of ICBMs each nation could have

41. In response to the USSR moving nuclear missiles into Cuba, the US set up a naval blockade to prevent any more military supplies from getting to Cuba

42. After nearly going to war, the Soviets withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba

43. The USSR invaded Afghanistan to put down an anti-communist revolt and maintain a communist government there

44. Mikhail Gorbachev was different leader than Nikita Khrushchev: Gorbachev limited nuclear weapons while Khrushchev had built an enormous number of missiles and spread them to Cuba

45. One of Gorbachev’s reforms was “perestroika”, where the Soviet economy was changed by allowing some private ownership of business “Don't Be Afraid of Work.”

46. Another reform by Gorbachev was glasnost (“openness”), which encouraged freedom of speech and allowed expression of new ideas “Be Bold, Comrade! Openness Is Our Strength!”

47. After Stalin’s death, new USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev began a series of reforms known as “de-Stalinization”, which included releasing political prisoners and relaxing censorship

48. Reagan’s most ambitious program was the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), called “Star Wars”: satellites with lasers designed to protect the U.S. from missile attacks

49. In November 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down by celebrating East Berliners and West Berliners; this was the symbolic end of communism and the Cold War

50. From 1989 to 1991, nations of the USSR and Eastern Europe broke away from Soviet control; they had free elections and became democratic