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The _______ was U.S. economic aid to rebuild Europe after WWII.
Marshall Plan
When the Germans asked Mexico to invade the United States during WWI
Zimmerman Telegram
of 1911 in New York City exposed unsafe working conditions, killed 146 workers, and led to new labor laws
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
allowed popular sovereignty to decide whether to allow slavery, and effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The leader of the USSR throughout WWII and into the start of the Cold War was
Joseph Stalin
How did the United States and allies overcome the Berlin Blockade?
Berlin Airlift
refers to the migration of white families from cities to suburbs in the United States.
White Flight
The policy of easing tensions between the U.S. and USSR in the 1970s was called
Detente
The U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism was called
Containment
USA wanted free elections in Eastern Europe, Stalin wanted a buffer zone for USSR.
Yalta Conference
historically tied to the "white picket fence" and homeownership. The idea that anyone can achieve upward social mobility through hard work and initiative.
American Dream
The Soviet-led military alliance in response to NATO was the
Warsaw Pact
The U.S. foreign policy of providing military and economic aid to prevent countries from falling to communism was called the
Truman Doctrine
The Bay of Pigs invasion was planned during the presidency of
JFK
The 1983 U.S. program to develop missile defenses against nuclear attacks was called
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
The failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed exiles is called the _______ invasion
Bay of Pigs
The symbolic end of the Cold War came with the fall of the ______ in 1989.
Berlin Wall
refers to the practice of making accusations of communism without proper evidence
The 1972 agreement between the U.S. and USSR limiting nuclear weapons was called
SALT
marked the beginning of the space race between the U.S. and USSR. First artifical satellite
Sputnik
Bert the Turtle
was a cartoon character used in the 1950s to teach children duck and cover during a nuclear attack
Soviet agents infiltrated the _______ and shared knowledge with China/Soviet Union
Manhattan Project
__________ was celebrated as a hero in the Soviet Union for his spaceflight.
Yuri Gagarin
Provide 3 examples of proxy wars between the USSR and USA
Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Sudan, Egypt, Nicaragua