WorksheetsKey terms - Widening of the Cold War
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NSC-68
National Security Council Resolution 68 - a review of USA’s strategic objectives and priorities after the ‘loss of China’
National Security Council Resolution 68 - to gain China back
National Security Council Resolution 68 - a review of Soviet foreign policy after the division of Germany
Mao Zedong
Chinese nationalist who was the leader of the People’s Republic of China
Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of People's Republic of China
Chinese communist revolutionary who was the leader of the Kuomintang
Containment
Soviet Union foreign policy to increase the spread of communism
US foreign policy to stop the spread of Soviet/communist influence
US foreign policy to increase the spread of Soviet/communist influence
Syngman Rhee
Powerful propagandist for Korean nationalism within democratic context and leader of the Republic of Korea
Communist leader of the democratic People’s Republic of Korea
A man who created good relations between Mao Zedong and Stalin
Kim Il Sung
A communist who was the leader of the Democratic Republic of Korea
A capitalist who was the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
A communist who was the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
38th Parallel
The line that Vietnam was split
The line that Korea was split
The line that China was split
Red Scare
promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism
Fear that capitalism was spreading to communist states
Brinkmanship
A strategy devised to force both sides to back down at the same time
Strategy designed to convince one’s opponent that there is no risk of war or actual conflict
Strategy designed to convince one’s opponent that there is a risk of war or actual conflict; one side shows no sign of backing down to force the other side into backing down
Warsaw Pact
collective defence treaty established by the USA and seven satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven Democratic states in Central and Eastern Europe
Domino theory
one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.
one country in a region came under the influence of capitalism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect.
McCarthyism
Period of anti-capitalist sentiment that sought to accuse people of Capitalism
Period of anti-communist sentiment that sought to accuse people of communism
Rollback
Dulles wanted to push back US influence over Europe as Soviet security relied on it
Dulles wanted to push communism back as he believed that US security was dependent on the reduction of Soviet Communist dominance.
Dulles wanted to increase Soviet dominance over Europe and the US
Massive retaliation
Eisenhower and Dulles believed that containment required a global reaction to any communist expansion, and that Nuclear weapons would be increasingly relied on for US security
Eisenhower and Dulles believed that containment required only a US reaction to communist expansion, that would not require Nuclear Weapons
