This policy stated that the U.S. would not fight communism where it already existed but that it would stop the spread or growth of communism.
What is containment?
100
This event involved an American U2 spy plane being shot down by the Soviet Union.
What is the U2 Incident?
100
This occurred when white, middle class people left the cities to move to suburbs, leaving the cities economically poor.
What is white flight?
100
These were the two chemicals used to clear the jungle in Vietnam.
What are napalm and agent orange?
100
This is the name for a war where there is no military action. One occurred during this time between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is a Cold War?
200
This policy proposed $13 billion in aid to European nations to help them rebuild after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
The U.S. fought in the Korean war to support this country.
What is South Korea?
200
This became common in the United States as new inventions like the television, refrigerator, and washing machine encouraged individuals to purchase new goods.
What is consumerism?
200
This nation went against a cease fire in the Vietnam War and attacked the U.S. embassy in Saigon.
What is North Vietnam?
200
This type of government is ruled by the people
What is a democracy?
300
This was a doctrine developed by President Harry Truman to give money to Greece in order to prevent the country from becoming a communist nation
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
This was the first satellite launched into Space. It was launched by the Soviets and started the Space Race.
What is Sputnik?
300
This man helped cause fear of communism to grow by claiming that members of the U.S. government and Hollywood were communist.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
300
This was America's nickname for the Vietnam War.
What is the "living room war."
300
This phrase was used to describe the divide between the democratic and communist sides of Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
400
This policy The Eisenhower extended the Marshall Plan to give aid to the Middle East to prevent the spread of communism
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
400
This country was the location of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
What is Cuba?
400
This bill gave money to military members after World War II for homes, college, and vocational training.
What is the GI Bill?
400
These secret documents exposed the use of manipulation by the government and the office of the Presidency to sell the Vietnam War to Congress and the American people.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
400
This is the area just outside of a larger city. Many Americans moved here as the economy grew and the Interstate Highway System was built.
What are the suburbs?
500
President Nixon used this policy to help ease relations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
What is detente?
500
This operation took place after the Soviet Union blocked all imports into the city of Berlin and involved planes that flew in supplies to the residents of West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
500
This term refers to large increase in the number of babies born after World War II as families became larger due to economic growth.
What is the Baby Boom?
500
President Eisenhower used this theory to support joining the war in the Vietnam, saying that if Vietnam became communist other nations around it would also fall to communism.
What is the Domino Theory?
500
This term was used to describe the fear of communism and nuclear war during the Cold War. Because of this, people built bomb shelters and practiced the "duck and cover" strategy.