USW Final

Containment

US foreign policy to prevent the spread of communism

Domino Theory

The belief that if one country falls to communism others around it will too

Detente

A period of improved relations between the US and Soviet Union

Proxy War

Bigger countries use the smaller countries to fight for them

Partition

Division of a unified country into separate states

Segregation

The physical separation of individuals based on race and religion

McCarthysim

A period of intense anti-communist suspicion in the US characterized by political repression.

Partition of India and Pakistan

India is majority Hindu and Pakistan is majority Muslim

Cold War

A decades-long geopolitical rivalry between the US and USSR. No direct fighting occurred between the two superpowers. It was fought through proxy wars, espionage, and propaganda.

Korean War

Conflict on the Korean Peninsula pitting communist North Korea (supported by China and the USSR) against South Korea (supported by a US-led United Nations coalition)

Cuban missile crisis

Confrontation in October 1962 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba

Civil Rights Movement

Brown v Board of education, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Vietnam War

A war to determine whether Vietnam would be unified under a communist government or remain aligned with the West

Iran (language and religion)

Persian

Islamic

Iran Coup 1953

Joint effort by the US CIA and British MI6 to overthrow prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Iran Revolution 1979

An uprising that overthrew the 2,500-year-old Pahlavi monarchy and replaced it with an Islamic Republic.

Iran (current conflicts)

Direct military strikes between US and Iran, and blockage of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iraq (majority religion and language)

Arabic and Kurdish

Muslim

Iraq Gulf War

A decisive conflict in which a 35-nation UN coalition, led by the US, expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq invaded and annexed the nation

Iraq 2003 invasion

A military operation led by the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime

War on terror (9/11)

4 terrorists attacks made by the Al Qaeda group. 2 planes hit the twin towers, 1 hit the Pentagon and 1 landed in Pennsylvania after a failed attempt.

Terrorists groups (Iraq)

Al Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah)

1950s

Post-WWII economic prosperity, the rise of the consumer culture, and intense Cold War anxiety, massive baby boom, the growth of suburbs, and early momentum for the Civil Rights Movement,

1960s

US Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the rise of a youth-driven counterculture

1970s

"stagflation,” rise of disco and punk, women's rights movements, and the birth of blockbusters like Star Wars. Key themes included disillusionment with government, environmentalism, and major social changes

1980s

MTV pop-culture explosion, the AIDS epidemic, the rise of "yuppie" consumerism, and blockbuster cinema.

Winston Churchill

UK after WW2

Fidel Castro

Cuba

Ho Chi Minh

North Vietnam

Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran during the Revolution

JFK

USA- Cuban Missile Crisis

Jimmy Carter

USA

George W Bush

USA- 9/11, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Ronald Regan

USA

Osama Bin Laden

Al Qaeda and 9/11

Saddam Hussein

Iraq