All about the Cold war

175448306	Joseph Stalin	Brutal leader of Russia who took control when Lenin died. He renamed the country The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and arrested or killed millions of citizens who disagreed with him.
175448307	Vladimir Lenin	Put Karl Marx's idea of communism into action. Told people that communism would make their lives better and more equal. Peasants were rebelling against monarchy.
175448308	Monarchy	Supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
175448309	Harry S. Truman	US president who was 33rd pres. after FDR and ruled during era of atomic bomb (manhattan project), his doctrine agreed that US would come to the aid of any country endangered by communism. Was part of the Cold War and WW2
175448310	Karl Marx	The founder of modern communism.
175448311	George Marshall	Secretary of State under Truman, came up with a plan that gave $ to countries devastated by war.
175448312	Nikita Khrushchev	Successor of Stalin. Defended Soviet's views of freedoms of people in Europe behind the "Iron Curtain." Decided to put nuclear missiles in Cuba Aimed at USA's biggest cities. Eventually took them out of Cuba.
175448313	John F. Kennedy	President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Both during Cold War, were both failures.
175448314	Richard Nixon	Ended the draft and stopped US participation in Vietnam; during his term Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon; resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal
175448315	Joseph McCarthy	US senator; claimed that their were Soviet spies and Communists within the government but had no evidence; discredited by the US senate
175448316	Bay of Pigs	FAILURE. The CIA trained the Cuban refuges and gave them weapons to invade Cuba. US thought people would rise up against Castro. It didn't work and President Kennedy looked foolish. He took responsibility.
175448317	Cuban Missile Crisis	Mutual Assured Destruction(MAD). Khrushchev put nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at USA's biggest cities, and US put missiles in Turkey aimed at Cuba.
175448318	Fidel Castro	Communist who took power over Cuba who was friends with Khrushchev. Told him to launch missiles at US in Cuban Missile Crisis.
175448319	Ronald Reagan	Came into office calling Russia and "evil empire". At the end of the Cold War he spent tons of money on weapons trying to destroy Russia and to defend the US from their communist nuclear weapons. This was called the arms race because they were competing for who had the most powerful weapons. (same time period of "space race") eventually this US president and Russian president Mikhail Grobachev signed the arms control agreement which stopped the fighting between them.
175448320	Mikhail Grobachev	Communist Russian president who signed the arms control agreement with US president Ronald Reagan. It stopped the fighting between them.
175448321	Vietnam	the place where there was a war between-Communist North: who were supported by the Chinese: leader Ho Chi Minh and Non-communist South: who were supported by the United States: leader US President Eisenhower. US got involved b/c of Truman Doctrine. US FAILED because we had NO REASON TO FIGHT!!!!
175448322	Guerilla Warfare	The fighting technique when small groups attack suddenly and by surprise endlessly
175448323	USSR	Communism-Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill (IRON CURTAIN). Berlin split East to West-EAST: US and Great Britain-Capitalism. WEST: This term-Communism. Put up 1961, torn down 1989. Berlin airlift (US and Great Britain) sent food/goods to West being deprived of food/freedom
175448324	Korea	N: communist. Leader is Kim iL Sung (education in Russia), S: not communist. Leader is Syngman Rhee (education in US, US supporting him). Split at 38th parallel N invaded S. General Douglas MacArthur invaded N when president Eisenhower told him only to push them back to the 38th parallel. MISTAKE!!! China is communist friend to N and helped them in fighting. President Eisenhower called cease fire (stop in fighting)
175448325	Berlin Wall	Berlin split East to West: EAST: US, Great Britan, Capitalism. WEST: USSR, communism - put up 1961, torn down 1989.
175448326	Berlin airlift	US sent food and goods to West being deprived of food/freedom
175458332	General Douglas MacArthur	Invaded N. Korea when president Eisenhower told him only to push them back to the 39th parallel. MISTAKE!!! China is communist friend to N. Korea and helped them in fighting.
175458333	38th parallel	N. Korea and S. Korea are split here.
175458334	cease fire	a stop in fighting
175458335	Ho Chi Minh	Communist North Vietnam's leader who was supported by the communist China
175458336	Iron Curtain	Winston Churchill's term for the "political barrier" that is the Soviet power zone
175458337	East/West Germany	location of Berlin wall: East was controlled by the communist Soviet Union. West was a democracy supported by the U.S. The city of Berlin, although it was entirely within East borders, was also partitioned in two. No freedom/ communication from either side
175458338	Communism	All people work for government, they give all their products to the government, the government re-distributes goods/food fairly
180269713	Cuba	___ missile crisis: Mutual Assured Destruction(MAD). Khrushchev put nuclear missiles here aimed at USA's biggest cities, and US put missiles in Turkey aimed at here.