What are the ideologies that Soviets and the US did not agree on
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
Individualism vs. Collectivism
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Korean War left Korea divided at
the 38th parallel
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What leads to McCarthyism - or the fear of communism
Soviets successful development of the atomic bomb, China falling to communist, and the failure to stop communism in Korea
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The Soviets successfully testing their first atomic bomb will lead to what lasting event
arms race
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Belief that if one nation falls to communism the rest of the Asian countries will also become communist
domino theory
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Europe was divided by an imaginary line which separated communist countries and non-communist countries
iron curtain
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Gulf of Tonkin incident will cause the US to what?
become actively involved in the Vietnam War
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Senator McCarthy was part of what government agency created to investigate and stamp out communist threats in America?
House of Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC)
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Kennedy policy to build up other conventional forms of warfare and not just nuclear capabilities so we are ready for anything the soviets throw at us
flexible response
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Easing of cold war tensions - this happened under Nixon
détente
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After WWII Germany was carved up into 4 sections - same happened to the capital Berlin. Why did the Soviets decide to blockade West Berlin?
The other democratic countries were trying to reunite the 4 sections under a democratic government and they had introduced new currency without consulting Soviets
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Because of the missiles found on Cuba the US decided to initiate what to prevent further build up
a blockade
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The Tet offensive will lead to what happening in America?
Americans questioning our involvement in Vietnam
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Events that happened in the US as a result of growing opposition to the Vietnam War
anti-war protests
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A doctrine under Eisenhower and Kennedy where the US was willing to go as far as necessary to beat the Soviets. We had hoped to intimidate them with this tactic and it will lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis
brinkmanship
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The Soviets had created the Warsaw Pact made up of communist countries. What was the name of the group the US belonged to which aim was to stop communist spreading and the Soviet aggression
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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The Vietnam war will end when the US leave and ____ falls
Saigon
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As a result of Vietnam what new amendment will be passed
26 - lowers the voting age to 18 since many fighting in the war were young, it gave them a political voice
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Cuban Missile Crisis ends when US agrees to
pull their missiles out of Turkey
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Economic system characterized by the private ownership of property and free enterprise. Soviets saw this system as evil.
capitalism
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Because of the West Berlin blockade what did the US do
airlifts to supply West Berlin
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The Chinese Revolution in China will be lead by communist leader
Mao Zedong
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What were some of the short term effects of McCarthyism in America
reduced support for social programs deemed as being pro communist, creation of anti-communist laws, less freedom in education, labor unions weakened, and movie industry targeted