Communism
This country, under the leadership of Mao Tse-Tung, re-engaged in a civil war between Nationalists and Communists
What is China
Leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades, Ho was one of the prime movers of the post-World War II anti-colonial movement in Asia and one of the most influential communist leaders of the 20th century
Ho Chi Minh
Cold War policy to stop the spread of world communism.
What is containment
Created in June 1947, it supplied $3 billion to Western European aid
What is the Marshall Plan
the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term refers to U.S. senator
What is McCarthyism
This general was removed from command when he failed to follow President Truman's orders in North Korea.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
Before leaving office, Eisenhower approved a plan to invade this communist country and overthrow it's new dictator
What is Cuba
Formed in 1955 by Stalin, it provided the same military protection as NATO.
What is Warsaw Pact
Cold War confrontation in 1962 when Kennedy ordered Soviet ships carrying missiles to be blocked from entering Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
This "House", previously used to look for former Nazis in the US, was reactivated during the cold war to find communists
What is the House Un-American Activities Commitee(HUAC)
The political leader of Cuba (1959–2008) who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is Fidel Castro
American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and executed.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Event of November 9th, 1989 that symbolized the end of the Cold War
What is the tearing down of the Berlin Wall
A term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite nations and Western Europe.
Iron Curtain
On April 12, 1961 he became the first human to orbit Earth while aboard Vostok 1.
Who is Yuri Gagarin
This former French colony in Indochina became the nation that US military became involved in both fighting for and against from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975
What is Vietnam
The practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company.
What is espionage
The belief that if a country fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow
What is the Domino Theory?
Crafted by Nixon and Kissinger to relax the tensions between the US, the USSR, and China
What is detente
American astronaut and aeronautical engineer and the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong
In April 1961, this invasion, approved by JFK, became an embarrassment for the new president
What is Bay of Pigs
An American and British relief effort to airlift supplies to West Berliners from 1948 to 1949.
What is the Berlin Airlift
Created to scare the USSR, President Reagan pushed for funding of this system designed to protect the US against nuclear attacks with lasers
What is the Strategic Defense System(SDI) or Star Wars