Presidents
This was the president at the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. Dropped atom bombs on Japan and sent UN troops to Korea
Harry S Truman
This was the American policy of not letting communism spread to other countries
Containment
This country fell to communism under Mao Zedong in 1949
China
Negotiations between the US and USSR aimed at limiting the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
The Korean ended came to an end with the signing of
An armistice
This President escalated the Vietnam War after the Gulf of Tonkin 'incident'
Lyndon B Johnson
This policy was a verbal promise from the President to help post-war countries in any way as long as they resisted communism
Truman Doctrine
Dwight D Eisenhower believed the US could "fall behind" to the Soviets in the Space Race when the USSR launched this first satellite into space
Sputnik
These were the two proxy wars the US fought during the Cold War
Korea & Vietnam
Although US forces were fully withdrawn by 1973, the true end of the Vietnam conflict ended with this city falling to communism
Fall of Saigon
This President put an end to the Vietnam War and resigned as President after the Watergate scandal
Richard Nixon
This was the economic plan to help rebuilding countries with economic assistance.
Marshall Plan
The division between communist and democratic nations was referred to as
The Iron Curtain
This US senator was responsible for accusing people of being communists without any evidence
Joseph McCarthy
TV coverage, the Civil Rights movement, the draft, and the killing of civilians led to
Anti-War protests at home
This President ended the Korean War shortly after his election after being a general for decades
Dwight D Eisenhower
To get food/supplies to the western portion of a Soviet engulfed Eastern German city, the US launched the
Berlin Airlift
Soviet response to a democratic organization to communally defend themselves and Eastern European countries against democracy
Warsaw Pact
This country launched the first satellite into space and the satellites name was
USSR/Sputnik
The Korean Border was the same before and after the war and it was set at the...
38th Parallel
This President failed at the 'Bay of Pigs' invasion of Cuba
John F Kennedy
The USA and Western European allies created this organization to communally defend themselves against Soviet communism
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Soviet protection of Cuba after the 'Bay of Pigs' invasion led to this nuclear weapons scare
Cuban Missile Crisis
Richard Nixon's plan to de-escalate the Vietnam War and transfer responsibility of the war to the South Vietnamese
Vietnamization
This US organization was created by Congress to investigate movie actors, directors, and writers about possible Communist sympathies
HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee