Cold War Vocab

Providing aid to help other countries fight communism

Surprise attacks across South Vietnam, including an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.

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1,500 Cuban exiles landed by boat in Cuba in an attempt to take control of the island.

The fear of communism spreading to the United States.

The struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Preventing the Soviet Union from expanding its influences around the world.

Gave Johnson the authority to take all necessary measures to repel any attack against the US.

13 day standoff between the US and the USSR, the world could have ended.

The government owns everything, taxes are very high, government gives you what you need. 

A barrier that divided the capital city of Germany between east and west, from 1961 to 1989.

A weapon far more powerful than the atomic bombs used during World War II

An organization that is made up of countries from all around the world. 

South Vietnamese soldiers that were loyal to Ho Chi Minh and fought for North Vietnam. 

12 countries who promised to defend each other if attacked.

Using communism to frighten people and to promote your own agenda. 

War on as Asian peninsula, first armed conflict of the Cold War.

Cold War armed conflict where the U.S. and South Vietnam fought the communist North Vietnam.

Took the form of border defenses between the countries of Europe in the middle of the continent

One of the largest countries in the world and our ally, becomes a communist country.