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Nuclear Arms Race
The nuclear arms race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. During the Cold War, in addition to the American and Soviet nuclear stockpiles, other countries developed nuclear weapons, though none engaged in warhead production on nearly the same scale as the two superpowers. -
UN Created
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. -
Potsdam Conference
metting among leaders of the Allies hear the end of WW2- took place in Potsdam, Germany - not successful -
Truman Doctrine
Trumans plegde to probide econmic and military aid to countries threatened by communism -
Marshall Plan
plan for reconstruction of Europe after WW2, between 1948-1951 Us spent over 13 billion in 17 different countries- food and farm equiment -
HUAC
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) or House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)[1] (1947–1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. In 1969, the House changed the committee's name to "House Committee on Internal Security". When the House abolished the committee in 1975,[2] its functions were transferred to the House Judiciary Committee. -
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency- collects intelligence info and takes part in secret actions againist foregin targets -
Red Scare
Jump to: navigation, search A "European Anarchist" attempts to destroy the Statue of Liberty in this 1919 political cartoon.
The term Red Scare denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. The First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. The Second Red Scare was focused on national and foreign communists influencing society, infiltrating -
Berlin Airlift
sent food and supplies because they blocked any road, rail, or river, so they couldn't get supplies . -
Korean War
100,000 N Korean troops crossed 38th parallel & invaded S Korea. Kim Sung II ordered attack. US attacked Inchon & regained some land within 24 hours & 70,000 troops. Inchon changed SK fortunes, UN recaptured seou, by OCT 1. S Korea was back in UN's hands. By the end of war, Korea looked basically same as before it started in terms of borders. -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance with Soviet- dominated countries of E Euorpe_ same purpose as NATO. Entirely under control of Soviet Union. nations stood ready to defend each other & SU helped soviets solidify control in E Europe. -
Escalation
Hanoi's response to the fall of the Diem regime was a subject of intense debate at the Ninth Plenum of the VWP Central Committee held in December 1963. It appeared that the new administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson (who assumed office following the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22) was not planning to withdraw from Vietnam but, rather, to increase its support for the new Saigon government. -
Space Race
Competion against the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in space exploration. -
Sputnik
SU launched first artifical satellite- small, only size of a basketball and 200 lbs- orbited earth -
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It's an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight -
Veitnam War
started because they wanted indepedence from French and Japanese control and because of the Domino Theory -
U2 Crisis
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
failed attempt of Cuban exiles backed by the US to overthrown the Cuban socialist government of Fidel Castro- US supported it because they didn't want communism -
Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
confrontation between the US and Soviets over Soviet missiles in Cuba- caused by policies and polities of the US and SU -
Tet offensive
turned americans against war -
Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "buzz" Aldrin were the first to step on the moon. MIcheal Collins orbited alone. -
Kent State
students protesting war -
Vietnamization
withdrew Amerrican troops and gave SV greater resposiblilty for fighting war -
NATO
is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
