Cold War
This was a USA policy during the Cold War to limit the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This was Eisenhower's campaign slogan.
What is 'I Like Ike'?
Theory that stated if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would soon fall to communism as well.
What is the Domino Effect?
Truman worked as this in Jackson County to begin his political career.
What is a judge?
The Korean War was roughly this long.
What is 3 years?
What is Western Europe?
He was Eisenhower's VP.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is a marked rise in birthrate, (occurred in U.S. following WW2).
What is a baby boom?
Truman signed this in 1948, to provide assistance to Europe post WW2.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The USSR supported them during the Korean War.
What is North Korea?
The launching of Sputnik caused this to begin in the Cold War.
What is the Space Race?
Eisenhower helped to Liberate them, beginning in 1942,
What is North Africa?
This is a policy that aims to relax/ease tensions between nations.
What is détente?
This pledged to provide military, political, and economic help to any country being threatened by communism takeover.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
He was president at the beginning of the Korean War.
Who was Harry Truman?
He was the leader of the USSR at the end of the Cold War?
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
One of the most successful parts of Eisenhower's presidency was the creation of the __________ __________ system.
What is the Interstate Highway System?
This was the political/military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe following WW2.
What Was the Iron Curtain?
This was created to assist soldiers who were returning from WW2 financially.
What was the GI Bill of Rights?
He led the United Nations troops in Korea for the majority of the war.
He was president during Détente in the Cold War.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Eisenhower planned and executed this very famous invasion.
What was the D-Day Invasion?
A tactic that was an attempt to overthrow a government by using people who are working on the inside.
What is subversion?
Truman defeated him in the 1948 election.
Who was Thomas Dewey?
This was one of the most important battles of the Korean War.
What was the Battle of Inchon?