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Refers to how geography (like location, resources, and borders) influences politics and power struggles between countries
Geopolitics
Line of latitude along which Korea is divided
38th Parallel
Site of the failed US-planned invasion of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Alliance formed in response to Soviet expansionism
NATO
Name used to describe the period of intense anti-communism seen in the US
Red Scare
Ruling over others in a cruel and arbitrary way
Tyrannical
First communist dictator of North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Name given to the two weeks during which the US and USSR threatened nuclear attacks
Cuban Missile Crisis
Alliance formed by the USSR and its satellite nations, named after a city in Poland
Warsaw Pact
This claimed that the US would support "freedom loving peoples."
Truman Doctrine
Hostility or opposition to someone or something
Enmity
Anti-communist dictator of South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Longtime Cuban dictator whom the US tried to assassinate and overthrow multiple times
Fidel Castro
J. Edgar Hoover led this organization for decades, spending much of the time seeking out "communists."
FBI
This program offered hundreds of millions of dollars to war-torn nations in hopes they would reject communism.
Marshall Plan
Aggressive or appearing willing to fight
Bellicose
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Korea
General Douglas MacArthur
American President during the most intense period of hostilities with Cuba
John F. Kennedy
The 5 permanent members of this UN group have veto power over all decisions
Security Council
Boris and Natasha were regular characters on this American cartoon
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Policy aimed at limiting the spread of communism
Containment
The landing of Allied forces here forced North Korea out of Seoul.
Inch'on
This euphemism was used to justify the American blockade of Cuba.
Quarantine
This NATO provision calls for all member nations to attack any nation that attacks a member of the alliance.
Article 5
American senator famous for fabricating claims about communist infiltration in the government and military.
Joseph McCarthy