| A | B |
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| Cold War | Period of extreme tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WW2 |
| US Govt/Economy during Cold War | Democratic political institutions and a generally free market economic system. |
| USSR Govt/Economy during Cold War | Totalitarian government with a communist (socialist) economic system. |
| Berlin | This German city was divided between the West/East and Capitalist/Communist. |
| Marshall Plan | Provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism. |
| United Nations | A body for the nations of the world to try to prevent future global wars. |
| Truman Doctrine | keep it from spreading and to resist communist aggression into other countries. |
| Containment | Stopping the spread of communism |
| Korea | American military forces led a United Nations counterattack that pushed back North Korea after it attacked South Korea. Communist China fought against US and UN forces. Nobody won this war. |
| Vietnam | American military forces repeatedly defeated N. Vietnamese communist army but could not win decisive victory. |
| Cuba | Communist country very close to the United States; greatly alarmed the United States. |
| NATO | This body was designed to stop the spread of communism in Europe by using a defensive alliance |
| Totalitarian | Type of government where the all aspects of people’s lives are controlled (USSR and Warsaw Pact) |
| Warsaw Pact | Soviets formed this defensive alliance in response to NATO |
| Iron Curtain | Phrase from Winston Churchill to describe the separation between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations in Europe |
| China | This nation turned communist in 1949, considered the greatest loss to America |
| Mao Zedong | The communist revolutionary in China |
| 38th Parallel | The dividing line between North and South Korea |
| Vietcong | The communist forces in Vietnam |
| Vietnamization | Nixon’s plan to return the fighting of the Vietnam war to the people of Vietnam |
| Ho Chi Minh | The Communist revolutionary leader in Vietnam |
| Fidel Castro | The communist revolutionary leader in Cuba |
| Bay of Pigs | CIA attempt to back Cuban exiles’ attempt to overthrow Communist government in Cuba |
| CubanMissile Crisis | U.S. demanded the Soviets withdraw nukes from Cuba- nearly sparked nuclear war |
| Domino Theory | The idea that if one nation fell to communism, its neighbors would soon fall |
| Alger Hiss | State department Soviet spy- caught and helped fuel Red Scare |
| Rosenbergs | Spies found guilty of selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union |
| McCarthyism | Phrase used to describe ruthless accusations of communist sympathizers with no evidence |
| Hampton Roads | Benefited from Cold War spending, many several large naval&air bases; Virginia has many companies that made money off Cold War. |
| Truman | President who initiated Cold War policies of containment |
| Eisenhower | President who continued containment policies- he sent military advisors to Vietnam |
| Kennedy | President associated with Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis in Cuba |
| Johnson | President associated with escalation in Vietnam |
| Nixon | President who ordered withdraw of American Troops in Vietnam and visited China |
| Massive Retaliation | The idea to deter Soviet attack by building large arsenals of weapons |
| Joe McCarthy | Rose to power saying, "I have a list of known communists…" |
| Arms Race | The rapid development of weapons to intimidate |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | The law passed by congress to allow Johnson to escalate the war in Vietnam |
| West Germany | democratic and resumed self-government after a few years of American, British and French occupation. |
| East Germany | remained under the domination of the Soviet Union and did not adopt democratic institutions. |
| China and Soviet Union | Rival communist nations during Cold War. |
| Opposition to Vietnam War | Active protests on college campuses across America. |
