Review
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
This was America's plan to flood Western Europe with money so that people would not be compelled to start communist revolutions
What is the Marshall Plan?
This was the Soviet Union's response to the formation of NATO, though it was only ever used against its own members.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This was Kennedy's first major political blackeye, even though the operation was started under Eisenhower.
What is the Bay of Pigs event?
This political crisis made Jimmy Carter look politically incapable.
What was the Iran Hostage Crisis?
People of this political leaning sought reform as an answer to counter abuse and corruption
Who were the Progressives?
This law was used to prosecute members of the Communist Party, accusing them of inciting revolt and harm against the country
What is the Smith Act?
An extension of the Truman Doctrine, this new policy focused America's attention to the Middle East.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
This was constructed as a way to keep communists inside of communist territory, even though it was developed by the communist government.
What is the Berlin Wall?
The release of these documents angered Americans as they learned about how many presidents had lied or hid Vietnam War information from the public
What are the Pentagon Papers?
Who was Boss Tweed?
This refers to the explosion of miniature humans crawling around suburban homes after World War II
What is the Baby Boom?
named after a blabbermouth, this refers to the use of political power to remove political threats - all of whom were accused of communism
What is McCarthyism?
The shooting down of this plane informed Americans that they were not as technologically superior as they once believed .
What is the U-2 Spy plane?
This was Henry Kissinger's political philosophy
What is Realpolitik?
This presidential candidate built off of the Square Deal with New Nationalism during his 1912 campaign.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
This alliance system was created in 1949 to protect weaker nations from Soviet conquest
What is NATO?
This was the first war that the United Nations participated in
What is the Korean War?
A protest at this university led to the military shooting four students.
What is Kent State?
This term refers to the easing of tensions between two countries
What is détente?
This political decision prevented Cuba from having true liberty in the decades following the Spanish American War
What is the Platt Amendment?
This capital of Germany was split along 1st and 2nd world lines after World War II.
What is Berlin?
Though some of you use this every day, it was designed as a way to move military vehicles safely across the continent
What is the interstate system?
Media coverage of this series of battles led to high levels of American discontent and discomfort over their perceived prospects about the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
These two military treaties were designed to lessen the firepower of both the USSR and USA, with the hope of deterring a MAD event
What are the SALT treaties?