Cold War 1.0
This global conflict after World War II was marked by tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, involving proxy wars, an arms race, and ideological competition without direct large-scale fighting between the two superpowers.
What is the Cold War
This 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Lunar New Year shocked the American public and shifted perceptions about progress in the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offenisve?
These two wars were fought over the idea of containment.
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What are the Vietnam and Korean wars?
many Americans supported limiting foreign alliances and avoiding involvement in international conflicts, leading to policies that reduced participation in global organizations and treaties.
What is isolationism?
This branch government has the official authority to declare war
What is the Legislative branch?
The system of economics where the government controls all aspects of business and gives people equal resources.
What is Communism?
The idea that if one falls they all fall, especially when it comes to communism
What is the domino theory?
This 1957 Soviet achievement shocked the United States and led to increased funding for science and education, including the creation of NASA and the passage of the National Defense Education Act.
What is the launch of Sputnik?
This foreign policy approach, adopted by Theodore Roosevelt, justified intervention in Latin America by promoting diplomacy backed by the threat of military force.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
This amendment is directly tied to citizenship and due process
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What is the 14th Amendment?
They idea of preventing the spread of communisim.
This 1953 espionage case, often used as evidence of heightened anti-communist fears during the Red Scare, involved a married couple accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
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Who are Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (Rosenburg Trial)?
This was built to divide Germany and the east from the west (communist world from the non communist world)
What is the Berlin Wall?
the United States built this strategic waterway across Central America, reducing travel time between oceans and expanding trade and naval mobility.
What is the Panama Canal?
Before becoming president, this leader served as Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, directing the D-Day invasion that led to the liberation of Western Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The idea that if one country uses a nuclear weapon then other counties will respond causing mass destruction.
This U.S. program provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe and prevent the spread of communism after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This country split in half along the 38th parallel during the a Cold War era war and remains so today.
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What is Korea?
This 1898 action brought a Pacific island chain under U.S. control after American business interests supported the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani, expanding U.S. trade and naval power in the Pacific.
What is the annexation of Hawaii?
When political instability threatened U.S. financial interests in countries like Nicaragua, the United States supported American bankers and used loans to gain influence over foreign governments rather than relying on direct military force.
What is the Dollar Diplomacy?
This congressional committee investigated suspected communist influence in the United States during the Red Scare, holding high-profile hearings that targeted Hollywood figures and government officials.
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What is the House of Un-American Activitities Committee?
This 1949 event marked the beginning of a long-term U.S. military commitment in Western Europe, as the United States joined an alliance designed to counter Soviet influence and prevent the spread of communism.
What is NATO?
The UUSR placed missiles on this island that almost lead to nuclear war.
This 1898 conflict began after the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor and was fueled by yellow journalism; it resulted in the U.S. gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish American War?
policy to prevent European powers from dividing China into exclusive spheres of influence by promoting equal access to trade.
What is the Open Door Policy?