Cold War Foreign Policy
The Truman Doctrine was based on this foreign policy, that aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment
The divide between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th Parallel?
Communist leader of Cuba, who opened relations with the Soviet Union after seizing power.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This conference was the where the spread of Soviet influenced communism would lead to the Cold War was realized.
What is the Potsdam Conference?
The premier of the Soviet Union who constructed the Berlin Wall.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
This policy, under Eisenhower, was to have a show of force of conventional weapons so great, it would prevent Soviet aggression.
What is Massive Retaliation?
This country sent 300,000 troops in support of North Korea after UN forces, led by the U.S. had turned the war to their favor.
What is China?
This Cia led invasion led by Cuban exiles ended in failure and worsened relations between the U.S., Soviet Union and Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
The Soviet Premier at the beginning of the Cold War.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
This U.S. Senator headed many investigations to root out communism in the U.S., only to end in disgrace after falsifying claims.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This plan was the idea of Truman's Secretary of State, which was to rebuild Western Europe as a deterrent to turn to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan
This WWII hero was "fired" by Truman after disagreements on how to prosecute the war in Korea.
Who is General Douglas McArthur?
The 13 day standoff and naval blockade of Cuba, meant to prevent the installation of Soviet weapons in the country.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The first test of the Truman Doctrine was preventing these two countries from turning to communism in their respective civil wars.
What is Greece and Turkey?
The leader of the Chinese Communist forces who took control of the nation after their Civil War.
Who is Mao Zedong?
Kennedy's focus to have the military be ready to respond to any type of situation.
What is Flexible Response?
Despite the military wanting the use of nuclear weapons to fight the war, President Truman urged this approach as it related to Korea
What is Limited War?
The country the U.S. agreed to removing arms from so the Soviets would remove arms from Cuba.
What is Turkey?
This event was caused by the Soviets cutting of supply routes from western Germany to Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The alliance established by Democratic nations to stop the spread of communism.
What is NATO?
John foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, believed in this approach...that to stop communism had to bring conflict just to the edge of war.
What is Brinksmanship?
At the ceasefire of the hostilities, this was now the divide between North and South Korea.
What is the 38th parallel?
The standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in Cuba was the closest the world was to this.
What is nuclear war?
The Cold War really began before this confrontation was officially ended.
What is World War II?
The buildup of nuclear weapons by the U.S. and Soviets so that neither side would attack
What is the Mutually Assured Destruction?