Key terms - origins of the Cold War

Eastern Bloc

• USSR and it’s satellite states

• The US’s term for anything in Europe

• From France to the USSR

Cominform

• Communist establishment for the censorship of press

• Communist Information Bureau (linking European communist representatives)

• Communist Bureau solely for communism in Russia

Iron Curtain Speech 1946

• Speech made by Roosevelt stating that there was a barrier created in Europe by the Soviets

• Speech made by Truman stating that there was a barrier created in Europe by the Soviets

• Speech by Churchill stating that there was a barrier created by the Soviet Union across Europe.

Sphere of Influence

• An rea or region where one power, or a group of powers has significant control over independent states

• Influence in the shape of a sphere across Europe

• Where specifically communist countries/states have significant control over independent states

George Marshall

• Created Marshallism - communists were hunted down and persecuted

• Created a plan to economically aid 17 Western/Southern European countries so democratic institutions could survive

• Created a plan to economically aid 17 Western/Southern European countries so communism could grow

Dollar imperialism

• Soviet Response to the Marshall Plan, claiming the US was using it to gain influence in Europe.

• British response to the Marshall Plan, claiming the US was using it to gain influence in Europe

• French response the Marshall Plan, claiming the US was using it to gain influence in Europe

Truman Doctrine

• To increase US expansion

• To contain Soviet expansion

• To contain British expansion

Blockade

• To increase the flow of goods in a single country by blocking them from the outside

• To seal off one country so everyone has to stay at home

• an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

Bizonia

• combination of the American and the British occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the occupation of Germany after World War II.

• combination of the American and the Soviet occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the occupation of Germany after World War II.

• combination of the British and the Soviet occupation zones on 1 January 1947 during the occupation of Germany after World War II.

Trizonia

• April 1949 the USA began to merge their zone into Bizonia

• April 1949 the French began to merge their zone into Bizonia

• April 1949 The Soviets joined the Bizonia