Post-War America and the Cold War Review

President of the United States during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis.

An economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property.

First man-made satellite, launched by Moscow, sparked fears of Soviet dominance in space.

A country dominated politically and economically by the Soviets without officially joining.

Promotion of fear of the potential threat of Communism both abroad and on the Home Front.

An economic system in which individuals and corporations control production and earn profits.

Soviet leader following World War II, dies in the middle of the Korean War in 1953.

Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin to plan for ending the war and the post-war period

33rd President of the United States. He dropped the Atomic Bomb.

Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959.

The downing of a U.S. spy plane and capture of its pilot by the Soviet Union in 1960.

A U.S. policy of providing economic and military aid to nations threatened by Communism.

Competition between USSR and USA regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.

A Churchill phrase for the line separating Communist countries of Eastern Europe from the West.

The strategy of the United States to block the spread of Soviet influence.

A Military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites.

Operation in which U.S./British planes flew supplies into West Berlin after the blockade.

The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression.

Couple put to death for espionage in 1953 for passing Atomic Bomb secrets to the Soviets.

The program under which the US supplied aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII.

A committee that investigated Communist influence in the U.S. in the years following WWII.

Attacks by Senator Joe McCarthy and others on people suspected of being Communist in the 50s.

Latitude line/boundary between North and South Korea.

A conflict in which the US fought alongside South Koreans while China fought w/ the N. Koreans.

Alliance of 12 non-Communist countries including the US to support each other if attacked.

Separated East/West Berlin for years, built by Communist East Germany to prevent fleeing West.

Failed CIA operation in April 1961 to overthrow Castro and take over Cuba using Cuban exiles.

Soviet leader from 1955-1964, responsible for putting missiles in Cuba.

13 Day period in 1962 when Soviet nuclear missile were pointed at the United States in Cuba.

Communist leader of China who comes into power in 1949.

A list of people not allowed to work on Hollywood films due to alleged Communist connections.

Asian nation that goes Communist after Mao Zedong comes to power, fights w/ the North in Korea.

International organization formed after WWII to promote peace, security, and cooperation.

10 witnesses from film industry who refused to cooperate w/ HUAC investigation of Hollywood.

American who wrote the "Long Telegram" advising Soviet containment.