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China's Leaders
-President Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) Democratic Republic of Viet Nam
-President Ngo Dinh Diem (1901-1963) Republic of Viet Nam
-President of Viet Nam /Tran Duc Luong/Socialist Republic of Viet Nam -
US Leaders
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-1961)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 -
HUAC
(The House Committee on Un-American Activities) Its main purpose was to investigate un-American and subversive activities. Led to over paranoia and angry Americans. -
Red Scare
1940's through the 1950's, paranoia was all over the US because of the fear that Communism would spread. Joseph McCarthy made the public fear everyone around them and even untrust the government and celebrities when the Hollywood 10 accusations came out. -
Leader of USSR
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)
was a general secretary befoer taking charge. -
Yalta Conference
The meeting was intended to respectively discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
UN Created
Established to stop wars between countries and achieve World Peace. -
CIA
(Central Intelligence Society) was under government control for providing national security. -
Marshall Plan
American military support to help rebuild the damages caused by war in European countries. -
Berlin Blockade/ Berlin Airlift
All shipping by train, ship or on the Autobahn was stopped on the inner german border. Nothing was aloud in or out. On APril 16, 1949, the US flew their planes over the walls and dropped supplies for the civilians trapped inside. -
Communist takover in North Korea
South Korea didn't become a communist nation along with the northern half. They stayed in an alliance with the U.S. and we helped keep the south a non communist state. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization which was made to agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Communist takeover in China
China's civil war ended with the Communist Party of China taking power over mainland, China. Also, china stayed a communist country because of the laws against Japan, who was their enemy. -
Nuclear Arms Race
Was a competition for power over nuclear warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union. Started in late 1950's. -
Korean War
War between North and South Korea because of different political views. The United States supported the South half and China the North. -
Communist takeover in Vietnam
North Vietnam was first to become communists with the support of the Soviet Union. The whole country came together as a communist nation in 1976. -
Warsaw Pact
A mutual agreement treaty between eight communist states of Eastern Europe to have the back of any country in an attack. -
Vietnam War
military conflict that ended with south korea and cambodia falling to communism. -
Truman Doctrine
It stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them becoming under the Soviet's control. -
Space Race
Russia sent an artificial satellite named "Sputnik" into space. America was next in the attempt and was the first to land on the moon. -
U2 Crisis
An incident that occurred when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
President Kennedy launches an invasion into cuba with secret spies to try to kill Castro but he already knew about the attack so it all fell through. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the seperation between West Berlin and East Germany. However, it was also the symbolic boundary between Democracy and Communism during the Cold War. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest the world ever came to nuclear war. American airplanes caught the Soviet Union building nuclear missiles which were going to be used on the US. -
Communist takeover in Cuba
Fidel Castro was the leader who merged Cuba together as a communist country. Cuba held close ties to the USSR. -
Cuba's Leader
Fidel Castro (October 3, 1965 – April 19, 2011)
