Cold War Crises and Decolonization in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas

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De-Stalinization

Khrushchev’s campaign to denounce Stalin’s crimes and reduce some Stalin-era repression and censorship.

Brezhnev Doctrine

Soviet policy claiming a right to intervene when communist rule was considered threatened.

Good Neighbor Policy

U.S. policy in the 1930s and 1940s that generally avoided intervention in the Western Hemisphere.

Détente

A relaxation of tensions between rival states, often pursued through negotiation and agreements.

Apartheid

South Africa’s system of racial segregation and White minority rule, formalized in 1948.

Quiz questions

1. What was the intended purpose of the CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion?Answer: To trigger a popular uprising against Castro’s government.
2. What did Kennedy privately agree to do as part of resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis?Answer: Remove U.S. missiles from Turkey at a later time.
3. What authority did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution give President Lyndon Johnson?Answer: Authority to respond to attacks and defend U.S. forces.
4. Why did Khrushchev refuse to provide China with nuclear weapons?Answer: He feared Mao’s policies toward Taiwan could provoke a war.
5. What change in Portugal in 1974 helped bring its African colonial wars to an end?Answer: Military officers overthrew the authoritarian government, and the new government ended the wars.