Origins
President Truman's promise to aid nations struggling against communist movements became known as this.
Truman Doctrine
In June 1948, Stalin stopped all highway, railway, and waterway traffic into a city. This was called the _____________________.
Berlin Blockade
This war started when Kim Il Sung launched an invasion south of the 38th parallel.
The Korean War
The launching of this satellite by the Soviet Union was the beginning of this.
The Space Race
The fear that communists both inside and outside America were working to destroy American life was called the ____________.
Red Scare
American diplomat George Kennan came up with the policy of _________________________, to keep communism within its existing borders.
Containment
The massive supplying of this city by airplanes after the Soviets had blocked it off was called the __________________.
The United States supported the South under Diem in this war.
Vietnam War
Each country tried to build better and more weapons in this race.
The Arms Race
HUAC stands for ______________.
House Un-American Activities Committee
The United States aid to help countries the war torn countries of Europe was known as the ___________________.
Marshall Plan
On October 1962, the Kennedy administration demanded that the Soviet premier remove missiles from a country. What was this event called.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Fighting stopped the Korean War in 1953 when an ________________ was signed.
armistice
The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs were run by this agency.
NASA
A brand of anticommunism that recklessly charged many in the government as being communists was called _______________________.
McCarthyism
This was a military alliance formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion.
NATO
This separated the east and west sides of a German city.
The Berlin Wall
The Johnson Administration deployed more and more soldiers after the U.S. Congress passed this resolution in 1964.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
In July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to do this.
Walk on the moon
Four students were killed at an anti-war demonstration at this university.
Kent State
After West Germany joined NATO the Soviet Union organized the _____________________.
Warsaw Pact
This event occurred when the CIA trained and assisted Cuban exiles to launch an attack on Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This event turned the United States public against the war in Vietnam.
The Tet Offensive
Knowing that each side could destroy the other many times over, it was hoped that this idea of M______ A______ D______ (MAD) would prevent either country from actually using a nuclear device against the other. What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
During President Eisenhower's administration Congress passed the ________________ Act which authorized funds to build 41,000 miles of highway consisting of multi-lane expressways.
Interstate Highway