Proxy Wars / Conflict
This war (1950–1953) split a nation at the 38th parallel.
Korean War
U.S. president who issued the Truman Doctrine.
Harry Truman
Policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism.
Containment
Competition between U.S. and USSR for space dominance.
Space Race
The U.S. tried to stop communism from spreading in this Southeast Asian war, which lasted from 1955-1975
Vietnam War
Cuban leader allied with the Soviet Union.
Fidel Castro
Program that gave economic aid to rebuild western Europe.
Marshall Plan
Term for fear of communism in the U.S.
Red Scare
This doctrine justified U.S. involvement in Vietnam by arguing neighboring countries would fall to communism.
Domino Theory
U.S. president who escalated the Vietnam War.
Lyndon B. Johnson
This doctrine promised aid to countries resisting communism.
Truman Doctrine
Senator known for anti-communist hearings.
Joseph McCarthy
This 1962 event nearly caused nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Richard Nixon
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis End?
U.S. promises not to invade Cuba ever again, takes down missiles in Turkey, U.S.S.R. take down missiles in Cuba
Wall that symbolized the division between East and West.
Berlin Wall
Failed 1961 invasion where Cuban exiles attempted to overthrow Castro.
Bay of Pigs
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Nikita Khrushchev
Military alliance formed in 1949 with Western nations.
Policy where both sides had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other.
Mutually Assured Destruction