| A | B |
| John Foster Dulles | Secretary of State under Eisenhower who saw the Cold War as a moral crusade. |
| Africa | Location of many underdeveloped nations. |
| Third World | name for underdeveloped nations |
| Hungary | location of "Freedom Fighters" attempt to overthrow Communism |
| Stalin | His death in 1953 helped to improve U.S.-Soviet relations |
| Big Business | Favored by the Eisenhower administration |
| 1960 Summit | Cancelled over the U2 incident |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | promise to Middle Eastern nations to help them oppose communism |
| ICBMs | missile defense system used by the U.S. to protect its cities |
| Massive Retaliation | Cornerstone of Dulle's foreign policy |
| Egypt | Location of Suez Crisis in 1956 |
| Iran | Middle East Country that U.S. sponsored a coup to establish a pro-American government |
| Guatemala | Latin American country that U.S. supported an overthrow creating anti-American feelings |
| rollback | The Republicans wanted not just to contain Communism but to liberate nations under Communist rule |
| Nationalization | The Third World nations desire for independence. |
| Ralph Bunche | African-American who led a UN mission that brokered the end of the first Arab-Israeli war in 1950 |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Became the leader of the Soviet Union in the mid 1950s |
| brinksmanship | Pushing our enemy to the point of war |