Korean/ Vietnam War
Political and economic ideology advocating for the collective ownership of the means of production.
What is Communism
Created the Truman Doctrine
Who is President Truman
An evacuation area that you either had built or remained close to
What is a fallout Shelter
Intense Communist fear
What is McCarthyism
Anti War and Pro War
What are doves" (anti-war) and "hawks" (pro-war).
After World War II, North and South Korea were split
What is the 38th Parallel
Known for the end of the Korean War
Who is President Einsenhower
The potential to overthrow the communist government in Cuba.
What is Bay of Pigs Invasion
Officially the European Recovery Program, was a US initiative to provide massive economic aid to Western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
A conflict where third parties fight on behalf of larger powers
What is a Proxy War
The U.S. Cold War policy to prevent the spread of communism
What is Containment
Known for Vietnamization, Apollo 11, and S.A.L.T
Who is President Nixon
Kennedy successfully persuaded the Soviet Union and Cuba to back down (remove the missiles).
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
Paranoia and nativism, fear of communism
What is the 2nd red scare
The division between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
What is Iron Curtain
The belief that if one nation (like Vietnam) fell to communism, neighboring nations (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, etc.) would also fall.
What is the Domino theory
Known for the cuban missile crises, bay of pigs invasion, and the man on the moon goal
Who is President Kennedy
Escalating nuclear capabilities would actually prevent war (deterrence).
What is nuclear proliferation
During the Cold War there was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve superiority in Spaceflight. It began with the Soviet launch of
What is the Sputnik
Which Branch of government had their power increased from the Gulf of Tonkin Resoulution
What is the Executive Branch
In 1973 this federal law sought to limit US Troops to armed conflict without congressional approval
What is the War Powers act
Troop Escalation came under which President
Under President Johnson, U.S. military forces in Vietnam rose continuously, peaking at over 536,000 in 1968.
A treaty between the U.S. and USSR to limit nuclear weapons.
What is SALT
Massive U.S and British operation to supply the city of West Berlin during the Soviet blockade from June 1948- May 1949.
What is the Berlin Airlift
A policy involving the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
What is Vietnamization