| A | B |
|---|
| Cold War | Indirect conflict btw USSR & US for 40 years after WWII |
| Cold War emerged because of: | US and USSR had radically different visions of post-war world |
| Cold War - US | needed international free trade |
| Cold War - USSR | more concerned with greater security |
| USSR | o Establish greater security and put in puppet rulers in countries west of them, 20,000,000 people died during WWII |
| Satellite Countries | countries that formed a border btw Germany and Russia |
| Satellite Countries 2 | Denied US trade and vision of democracy |
| The United Nations | Made up by General assembly + Security council |
| Winston Churchill | The "Iron Curtain" |
| Atomic Energy commission | made list of countries who could make A-Bomb |
| Truman Doctrine | The US supported free people resisting subjugation by outside forces |
| Marshall plan | countries in Europe draw up economic recovery plan; then would provide assistance |
| Dulles | Brinkmanship – push each situation to brink of war to get USSR to breakdown (didn't work) |
| Berlin Airlift | US, Fr, Eng zones join to come to West Germany 1/2 of Berlin |
| Berlin Airlift 2 | Block off all water and land routes to block off US from getting in |
| Berlin Airlift 3 | After 1 yr, USSR lifts blockade; shows how rude they were |
