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U.S. Senator who believed that many in the government were communist; investigated and falsely accused his peers, military officials and civilians?
Joseph McCarthy
conflict between North Korea, who hoped to unify Korea under a Communist government, and democratic South Korea?
The Korean War
the policy to stop communism from spreading to other countries?
containment
not a real wall, but the idea that the division separating Eastern Europe and Western Europe was strong?
Iron Curtain
a system of government in which the people choose their rulers by voting?
democracy
the Premier of the Soviet Union who often saw the U.S. and its allies as the enemy during the Cold War; involved in Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Cold War standoff between U.S. and the Soviet Union over placement of missile sites in Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis
alliance of Western democratic nations
formed after World War II
Main objective – to defend against the
spread of communism
NATO
the battle for international influence and power between communist and democratic nations after WWII; led by the United States and the Soviet Union?
The Cold War
new technology that followed the radio; allowed people to see what was happening around the world while in their own homes; events shown almost immediately as they happened?
television
Actions created a “Red Scare” (fear of communism)
Joseph McCarthy
conflict between Communist and anti-Communist forces that began in Vietnam; when U.S. pulled its forces; Vietnam became united under a Communist government?
The Vietnam War
Citizens of ______________ nations had more political freedom and economic opportunity than citizens in Eastern nations.
Western
gave 18 year olds the right to vote; slogan of “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote”?
26th Amendment
A race between the US and the USSR to be the first to achieve space exploration
Space Race
President who ordered Soviet ships to be blocked from Cuba and demanded that the weapons be removed immediately.
John F. Kennedy
War ended with no change in border
The Korean War
Who said this: "an iron curtain has descended across the continent.”
Winston Churchill
United States military operation to deliver food and supplies to residents of West Berlin when they were blockaded by the Soviet Union?
The Berlin Airlift
A race between US and USSR to have the most and best weapons
An Arms Race
Many Americans felt there were too many deaths of American soldiers in this war...
The Vietnam War
he threatened democratic nations but avoided direct military conflict.
Nikita Khrushchev
an alliance of Western democratic nations formed after WWII to defend against communist aggression?
NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization
the political idea that all property should be publicly owned and managed for the good of the people by a central government?
communism
What longitudinal line separated North and South Korea?
38th Parallel