Cold War

He said he had a list of 205 communists employed by our state dept.

This was the thought that if we lost South Vietnam to communism the rest of S. Asia would fall

Weapons that could destroy incoming nuclear missiles from space

This was a military alliance between the U.S. and Western Europe

Gave Pres. Johnson powers to escalate troops in Vietnam without approval from Congress

This General gets fired for criticizing Truman's containment policy in Korea.

This allows Vets to get loans for college, buy homes, and start businesses

Soviets built this to prevent open border between east and west Germany

Attack on S. Vietnam on the Vietnamese New Year. Major communist victory

Reagan's Belief that mass defense spending would cause Soviet system to collapse

Govt. officials say we are close to victory in Vietnam but we see images of dead and wounded

This reveals that the govt. had not been honest with the public about Vietnam

We use this to stop communism from spreading in developing nations

President must inform congress within 48 hours of commitment of troops and withdraw 60-90 days