Important People
The president who took over after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death and who tried to stop the spread of communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
When the U.S. used planes to drop food and supplies to help the people of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Policy of preventing the extension of communist rule to other countries?
Containment
Who ran against JFK in the 1960 election?
Nixon
A crazy anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government. Destroyed peoples lives.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
JFK gave the go ahead for this failed invasion of what country to overthrow their leader?
Cuba, Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was built to keep the people of East Berlin from fleeing to West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
One of the agencies put together to investigate communist influence
HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
Guy who saved the whole world from nuclear destruction
Vasili Arkhipov <3
A policy to give funds to struggling nations in Europe to prevent the development of Communism
What is the Marshall Plan
Boundary between communist and noncommunist countries.
What is the Iron Curtain?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Truman Doctrine was established to help stop the spread of communism and give aid to which two countries?
Greece and Turkey $400 million)
The Soviet leader who helped Fidel Castro set up a communist government in Cuba and ordered the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
DOUBLE JEAOPARDY
Why did the Korean War start? How did America get involved? Who won?
The N. attacks the S., UN Resolution 83, nobody won their was a cease-fire that remains in place today.
Why did this President order a naval blockade on Cuba?
JFK; Soviets sent nuclear missiles following failed invasion
What happened in Guatamala in 1954? How and Why?
Military Coup, President Arbenz nationalizes land to give to peasants (but owned by American business), CIA trains and overthrows Arbenz, institutes a military dictator
Leader of Communist South Korea
Kim Il Sung
What was significant about the Postdam Conference?
Final wartime conference; decide to take reparations from occupational zones of Germany, Truman discusses US having a large economic stake in stopping Communisms
JFK's military policy approach to Cold War
Flexible Response, build up of non-nuclear forces
2 perceived advantages for JFK and 2 perceived disadvantages for JFK in the elections of 1960
ADV. 1- He was young and charismatic 2- He supported Civil Rights
DIS. 1-He was inexperienced 2-He was Catholic