front 1 United Nations | back 1 Created in 1944 and headquartered in New York. Its purpose is to preserve peace and security and promote international cooperation |
front 2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights | back 2 Statement upholding the dignity and rights of all human beings |
front 3 Nuremburg Trials | back 3 Against Germans leaders for crimes against humanity |
front 4 Cold War | back 4 Period following WW2-political, economic, and military rivalry between USA and USSR- Started Feb 1945 at the Yalta Conference |
front 5 Soviet satellite nations/the Communist bloc | back 5 Soviet authorities installed pro-soviet communist gov’ts over most Eastern Europe creating a buffer zone for USSR |
front 6 Iron Curtain | back 6 Winston Churchill called the line separating the democratic West from the Communist East |
front 7 Berlin Airlift | back 7 Planes with supplies for West Berlin |
front 8 Berlin Wall | back 8 Soviets would not allow ground transport into West Berlin |
front 9 Marshall Plan | back 9 USA poured billions of dollars into West Germany and Western European nations through a huge aid package |
front 10 Truman Doctrine | back 10 US sent aid to countries to combat communism-Greece and Turkey got aid |
front 11 Containment | back 11 Block further Soviet expansion |
front 12 NATO | back 12 Military alliance between USA, Canada, and some western European countries |
front 13 Warsaw Pact | back 13 Soviet military alliance |
front 14 Nikita Khrushchev | back 14 Soviet leader |
front 15 Fidel Castro | back 15 Led Communist revolution in Cuba |
front 16 Bay of Pigs Invasion | back 16 A failed landing operation in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro (backed by USA) |
front 17 Cuban Missile Crisis | back 17 Soviet set up missile sites in Cuba “hottest period of Cold War” |
front 18 brinkmanship | back 18 The practice of trying to achieve an advantageous outcome by pushing dangerous events to the brink of active conflict |
front 19 Theory of deterrence | back 19 Controlling actions through fear of retribution |
front 20 Massive retaliation | back 20 Nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate w/ greater force |
front 21 Detente | back 21 Relaxation in international affairs during the Cold War |
front 22 S.A.L.T. I and II (Talks/Treaties)- dates and what they wanted to accomplish | back 22 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks-Gradual reduction in weapons which led to a less tense relationship between the 2 superpowers Nixon v Brezhner |
front 23 Glasnost | back 23 Openness-(Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues) |
front 24 perestroika | back 24 Economic restructuring incorporates some features of a market economy. |
front 25 “Star Wars”/Strategic Defense Initiative | back 25 Made Soviets think they were developing a laser to take down missiles-never happened |
front 26 “Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall” | back 26 Ronald Reagan speech |
front 27 Margaret Thatcher/ “Iron Lady” | back 27 Close ally w Ronald Reagan’ First woman to serve as the British Prime Minister (1979-1990); Went to war w Argentina when they invaded the British territory-Falkland Islands |
front 28 Mikhail Gorbachev | back 28 Resigns and the US ceased to exist; Introduces changes in the soviet union |
front 29 Boris Yeltsin | back 29 President of Russia 1991-1999 |
front 30 Domino theory | back 30 If one country falls to communism, the next will too |
front 31 INF Treaty | back 31 Called to an end to short and medium range missiles |