American Homefront
The presence of these weapons was the reason for the fear associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is a hydrogen bomb?
The Build up of weapons to intimidate a rival country
What is an Arms Race?
What is Domino Theory?
Totalitarian Dictator of the USSR before, during, and following WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
A series of trials during which allied military courts tried dozens of Nazis for war crimes
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
A societal backlash against traditional values in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Counterculture Movement?
A Proxy war designed to stop the invasion of Kim il-Sung.
What was the Korean War?
US Foreign policy strategy which emphasized stopping communism from spreading.
What is containment?
Highly ineffective barrier that aimed to keep East Berliners from accessing the Capitalist West of Berlin.
What was the Berlin Wall?
Era of high tension and rivalry between the USA and USSR after WWII
What is the Cold War?
Civil Rights Leader, in the USA, who advocated for non-violent revolution.
Who is MLK Jr?
Proxy War fought between the Russians and Local Militias, supported by the USA.
What was the Afghan War?
Financial Aid Plan to help rebuild Europe after WWII so its vulnerable countries would not turn to communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Treaty of European and North American Countries aimed at stopping the spread of Communism.
Cold War competition between the USA and USSR to fire a manned rocket into space.
What is the Space Race?
Anti-Communism movement in the US. Resulted in the loss of 1st Amendment and Employment Rights.
What is the Red Scare?
A Proxy War fought in French Indo-China between the USA and its allies and the Communist Viet Cong, supported by the Soviets.
What was the Vietnam War?
A policy in which the USA and USSR built up as many weapons as possible to make the other side stand down.
What is deterrence?
Term coined in 1946 to describe the imaginary line between capitalist and communist countries
What is the Iron Curtain?
The Process of Changing the Policies put in place by Joseph Stalin in the USSR after his death.
What is De-Stalinization?
Economic System based on the means of production being controlled by individuals.
What is Capitalism?
Lessening of Tensions between the USA and USSR, mostly during the 1980s.
What is detente?
US pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by Communist takeover.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Alliance of Eastern Bloc Countries and the Soviets to promote communism.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
What is Sputnik?