Hello Socials 11
Welcome Socials 11, this website is about Canadian involvement in the Cold War.
Unlike the First World War and the Second World War websites, this website will focus primarily on testable material in class and on the provincial exam. The Cold War is very complex; use this website, your textbook, and/or your workbook for a better understanding of what happened during the Cold War.
Unlike the First World War and the Second World War websites, this website will focus primarily on testable material in class and on the provincial exam. The Cold War is very complex; use this website, your textbook, and/or your workbook for a better understanding of what happened during the Cold War.
Here is a list of terms:
Eastern Bloc: One of the two opposing power blocs of the Cold War. It consists of the Soviet Union and its allies
Western Bloc: One of the two opposing power blocs of the Cold War. It consists of the United States and its allies
Containment: A general term for the strategies that the two power blocs employed to prevent the expansion of the other.
Red Scare: The promotion of the fear for Communist expansion. This should not be confused with the Red Scare which occurred in the 1920's. In the latter case, the fear rested largely in work unions and the increasing union demands, whereas in the former case, the fear was mostly about a potential Communist takeover by means of war
Red Hunt: Similar to the Red Scare, this specifically refers to the prosecution of pro - communist individuals and groups in the Western World
Nuclear Warfare: Warfare involving the use of nuclear weapons. Nuclear warfare was the potential result of the Cold War going "hot"
Satellite State: A state that is nominally independent, but actually controlled by another nation. Examples include East Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria during the Cold War
MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction (when two power blocs have roughly the same quantity and quality of nuclear weapons), this means if one party conducts a sizable nuclear strike on another party, then the second party can retaliate using its own arsenal of nuclear weapons, thus both parties will be left virtually destroyed. The concept of MAD kept the two power blocs from using nuclear weapons against each other. It also kept the two power blocs in an arms race
Domino Theory: A theory that if one nation becomes communist, then other nations around it will follow in a domino effect. This theory is advocated by the Americans during the Cold War
Marshall Plan: An American plan which provided war - torn European nations with economical aid so they could resist the spread of communism
Proxy War: A war in which a major power uses a weaker nation (the proxy) to fight against another major power's proxy. This avoids full - scale war between the two major powers but still allows armed conflict. The major powers often provide limited support to their proxies.
Eastern Bloc: One of the two opposing power blocs of the Cold War. It consists of the Soviet Union and its allies
Western Bloc: One of the two opposing power blocs of the Cold War. It consists of the United States and its allies
Containment: A general term for the strategies that the two power blocs employed to prevent the expansion of the other.
Red Scare: The promotion of the fear for Communist expansion. This should not be confused with the Red Scare which occurred in the 1920's. In the latter case, the fear rested largely in work unions and the increasing union demands, whereas in the former case, the fear was mostly about a potential Communist takeover by means of war
Red Hunt: Similar to the Red Scare, this specifically refers to the prosecution of pro - communist individuals and groups in the Western World
Nuclear Warfare: Warfare involving the use of nuclear weapons. Nuclear warfare was the potential result of the Cold War going "hot"
Satellite State: A state that is nominally independent, but actually controlled by another nation. Examples include East Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria during the Cold War
MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction (when two power blocs have roughly the same quantity and quality of nuclear weapons), this means if one party conducts a sizable nuclear strike on another party, then the second party can retaliate using its own arsenal of nuclear weapons, thus both parties will be left virtually destroyed. The concept of MAD kept the two power blocs from using nuclear weapons against each other. It also kept the two power blocs in an arms race
Domino Theory: A theory that if one nation becomes communist, then other nations around it will follow in a domino effect. This theory is advocated by the Americans during the Cold War
Marshall Plan: An American plan which provided war - torn European nations with economical aid so they could resist the spread of communism
Proxy War: A war in which a major power uses a weaker nation (the proxy) to fight against another major power's proxy. This avoids full - scale war between the two major powers but still allows armed conflict. The major powers often provide limited support to their proxies.