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What two ideas were going against each other during the Cold War?
Communism and Capitalism
What two countries were going against each other during the Cold War?
Soviet Union and United States
Wall built by the Communists
Berlin Wall
Agency created by the United States to start the space program
NASA
Race between the US and USSR
Space Race
war between smaller countries who represent the interests of larger countries
Proxy War
Americans were afraid communism would spread to America during the Cold War
Chemical used to kill the trees during the Vietnam War
Agent Orange
Civil Rights Movement
Ruled separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Alliance group led by the United States and other Western countries
NATO
The United States policy in dealing with Communism
Containment
Proxy War where the United States was successful in containing communism
Korean War
Proxy War where the US was not successful in containing communism
Vietnam War
Brown v. Board of Education
Plan by the CIA and JFK that failed miserably
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Almost caused the US and USSR to go to war, but was solved by JFK
Cuban Missile Crisis
Series of programs created LBJ to get Americans out of poverty
Great Society
Stopped segregation in public places, education, and employment
Civil Right Act of 1964
Made literacy test illegal
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Doctrine that stated the US would not hesitate to help countries resist communism
Truman Doctrine
Wisconsin Senator who was convinced Communists were in the highest levels of government and the US military
Joseph McCarthy
Communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
What two countries had missiles placed by the US and USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Turkey and Cuba
Made the poll tax illegal
24th Amendment