Cold War Heats Up
This country is where the Chinese Nationalists fled after losing a war with the Republic of China.
Taiwan
This group of screenwriters, directors, and producers refused to testify about Communist ties and were sentenced to prison.
The Hollywood Ten
This bomb, detonated but the U.S. for the first time in 1952 and the Soviets in 1953, proved to be....*sigh* 67 times more powerful than the atom bomb.
The H (hydrogen) Bomb
This theory holds that if Vietnam were to fall to Communism, then several other countries would fall to it as well and led to U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Domino theory
This president was known for advancing diplomatic relations with both the USSR and China...also Watergate.
Richard Nixon
This capital city was fought over and changed hands several times throughout the Korean War.
Seoul
This man was a strong anti-Communist activist and led a "witch hunt" for Communists in America, often accusing people without evidence.
Joseph McCarthy
This race was about getting more advanced weaponry and technology quicker than their rival.
The arms race
This revolutionary leader in Cuba declared himself a communist, welcomed Soviet aid, and was involved in several incidents against the U.S.
Fidel Castro
This president ran on a platform of staunch opposition to Communism and called the Soviets an "evil empire"
Ronald Reagan
This Latitude line became the dividing line between North and South Korea.
38th Parallel
This couple was found guilty of collusion and spying for the Soviets--they were sentenced to death.
The Rosenbergs
Dwight D. Eisenhower focused on this policy which allowed for everything short of an actual all-out war.
brinkmanship
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This foreign policy held that the U.S. should focus on issues based on power--not moral ideals.
realpolitik
Even though MacArthur (U.S. General) and nearly 2 million Americans served in the Korean War, the U.S. never declared war, instead it was known as this kind of "action"
Police Action
This term refers to attacking suspected Communists without evidence.
McCarthyism
This crisis occurred when the Egyptians nationalized a Canal, causing tensions to rise between the U.S. and Soviets.
Suez Canal Crisis
This encounter occurred after Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev sent weapons to Cuba (including nuclear missiles), JFK warned that any launch would mean war with the USSR--after a standoff at sea, the Soviets turned away.
Cuban Missile Crisis
This physical barrier was constructed between East and West Berlin in an effort to keep East Germans from fleeing to West Germany.
The Berlin Wall
This man was the leader of the nationalist government in China.
Chiang Kai-shek
This committee, known as HUAC, was established to investigate Communist ties beyond the government.
House Un-American Activities Committee
This military alliance was the Soviet Union's response to West Germany's entry into NATO.
The Warsaw Pact
This failed destabilization mission was led by Cuban exiles and CIA operative and it was ruined by a Soviet spy.
The Bay of Pigs
This policy, followed by Nixon, focused on easing Cold War tensions through diplomacy.
detente
This man was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong
This board, established to investigate government employees, looked into 3.2 million government employees and dismissed 212 of them for having Communist ties.
Loyalty Review Board
This incident occurred when a high-altitude CIA pilot was shot down 1,300 miles into Soviet territory.
The U-2 Incident
This president took office in 1963 after Kennedy's assassination and continued many of Kennedy's policies.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
This president's foreign policy was focused on human rights and caused tension with the Soviets.
Jimmy Carter
This city is the capitol of North Korea
Pyongyang
This act required Communist organizations to register with the government and made it unlawful to plan actions that might lead to totalitarianism.
The McCarran Act
In October of 1957, this became the first artificial satellite launched into space.
Sputnik
In an effort to bring balance to the Cold War and level out the threat of nuclear attack, JFK used this strategy in the arms race.
Flexible response
This man became the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and led the Soviets towards a more democratic system.
Mikhail Gorbachev
China issued a warning to United Nations forces during the Korean War, telling them not to approach this river near its border.
Yalu River
This predecessor to the National Security Agency (NSA) decoded messages from Soviet intelligence agencies and confirmed 349 U.S. residents had secret relationships with the USSR.
The Venona Project
This doctrine was created by the President (whom its named after) in response to the Suez Canal Crisis.
Eisenhower Doctrine
This was the first man to walk on the moon--beating the Soviets in the space race.
Neil Armstrong
This Russian term literally means "openness" and was the term used by Gorbachev that allowed for (some) freedom of press in the USSR.
Glasnost