Conflicts
What was the period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) from ~1947 to 1991?
What was the Cold War?
What was the period of intense anti communist suspicion and political repression in the U.S. during the 1950s?
What was McCarthyism/Era of Good Feelings?
What refers to the increase in births that resulted in Post-War Optimism and economic prosperity?
What was the Baby Boom?
What proxy war was fought between North Korea (supported by the Soviet Union and China) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations) from 1950 to 1953?
What was the Korean War?
What document states that the US would support free nations resisting communism, signaling a shift away from isolationism and marking a new era of American foreign policy?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
What was the idea that if one nation falls to communism, neighboring countries will also fall like dominoes, leading to a chain reaction of communist expansion?
What was the Domino Theory?
What was the period of intense competition and fear between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, leading to a significant increase in military spending and a constant threat of nuclear war?
What was the Arms/Space Race?
What were President Eisenhower’s political policies that involved maintaining New Deal programs, expanding Social Security, and prioritizing a balanced budget over tax cuts called?
What was Modern Republicanism?
What was the first peacetime military alliance between the U.S. and European nations that signaled away from isolationism and towards a more active engagement in European security following WW2?
What was NATO?
What was the 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who caused mass fear and suspicion throughout American society after making unsubstantiated claims about communist infiltration in the U.S. government?
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
What European Recovery Program aimed to provide economic assistance to war-ravaged Western European nations to rebuild their economies and prevent them from becoming vulnerable to communist influence?
What was the Marshall Plan?
What was the concept of if both sides possessed enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other then they would destroy each other?
What was Mutual Assured Destruction?
What was the major political scandal that revealed a series of illegal and unethical activities that President Nixon tried to cover up, leading to a loss of public trust in government?
What was Watergate?
What policy refers to the prevention of Soviet communism and created a lasting influence on U.S. foreign policy and its role in shaping the geopolitical landscape of the Cold War era?
What was the containment policy?