Post WWII
President of the United States at the end of WWII.
Harry Truman
Policy implemented to curtail the spread of communism by instilling doubt and fear of consequences.
Deterrence
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This American President's policies and leadership led to the eventual fall of the Soviet Union, including SDI, Star Wars Missile Defense program, and his speech at the Berlin Wall.
Ronald Reagan
Leader of Soviet Russia after WWII.
Josef Stalin
Build up of weapons and the military to prevent one nation from gaining an advantage over another.
Arms Race
Lost control of their colony (Indochina) to Japan during WWII, want to reclaim their colony, leading to conflict with Vietnamese resistance fighters and ultimately losing their colony.
France
Began with the launch of Sputnik and ending with the U.S. landing men on the moon.
The Space Race
Soviet counterpart in negotiations with American President John F. Kennedy to resolve the Cuba Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
Created to protect member nations from Soviet attack and offer economic support.
NATO
When two nations launch nuclear weapons at each other this is MAD.
Mutually Assured Destruction
Allowed the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army to gain access to the south, bringing weapons and supplies.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Built by the Soviets, this structure circled all of West Berlin
The Berlin Wall
Civil Rights activists, who lead peaceful protest and marches, including his famous I have a Dream speech in Washington D.C.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Helped rebuild war torn nations in Europe after WWII to prevent the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Limiting or preventing the spread of communism.
Containment Policy
Congressional act giving President Johnson full authority to protect American military and interest across the globe.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Response by America, Britain, and France to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
Soviet President who instituted the policy of glasnost and Perestroika, contributing to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Created to prevent the spread of communism across the globe by offering economic and military support.
Truma Doctrine
Former independent nation now under the political, economic, and military influence of another.
Satellite Nation
Original dividing line, creating North and South Vietnam until a democratic election could take place.
17th Parallel
13 day time period where the U.S. and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear war over the placement of nuclear weapons within a short range of America.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
35th President of the United States who was very influential during the early 1960's, including fighting the spread of communism, civil rights, and the space race before dying from an assassins' bullet.
John F. Kennedy