1945-1953 & Truman
Churchill delivered this speech in 1946 discussing the divide between the democratic West and the communist East saying that a ____________ curtain had fallen in Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
A defensive military alliance formed by ten western European countries, the US, and Canada based on democracy
What is NATO?
The Soviets launched the world’s first satellite into space
What is Sputnik?
He was the leader of the Communist in North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
The U.S. pursued a policy of trying to contain communism after WW2--believing if one country falls, others will fall is the
What is the domino effect/ theory?
A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and their eastern European satellites based on communism
What is the Warsaw Pact?
In 1960 the Soviets shot down an American spy plane and captured its pilot
What is the U2 incident?
This resolution got the U.S. militarily involved in the Vietnam War
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
With this plan the US would provide economic aid to rebuild Europe
What is the Marshall Plan?
Launched in 1961 this movement united countries wanting freedom from U.S. or Soviet influence
What is the Non-Alliance Movement?
This country is seen as the winner of the Space Race because it was the first to land a man on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission in 1969
Who is the United States?
Gasoline filled bombs that set fire to the jungle
What are Napalm bombs?
The U.S. and Great Britain used planes to deliver more than 2.3 million tons of supplies to Berlin for a year
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Eisenhower's policy of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression
What is the Brinksmanship policy?
The invasion launched in 1960 by the CIA to take Fidel Castro out of power in Cuba was a disaster because President Kennedy didn’t send backup
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed over the jungle by US planes
What is Agent Orange?
This war is often referred to as the "forgotten war" because after 3 years of fighting (1950-1953) the war was at a stalemate. The U.S. did not allow communism to spread here but they also did not remove communism in this war
What is the Korean War?
The Eisenhower Doctrine committed to protect this region of the world from communism
What is the Middle East?
U.S. and Soviet Union were on the verge of nuclear war with this crisis in 1962
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This president promoted Vietnamization --the gradual withdrawal of US troops
Who is Richard Nixon?