Cold
This was the event that led to the United States supporting Greece and Turkey at the beginning of the Cold War, so that they would stay a Capitalist/Democratic nation.
Truman Doctrine
The political and economic ideology where the means of production are controlled by the state
Communism
Economic policy where the means of production are completely controlled by the private sector.
Capitalism
This was the name of the American Space Missions that was attempting to get a man into space.
Bonus: Who was the first American in space?
Mercury Project
Alan Shepard
Which President asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
Lyndon B. Johnson
This was the group that the United States supported in the war in Afghanistan by giving military aid and weapons.
The Mujahideen
The plan under President Reagan to deploy a satellite network with laser capability to shoot down incoming nuclear weapons launched by the Soviet Union
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
What was the eventual outcome of the Korean War?
North and South Korea remained divided along the 38th parallel.
In 1962, what contributed most directly to the crisis in Soviet-American relations over Cuba?
The discovery of Soviet missile sites in Cuba.
This was the name of the first satellite to orbit the earth which was launched by the Soviets and was the first victory in the race for space.
Sputnik
This is the name of the pilot that was captured during the U-2 spy incident, where his plane was shot down over Russia.
Francis Gary Powers
What was the United States' main goal in Vietnam?
Containing the spread of Communism
What was the purpose of the SALT I agreements and the resulting INF treaty of the 1970s?
Limit the number of Nuclear Weapons
Name of the NASA mission to send a man to the moon
Apollo
How did the United States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
By airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
competition between nations to achieve a more powerful weapons arsenal.
The arms race
This was the leader of Chile who the U.S. supported even though he oppressed his people and over 150,000 disappeared under his regime.
Pinochet
This was the organization created by the Soviet Union in 1950 in response to the military powers of NATO.
Warsaw Pact
Which belief is represented by this statement: "If one country falls to communism, others in the region will fall, too."
Domino Theory
Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War?
Tearing down the Berlin Wall
Events in Angola, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan could be categorized as this.
Proxy War
This is the name of the military alliance that was created in an attempt to protect America from a 3rd World War.
NATO
This is the foreign policy presented by John Foster Dulles and used by President Eisenhower that argued that the U.S. should be prepared to go to war in order to contain communism.
Brinksmanship
President Reagan got himself into some "hot water" when he was caught during this event.
Iran-Contra Affair
This was the name given to the attempted coup in Cuba, where Cuban refugees were trained by the CIA and sent by President Kennedy to Cuba for a revolution.
Bay of Pigs
What policy did President Nixon believe would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?
This foreign policy became Americas preference towards the end of the Cold War under President Nixon in a hope that the USSR and the USA could have an easing of hostility and strained relations
Detente
This organization was involved in the overthrow of elected leaders in Guatemala and Nicaragua, the rigging of elections in Chile, the supply of weapons to anticommunist forces in Afghanistan and assassination attempts in Cuba
CIA
Read the Quote and state the policy that it comes from.
“It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.”
Marshall Plan
What is the name of the foreign policy that was justified by George Kennan in 1947 and used by President Truman, in which the belief was if you could keep communism where it is it would destroy itself?
Containment
This was the name of the congressional policy that gave President Lyndon Johnson full war powers to deal with the issues in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This General helped lead the victory during the Korean war and requested over 50 nuclear missiles so that he could attack and conquer China.
General MacArthur
Which event was most effective in convinving the American people that the war was not winnable and that the U.S. was in fact not winning the war in Vietnam?
The Tet Offensive
This president was responsible for starting the Human Rights Initiative, but was criticized heavily for his continued support of the Shah in Iran who was committing atrocities against his own people.
Jimmy Carter
The method of fighting in Vietnam which involved inserting ground forces into enemy territory that were considered "free fire zones" and killing the enemy quickly before withdrawing
Search and Destroy