Flashcards: Cold War: Origins and Key Events — 14 cards

Cold War — definition?

Tense rivalry without direct fighting.

Ideological rivalry — role?

Clash of capitalism vs communism.

Yalta Conference — purpose?

Decide post-war Europe division.

Potsdam Conference — issue?

Disagreements, mistrust, atomic bomb.

Containment — strategy?

Prevent spread of communism.

Marshall Plan — aid amount?

$13 billion for European recovery.

Berlin Blockade — cause?

Soviet route blockade into West Berlin.

Berlin Airlift — response?

US supplied West Berlin by air.

NATO — formed?

1949, Western military alliance.

Korean War — start?

North Korea invaded South Korea.

Sputnik — significance?

First USSR satellite, sparked space race.

Cuban Missile Crisis — trigger?

Soviet missiles in Cuba.

MAD — meaning?

Mutually Assured Destruction, nuclear stalemate.

End of détente — event?

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.