Cold War Beginnings
In 1949, this organization was formed as a mutual defense alliance between the U.S. and Western European countries.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This geopolitical belief suggested that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow
What is the Domino Theory?
The initial U.S. response to the Holocaust was limited because Americans lacked this.
What is information and reporting
This Wisconsin Senator became the face of the anti-Communist paranoia in the 1950s.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
Dr. King also noted that the war diverted attention and funds away from this domestic struggle
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
After World War II, the U.S. and USSR built up their military strength, resulting in this major outcome.
What is the emergence of Superpowers (or the Cold War)?
Passed by Congress after a report of a attack on a US ship (USS Maddox) , this resolution gave President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This international organization was founded after WWII to promote peace and cooperation
What is the United Nations?
Alger Hiss, The Rosenbergs, and J. Edgar Hoover are all figures associated with this fear of communism in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare (or McCarthyism)?
After the Korean War, the peninsula was divided at the 38th parallel because the two sides were divided by this issue.
What is Political Ideology (Communism vs. Democracy)?
In a famous 1946 speech, Winston Churchill declared that this metaphorical "barrier" had descended across the continent, dividing the Soviet-controlled East from the West.
What is the Iron Curtain
This massive surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces was a military failure for them, but a psychological victory that turned American opinion against the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
FDR famously described December 7, 1941, the day of the attack on this naval base, as "a date which will live in infamy."
What is Pearl Harbor?
This couple was executed for espionage, specifically for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Who are Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
The G.I. Bill, signed by FDR, helped integrate veterans by offering money for this.
What is College / Higher Education?
This "Plan" and this "Airlift" were early U.S. efforts to contain communism and support West Berlin. (2 answers)
What are the Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift?
Televised news coverage of the war created this. It caused Americans to doubt the governments reports about the war.
What is the "credibility gap"
In his 1941 speech, FDR was proposing this program to aid allies (though not explicitly named in the excerpt, it refers to lending arms).
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This government official and head of the FBI was instrumental in hunting down suspected subversives during the Red Scare.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
Before the Vietnam War began, this President issued Executive Order 9981 in 1948, officially desegregating the U.S. Armed Forces.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This wartime conference (End of WWII) helped set the stage for the post-war map of Europe
What is the Yalta Conference?
A direct consequence of the Tet Offensive was a drop in this President's approval ratings.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
FDR’s 1941 State of the Union speech signaled a departure from this policy, which had been common in the 1930s.
What is Isolationism?
This State Department official was convicted of perjury (lying under oath) in 1950 after his accuser, Whittaker Chambers, produced evidence of espionage hidden inside a hollowed-out pumpkin on a Maryland farm.
Alger Hiss?
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s massive domestic agenda, which aimed to end poverty and racial injustice, was ultimately crippled because funding and attention were diverted to the Vietnam War.
What is the Great Society?