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American politician and attorney who served as a Republican US senator from Wisconsin. Attempted to expose communists and soviet spies leading to McCarthyism.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
August 24, 1949
an organization designed to unify Western Allies' military
what is NATO
A conference where Germany was divided into four zones after WW2.
What is the Yalta Conference?
A policy of the United States to prevent the spread of communism. Advocated by George F Kennan.
What is containment
Foreign policy that originated with the goal of containing Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. Created by Harry S Truman.
What is the Truman Doctrine
Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953 and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
What is Joseph Stalin
October 24, 1945 organization maintaining international peace
What is the United Nations
A plan sponsored by the US designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern european countries in the aftermath of WW2
What is the Marshall Plan
military operations characterized by attacks launched from the sea by naval and landing forces against hostile shores
what is amphibious?
A treaty established as a balance of power to NATO in the Soviet Union.
What is the Warsaw Pact
The secretary of the communist party and denounced Stalin's crimes. Stunned the communist world :0.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Started July 17, 1945. Negotiated the end of WW2.
What is the Potsdam Conference
Began after the end of WW2 and used to describe liberal
What is Cold War liberalism
an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance
what is peace corps?
An invasion funded by the CIA in Cuba where Cuban refugees attempt to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro.
What is Bay of Pigs
Successfully campaigned to make Vietnam independent and was president of North Vietnam in 1945-1969
Who is Ho Chi Minh
October 16, 1962- October 28, 1962
A crisis also going by the name of the October Crisis a confrontation between the US and Soviet Union escalated into a national crisis.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
established on March 21, 1947 this phrase refers chiefly to the measures that were taken under Presidents harry s. truman to exclude from public employment, and from defense industries, persons who were believed to pose risks to national security.
what is loyalty-security program
the recommendation that all americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage be increased, and that, by law, all americans be guaranteed equal rights.
what is fair deal?
Created in 1939 to investigate disloyalty of citizens, employees and organizations having ties to communism.
What is HUAC
Forced Batista out of power in Cuba 1959
Who is Fidel Castro
November 22, 1963
What is the JFK assassination?
emphasized reliance on strategic nuclear weapons to deter potential threats, both conventional and nuclear, from the Eastern Bloc of nations headed by the Soviet Union.
what is "new look"?
A theory adopted by the US to precipitate the fall of noncommunist governments to communism during WW2
What is Domino Theory
A doctrine that would allow Middle Eastern countries to request economic assistance or aid from the US
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine