Events
In this attack launched by the CIA, US-backed Cuban exiles failed to overtake Castro's regime.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Like an arrangement of dotted tiles, this theory expressed concern over neighboring nations falling to communism in succession.
What is domino theory?
Senator McCarthy and his supporters (often unfoundedly) alleged that these people belonging to an "anti-American" ideology had infiltrated the government, universities, and entertainment.
Who are communists?
What are the Panama Canal Treaties?
China and the Soviet Union aided the North while the United States supported the South in this 1950s conflict.
What is the Korean War?
This practice of escalating tensions to dangerous levels, often to the edge of direct conflict, hinges hope on the notion that the opposition will ultimately back down.
What is brinkmanship?
More commonly referred to as Mounties, they serve as a national police force with the exceptions of Ontario and Quebec.
What is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)?
First used by the US in the Vietnam War, this herbicidal warfare chemical was able to remove leaves from plants.
What is Agent Orange?
By 1959, this armed revolt had succeeded in overthrowing Fulgencio Batista's military dictatorship.
What is the Cuban Revolution?
Through economic assistance, the US achieved its aims in the Americas, East Asia, and the Pacific through this foreign policy method.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This credit agency of the US government was created to facilitate foreign trade without private companies assuming too much risk.
What is Export-Import?
This divide-and-conquer strategy seeks to eliminate opposition by slicing away all of its strengths.
What are salami tactics?
Prompted in part by fear of the domino theory, US involvement lasted 14 years with staggering casualty rates.
What is the Vietnam War?
This practice of making accusations of subversion and treason, especially in relation to communism, reflected the paranoid tensions of the early Cold War years.
What is McCarthyism?
Founded in 1950, this was one of the first groups to advocate for gay rights.
What is the Mattachine Society?
Adopted in the 1950s, this US military policy shifted focus to nuclear weapons and sought to minimize the strain of defense spending on the US economy
What is the New Look?
What is the Gouzenko Affair?
This practice of withholding information from government officials has allowed US presidents to intervene in foreign nations with significantly less legal implications.
What is plausible deniability?
Founded in 1949, this international alliance operated to check the threat posed by the Soviet Union.
What is NATO?
In this economic policy, domestic production of goods are encouraged over foreign imports to stimulate domestic industry.
What is Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)?