Communism & Soviet Union
Spread communsim
What did the Soviets want to do after WWII?
A small country controlled by a powerful neighbor
What is a satellite state?
38th parallel
What is the line that divides Korea?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the president after JFK?
Giving in to avoid war
What is appeasement?
Promised equality but delivered dictatorship and central planning failed
An imaginary barrier dividing communist and free nations
Mao Zedong
Who is the leader of Communist China?
Spending more than the government earns
What is deficit spending?
Stop communism from spreading
U.S. policy to aid nations fighting communsim
What was the Truman Doctrine?
North Korea invades South Korea
What event started the Korean War?
Outlawed discrimination for race, gender, religion, and nationality
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
One dictator ruled everything
What is communism in the Soviet Union?
U.S. aid program to rebuild Western Europe
Douglas MacArthur
Which general led U.S. forces?
Plan to end poverty and racial injustice
What was the Great Society?
Soviet military alliance
How should a society's wealth be distributed
Operation to supply West Berlin during Soviet blockade
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Neither side wins or gains territory
What is stalemate?
Health insurance for people 65 and over
Right to a lawyer