Presidents
The Bay of Pigs invasion was approved by this President.
This Battle during the Vietnam war,was what led the American public to turn on the war effort
What was the Tet Offensive
The Treaty between the Soviet captured countries to combat Nato
The Warsaw Pact
This Paid veterans and their families after ww2 in hopes to get more men to enlist in the Military.
what was the G.I Bill
During the early 1950s, people were terrified of the USSR. This led to mass hysteria and public examinations against alleged Communists.
what was McCarthyism/The Red Scare
This President created the strategic defence initiative and signed the economic recovery tax in 1981.
Who was Ronald Reagan
Was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1955 just before the camp David affairs.
European Countries controlled by the USSR after ww2 were often called " "
Satellite states/eastern Bloc
The Mass production of Vehicles aloud people to live farther and farther from their place of work, this made people move from the city to the Suburbs. This created these mass population hub.
what was a levittown.
The Dictator of Soviet Russia during ww2 and envisioned the USSR surrounded by fellow Communist countries.
Who was Joseph Stalin.
Initiated the " " Doctrine early on in the Cold war in an attempt to contain communism.
who was Harry .S Truman/Truman doctrine
After an increased aggression from Egypt. Israel, England, and France invaded Egypt in an attempt to retake this shipping route
What was the Suez crisis/canal
1.7 million tons of supplies dropped into east Berlin between 1948-1949
This Act led to the creation 41,000 miles of road across the country.
What was the Highway and interstate act of 1956
This Ballistic missile Treaty was signed between the U.S and the USSR in an attempt to limit the amount of Nuclear weapons each side could produce. The process of signing took 3 presidencies
The SALT treaties.
Established the Great Society
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson
Invaded by the USSR on Dec 24th 1979 in order to reinstate a communist puppet government
Afghanistan
Mass protests on November 9th 1989 led to the fall of this barrier
What was the Berlin wall.
The term given to an economy that is neither growing nor shrinking, yet prices of goods and services are constantly increasing. This economic policy started under Reagan's Reaganomics.
What was stagflation.
This Dictator was leader of Soviet Russia during the Dissolve of the USSR
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev
A 5 star General during ww2, This President Ended the Korean War
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower
This dictator was the leader of North Korea at the beginning of the Korean war and ordered the Koreans peoples army to invade south korea on June 25th 1950.
who was Kim-Il-Sung
The iron Curtain fell after this event in 1991
The dissolve of the USSR
Founded in 1909, This organization fabricated the Montgomery bus protest in order to push African American civil rights further.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples)
Soviet Missiles were stationed in Communist cuba as a result of U.S munitions being in what Nato Country.