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1 Communism and the Cold War EOC

2 Ideological conflict between the United States (democracy) and the Soviet Union (communism) following WWII

3 Cold War

4 Government controls production Soviet Union spends profit on military defense following WWII

5 Command Economy

6 Symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundaries between Eastern Europe (communism) and Western Europe (democracy)

7 Iron Curtain

8 United States would do anything in their power to stop communism from spreading

9 Containment Policies Truman Doctrine NATO Marshall Plan

10 Stated that the United States would step in to protect Western Europe from Soviet threats of communism

11 Truman Doctrine

12 United States and allies placed troops and military bases in Western Europe

13 NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

14 United States would provide economic aid to Western European allies to rebuild and withstand communist threats from the Soviet Union

15 Marshall Plan

16 A country bordering a strong communist country will eventually fall to communism

17 Domino Theory

18 Communist North Korea invades South Korea

19 Korean War

20 Communist North Vietnam invades South Vietnam

21 Vietnam War

22 North Vietnam torpedoes an American ship, drawing the United States into the Vietnam War

23 Gulf of Tonkin

24 1968 North Vietnam launched massive assault throughout South Vietnam; turning point for North Vietnam

25 Tet Offensive

26 Richard Nixon orders slow withdrawal of US troops from South Vietnam

27 Vietnamization

28 China’s leader after WWII creates world’s largest communist country

29 Mao Zedong

30 Soviet Union blockades Berlin hoping to force Allied Powers to give up control of West Germany

31 Berlin Airlift

32 Soviet Union builds a wall to keep East Germans from escaping to the west

33 Berlin Wall

34 Congress conducts “loyalty checks” on suspected communists in the United States

35 House Un-American Activities Committee

36 Led “witch-hunts” on suspected communists-ruined careers and reputations AKA Second Red Scare

37 Senator Joseph McCarthy “McCarthyism”

38 Couple accused of selling national secrets to the Soviets; found guilty and executed

39 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg “Rosenberg Trial”

40 Released in 1997 proving the Rosenberg’s had spied for the Soviets

41 Venona Papers

42 President from 1960-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis Bay of Pigs Civil Rights Space Program End Poverty

43 John F. Kennedy

44 JFK authorizes Cuban refugees to overthrow Cuban leader Fidel Castro

45 Bay of Pigs

46 Cuba deployed nuclear missiles fro Soviet Union aimed at the U. S
Cuba deployed nuclear missiles fro Soviet Union aimed at the U.S.; JFK orders Soviets to remove them

47 Cuban Missile Crisis

48 Economic decline and mass protests against communism in Eastern Europe

49 Collapse of Communism

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