Beginnings
U.S. policy of economically aiding Western European nations in order to promote democracy & prevent the spread of communism to those nations
Marshall Plan
Another fear of a domestic communist revolution
2nd Red Scare
The U.S. supported THIS ALLY because they used THIS TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
DEMOCRATIC SOUTH KOREA
Vietnam was unified under THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT, which meant the war ended with THIS RESULT for the U.S.
Communism & loss
THIS COUNTRY "won" the Cold War because THIS COUNTRY broke apart
U.S. defeated U.S.S.R.
Resulted in the division of Germany into 2 nations, a communist East & a democratic West
Potsdam Conference
Began when the U.S.S.R. launched a satellite & ended when the U.S. landed humans, launched from Florida, on the moon
Space race
COMMUNIST CHINA
Fear that communist takeovers of Indochina & eventually all of Asia was the primary influencer of U.S. political & military involvement in Vietnam
Domino theory
THIS P.O.T.U.S. resigned before impeachment after being proven to have lied about THIS SCANDAL
Nixon's Watergate
THIS SPEECH explained that the U.S. would use THIS POLICY to resist communist expansion during the early Cold War
Truman Doctrine's containment
Failed invasion by U.S.-supported exiles intending to assassinate Fidel Castro, the communist dictator of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
The war started & ended at THIS PLACE because of THIS RESULT
STALEMATE at 38TH PARALLEL
THIS TERM was used to describe anti-war protesters, whose numbers increased after the leak of THESE DOCUMENTS proved the government had been dishonest about the war
Doves & Pentagon Papers
THIS P.O.T.U.S. was investigated for possible involvement in THIS SCANDAL involving American hostages in the Middle East & anti-communists in Latin America
Reagan's Iran-Contra Affair
THIS MILITARY ALLIANCE was intended to protect Western Europe from communist invasion crossing THIS METAPHORICAL BARRIER
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.)'s iron curtain
THIS P.O.T.U.S. helped end THIS EVENT by promising to never invade in exchange for the U.S.S.R.'s disarmament of a Caribbean nation
THIS POTUS used THIS POLICY after the U.S. was unable to win the war with standard military strategy & resources
THIS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION allowed THIS P.O.T.U.S. to have total control over military involvement in Vietnam
P.O.T.U.S. Johnson (L.B.J.)'s Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Russian word describing more free & open discussion & publicity, which led to democratization of the Soviet Union
Glasnost
THIS WEAPONS COMPETITION never resulted in nuclear war maybe because of the possibility of THIS RESULT
Arms race's mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.)
THIS ORGANIZATION created by THIS P.O.T.U.S. & THIS CONGRESSIONAL ORGANIZATION investigated suspicions of domestic communist threats
Truman's Loyalty Review Program & the House Un-American Activities Committee (H.U.A.C.)
Publicly claimed, without evidence, that the U.S. didn't win the war because there were communists in the Army
Senator Joseph MCCARTHY
THIS POLICY was initially intended to gradually make South Vietnam responsible for its own defense, but THIS TREATY ended U.S. military involvement in the war, & both were used by THIS P.O.T.U.S.
Nixon's Vietnamization & Paris Peace Accords
FULL NAME & ACRONYM for nuclear disarmament negotiations influenced by P.O.T.U.S. Nixon
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks OR Treaty (S.A.L.T.)