American policy of resisting further expansion of Communism around the world

Soviet response to NATO

Formed in response to rising tensions between Soviets and the US

Promise to support any country fighting Communism

The divide between democracy in the West and communism in the East

US & allies showed they wouldn’t retreat when faced with aggressive behavior by Soviet Union; Allies airlifted food into Berlin

Stalin wanted war payments from Germany and the division of Germany

& Berlin; end of post war negotiations

Allies put the surviving Nazi leaders on trial for “crimes against humanity”

FDR, Churchill, & Stalin met to plan reorganization of Europe after WWII; Formation of United Nations

The first Russian satellite

Ended when President Kennedy promised he would not invade

Cuba if the USSR took the missiles away

A drill done at schools to protect students from bombs

Mass development of nuclear weapons to gain military superiority

Efforts between the Soviets and US to create and launch the first outer space technology

Provides education, low cost housing, hospitals, and other
public services for men who served in the military

Created a cultural gap between generations & help break down racial barriers

Claimed he knew names of 100s of Communists within government agencies and departments

A committee put together by Congress that conducted loyalty checks

to weed out Communists in the US

Accusing people of being communists without evidence

type of fighting in which soldiers, aided by the natural landscape, use fast hit-and-run attacks against the enemy - used by North Vietnamese against US soldiers

1. A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control,

2. then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

3. (mostly referring to South Asian countries like Vietnam)

1.  movement that protested America's involvement in the Vietnam War

2. (mostly made up of American college students)

1.  resolution from Congress authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam

 surprise attack by the Vietcong (North V.) on South Vietnamese

towns and cities during the Tet Holiday celebrations.

1. U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right

2. to engage in symbolic speech in school

lowered the voting age to 18

1. against war; Americans who called for the US to leave Vietnam 

1. cultural movement that had social values that were different than

2. the values held by traditional society

3. (normally characterized by the "Summer of Love", hippies, drug use, and mobile lifestyles)

1. A public distrust of statements made by the government