Leaders
Communist leader in Cuba
Fidel Castro
belief that if one nation falls to communism it will lead to the fall of other nations
domino theory
He conducted the congressional investigation of Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
East Germany began building this to prevent refugees from escaping to the West?
Berlin Wall
policy of a war objective short of total victory
limited war
Communist leader in North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Name three countries split into Communist and free divisions
Korea
Vietnam
Germany
Kennedy's administrative style _______ from that of Harry Truman.
differed
This war ended the way it began - at the 38th parallel
Korean war
belief in helping business while promoting human welfare
dynamic conservatism
Communist leader in China
Mao Zedong
goal of accommodation with communism
peaceful coexistence
New Frontier
Kennedy
This was sparked by the realization that the USSR intended to spread its dominion throughout the world
Cold War
This describes accusations based on lies, distortion, and innuendo
McCarthyism
anti-Communist leader in South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
policy of resistance to continuing Communist aggression
containment
He was responsible for:
interstate highway system
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
National Defense Education Act
Eisenhower
Which event caused Stalin to blockade West Berlin in 1949?
Allied attempts to unify West Germany
The objective of this act was to weaken unions
Taft-Hartley Act
Nationalist leader in China
Chiang Kai-shek
President __________ got the U.N. to intervene against the Communists in Korea by acting when the Soviets were absent from the U.N.
Truman
Dynamic Conservatism
Eisenhower
During "the year of shocks" the Communists took over which country?
mainland China
Which act included all of the following:
CIA
National Security Council
Department of Defense
National Security Act