Notable Events
U.S humanitarian effort to keep the citizens of West Berlin alive during the early years of the Cold War.
Berlin Airlift
This policy was enacted by President Harry Truman in response to Soviet aggression shortly after WWII.
Truman Doctrine
U.S. President who took over after the death of President Roosevelt.
Harry Truman
This anti-fascist organization was formed in the 1930s but gained prominence in the early years of the cold war and was a major fixture in the fight against communism.
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
What are the Geneva Accords?
A truce was signed in the mid-1950s by representatives of the French high command and the Viet Minh, bringing hostilities in Vietnam to a halt. The agreement fixed a provisional demarcation line roughly along the 17th parallel, dividing Vietnam into two temporary political entities: North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
This Cold War theory is illustrated by postwar conflicts in Greece. These conflicts led the U.S. government to fear that if Greece became communist surrounding countries, like Turkey, would as well.
Domino theory
This piece of U.S. legislation was passed shortly before the United States became a belligerent in World War II. It made it a criminal offense for anyone to teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of government by force. It led to anti-communist prosecutions during the early Cold War.
Smith Act
Communist leader in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Established after the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, this pact committed the twelve signatories to treat an attack on one as an attack on all. It played a key role in U.S. containment policy.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What is the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SETO)?
This regional defense organization aimed to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia that ultimately failed. Later supplied an excuse for a variety of U.S. interventions in Vietnam.
French political and military leaders violated the Sainteny agreement, resulting in this conflict.
First Indochina War/ Franco-Viet Minh War
This program for European economic recovery was a landmark of postwar American foreign aid, born out of fears that failure to restore and rebuild European countries savaged by the war would invite political collapse and open the way for Soviet domination of Europe.
U.S. policy maker who popularized "containment" and is known for writing a "Long Telegram"
George Kennan
A U.S. strategic policy toward the communist bloc which maintained that if Soviet expansionism were held in check, then contradictions internal to the Soviet system eventually would bring about a communist collapse.
Containment
What is significant about Yugoslavia in the cold war period?
Adopted a communist government but remained self-sufficient, trading with both Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc nations while remaining an "non-bloc country"
This U.S and United Nations victory in the Korean War was orchestrated by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur. Retaking all the territory south of the 38th parallel.
Incheon
This arrangement between Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh and French diplomat Jean Sainteny shortly after the end of World War II agreed that French troops would return to Vietnam, displace the Chinese in the north, and preserve some form of legal relationship between France and Vietnam—on the condition that Paris recognized Vietnam’s independence and unity.
Sainteny agreement
This U.S. vice president showed a progress of American technology to the Soviet Premier in 1959.
Richard Nixon
Soviet military and political alliance whose members included other communist nations in Eastern Europe. The Soviets regarded this alliances as a vital defense against Western Europe and Germany
Warsaw Treaty Organization/ Warsaw Pact
What is the Non-Aligned Movement?
A movement by non-bloc nations to remain independent and remain outside of the influence of the Western or Eastern bloc. It had a goal of mutual support as they worked to industrialize.
The PRC five-year plan that called for increased industrialization and agricultural production, but which ultimately failed due to famine, poor weather conditions, and low quality industrial output.
The Great Leap Forward
This alliance between the Soviet Union and the PRC aimed to combat Japanese aggression and work toward mutual interests . Part of China's foreign policy to assisted socialist nations seeking to free themselves from imperialist powers.
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance
Leader of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China.
Mao Zedong
This Allied policy agreement led Ho Chi Minh to believe that the United States would support his cause in Vietnam.
Atlantic Charter
Who is Alger Hiss?
Suspected of spying for the Soviets and convicted on chargers of perjury. Was discovered by HUAC, one member being Richard Nixon. This successes, along with HAUC's general activities, contributed to the domestic Red Scare.