cold war
why did it last so long!
yalta Conference
was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
it created peace between the powers.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
also known as NATO:intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. it brought countries together to stop the rise of communism.
Warsaw Pact formed
Defense treaty among eight communist states. the Soviets saw the NATO treaty as a threat so they came back with the Warsaw pact.
Mao Zedong
Mao was the creator of communism,he lead his people into how great communism is...being persuasive about it.
Iron Curtain
It was a political military/ ideological barrier, they wanted isolation from other countries.
38th Parallel
It was the line that separated communism and democracy, separated north and south Korea.
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was a Nationalist from Vietnam. he was the voice for the Vietnamese people to gain their independence.