| A | B |
|---|
| Cold War events in Middle East | Eisenhower Doctrine gave money to Middle East countries fighting Communists |
| Cold War events in Middle East 2 | UN divided Palestine in two: Arab state=Palestine; Jewish=Israel |
| Cold War events in Latin America | for decades, US controlled area; invested into income; replaced communist gov w/puppets |
| Fidel Castro | in Cuba, overthrew dictator, seized US territory, we cut off trade & diplomatic relations |
| Bay of Pigs | US tries to invade Cuba; Epic fail |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | we see places where missiles could be from spy satellites |
| Other Cold War Events - Hungary | We told them we would come help; They revolted but we never showed up |
| Other Cold War Events - Suez | We promised to help build dam; Egypt recognized China, we get pissed, they open up the Suez Canal |
| Détente | Lessening of tension |
| Sputnik | Russians launch rocket in space, total freak out |
| New leader of USSR Khrushchev | New leader after Stalin |
| 1945 (Vietnam) | Democratic Republic of Vietnam established |
| September 2, 1945 (Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh and Declaration of Independence |
| 1947 (Vietnam) | French try to depose Minh after they kick out China |
| Viet Cong | guerilla warfare |
| Domino Theory | Premise was that if Vietnam fell to communism, then Laos, etc all the way to Cali. |
| July 1954 (Vietnam) | Geneva Conference, Vietnamese didn’t wanna talk to France, and they mistrusted China, We wouldn’t shake Chinese hands |
| July 1954 (Vietnam) Geneva Conference | Temporarily divide Vietnam at 17th parallel |
