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He asserted in a speech that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who were employed in the State Department.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
a political metaphor and physical barrier that divided Europe into communist and democratic countries during the Cold War.
What was "The Iron Curtain"?
a foreign policy idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will follow.
What is The Domino Theory?
a regulation in the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.
What is The Clean Air Act?
a massive air operation that delivered supplies to West Berlin after the Soviet Union blocked land access to the city in 1948.
What is The Berlin Airlift?
Under this President's administration, he cut government regulations in various areas, including banking and savings and loans, as well as the broadcast and automobile industries. He also made the “war on drugs” a major priority of his first term.
Who was Ronald reagan?
a line of latitude that was the border between North and South Korea before the Korean War.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This policy was first to be suggested by George Kennan on the idea of countering Soviet expansionism with patience and firm resolve.
What is Containment?
this treaty banned nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in space, and underwater
What is The Test Ban Treaty?
a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War which was eventually stopped by President Kennedy by placing a naval blockade in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
He was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under his reign, The Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
formerly part of French Indochina; divided into two parts during the Vietnam War but now is reunified.
What is Vietnam?
A policy where the US pledged to assist countries threatened by communist takeover.
What is The Truman Doctrine?
a period of reduced tensions or strained relations, especially between nations.
What is Detente?
this event was a failed attack during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power.
What is The Bay of Pigs Invasion?
proposed this plan so that the United States could provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
Who was George Marshall?
a body of water in the South China Sea that borders Vietnam and China.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin?
a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. It's main goal is to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by political and military means.
What is NATO?
a federal agency that regulates and protects human health and the environment.
What is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
a period of public fear and anxiety over the supposed rise of communist or socialist ideologies in the United States.
What is the Red Scare?
He opposed Soviet expansionism during the Cold War and he established a Doctrine and NATO to contain the spread of communism.
He also approved the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Who was President Truman?
This concrete barrier had guard towers placed along large walls that contained anti-vehicle trenches, beds of nails and other defenses.
What is The Berlin Wall?
This military alliance established as a balance of power or counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Western Bloc.
What is The Warsaw Pact?
two rounds of negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War aimed at limiting the development and deployment of strategic nuclear weapons, particularly long-range ballistic missiles.
What is SALT I and SALT II?
An event where an American special high-altitude plane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace. Film was retrieved by the Soviets from the plane that showed it was being used for spying.
What is the U-2 Incident?