Cold War Overview

According to this policy, the US promised to provide political, military, and economic support to countries threatened by Communism.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Massive Retaliation

• Preventive War

This was the US policy of providing economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II.

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Massive Retaliation

• Preventive War

During this war, fought from 1950-1953, the US supported South Korea in order to help prevent the spread of Communism in Asia.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Operation Desert Storm

• World War II

This was President Eisenhower's policy of threatening to respond to any Communist aggression with a massive nuclear strike.

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Massive Retaliation

• Preventive War

• Marshall Plan

This was President Eisenhower's policy of providing support to Middle Eastern countries threatened by Communism.

• Truman Doctrine

• Eisenhower Doctrine

• Iron Curtain

• Iron Maiden

While Eisenhower was President, the ___ overthrew governments in Iran and Guatemala, and the U2 was used to spy on the USSR.

• FSB

• KGB

• JFA

• CIA

During the ___, President John F. Kennedy stood by the US commitment to defend West Berlin, including through a military build-up.

• British invasion

• Vietnam War

• Berlin Crisis

• Bay of Pigs invasion

During JFK's presidency, the US supported a failed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro, and almost got into a nuclear war with the USSR over Soviet missiles being installed close to the US. Both of these were Cold War conflicts involving the US, USSR, and:

• Argentina

• Canada

• Cuba

• Iraq

This was President Kennedy's policy of relying on a range of military options, not just nuclear weapons, to respond to Communist aggression.

• Flexible Response

• Massive Retaliation

• Preventive War

• Shock and Awe

Fear that if one country fell to Communism, surrounding countries would also (the "domino effect") and an attack on US naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964 were the main reasons for US involvement in the:

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs invasion

• Korean War

• Vietnam War