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| Tet Offensive | This was the turning point for US involvement in Vietnam; the US decided it could not win and would get out. |
| massive retaliation | President Eisenhower did not want to deal with limited wars like the Korean Conflict. This was his policy. |
| Iran Hostage Crisis | Seizure of the US Embassy by Muslim radicals helped lead to the reelection defeat of President Carter. |
| Platt Amendment | After the Spanish-American War, the US would leave Cuba only if it had the right to come back. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | A naval blockade 90 miles from the US put the world on the brink of nuclear war. |
| Open Door Policy (Notes) | President McKinley promoted this policy to be sure that US would be able to trade in China. |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | This three-year, non stop bombing campaign was an attempt to cut off the flow of supplies to the Viet Cong from North Vietnam. |
| Moral Diplomacy | President Wilson believed that if you explain to countries the right thing to do that they would do it. |
| containment/Truman Doctrine | This was President Truman's plan to stop the spread of Communism. |
| Panama Canal | President Theodore Roosevelt saw this great engineering feat which cut travel time for commercial, as well as the military, as his greatest accomplishment. |
| Treaty of Versailles | The humiliating treatment of Germany (war guilt, reparations, a dismantled military) laid the ground work for WWII. |
| Spanish-American War | The US became a true imperialist (expansionist) power with the acquisition of Puerto Rick, Guam, and the Philippines. |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson believed this plan would prevent future wars. |
| Vietnamization | The US would continue to provide supplies and aid, but US troops would be coming home. |
| isolationism | Protected by vast oceans, there was no need for the US to become involved in the affairs of countries in Europe or Asia. |
| NATO | This was one way to counter the growing military threat of the USSR in Europe. |
| Detente | This was an attempt by President Nixon to lesson tensions between the US and Communist powers. |
| Bay of Pigs | This was a failed attempt by the US to overthrow the Castro government of Cuba. |
| Roosevelt Corollary/Big Stick Policy | President Theodore Roosevelt was willing to use the strength of the US Navy and Marines to get what he wanted. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | President Taft preferred using money rather than force to influence Latin American countries. |
| Korean Conflict | Taking the US completely by surprise, the Communist almost gained control of this peninsula. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | This gave President Johnson unlimited authority to take action in Vietnam. |
| imperialism | This is the extension of economic, political, or military control over another country. |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | This final German provocation brought the US into the Great War (WWI). |
| Berlin Blockade/Airlift | Premier Stalin's attempt to drive Allied forces out of East Germany failed because of the effectiveness of President Truman's response. |
| Camp David Accord | President Carter's efforts led to a peach treaty between Isreal and Egypt. |
| MAIN | This acronym explains the causes of the Great War (WWI). |
| Iran-Contra Affair | Some profits from this illegal sale of arms to win the release of American hostages in the Middle East were illegally given to rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua. |
| Persian Gulf War | An international coalition launched Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. |
| 9/11 | A terrorist attack on the Twin Towers of New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., resulted in President George W. Bush's war on terror. |
| domino theory | This is the theory that if one nation falls under communist control, other countries will also fall under communist control. |
| Balkans Crisis | After ethnic cleansing began in the Bosnia, President Clinton helped negotiate a peace treaty and had US forces join NATO troops enforcing the agreement. |
