Cold war

• what was the Warsaw pact


  a military alliance between the soviet union and other eastern european nations supporting communism. it was a response to NATO
• what does NATO stand for

  north atlantic treaty organisation
• truman doctrine


  1947 - stated that the US would support any nation threatened by communism and that the US will give $400 million aid to greece and turkey
• marshall plan


  made by george marshall, the aim was to give $12.7 billion economic aid to war torn countries in the years 1948 to 1952
• the berlin wall


  a wall built between east and west germany in 1961 to stop people from escaping to the west, however 130 died from trying to cross through as part of it was made from barbed wire
• iron curtain


  it was an imaginary line which divided europe into two sections in order to create a divide between the western influence and the soviet influence
• arms race


  competition between the US and the soviet union to build up their forces and weapons
• bay of pigs invasion

  failed invasion of cuba in 1961 when a force of 1200 cuban exiles backed by the united states landed at the bay of pigs
• what was detente


  relaxation of tensions between the united states and its two major communist rivals, the soviet union and china
• the salt agreement


  US and soviet union agree to reduce the number of nuclear weapons
• when was the tehran conference

  november 1943
• when was the yalta conference

  february 1945
• when was the potsdam conference

  july 1945
• joseph stalin


  strengthened one party rule in the USSR and cut back on people individual rights. he was convinced the west wanted to destroy communism.
• Roosevelt


  beloved strongly in democracy and formed an alliance with stalin so they could work together to defeat japan. he annoyed churchill because he thought the USA needed soviet support
• Churchill


  he came from a rich family which meant he has very traditional values. his politics made him deeply suspicious of stalin. he felt it was his role to stop soviet expansion
• why was the atomic bomb more unique than other bombs

  had to capability to kill millions
• tehran conference november 1943

  roosevelt wanted stalins help in defeating the japanese. the ussr wanted the usa and britain to open a second front. britain wanted support in destroying the nazis and defeating their empire. ussr were to gain land from poland. no decision about germany was made
• yalta conference february 1945

  agreements made that both germany and berlin were to be split into four zones. ussr would help the usa with war against japan. elections in the ussr would be free from now on.
• potsdam conference july 1945


  truman didnt trust stalin and didnt want to give him any excuses. this therefore caused more tention. the usa dropped the first atomic bomb the day after the confernece, this angered stalin as he was unaware of it and felt unincluded. polands boarder moved west. germany was reduced in size and split into four as well as berlin.
• cuba and soviet relations


  castro took control over the the cuban government and he wanted to remove us influence from cuba and instead support the ussr's communist system. cuba and the ussr became closer as a result of the bay of pigs.
• detente


  it was to improve the relations between the us and the ussr. detente means 'the relaxation of tensions' which was significant because both sides wanted to reduce the tension between them.
• capitalism


  believed in democracy, freedom of speech, people able to critique leaders
• communism


  believed in dictatorship, government censorship, people with different opinions received punishment