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Fidel Castro
Communist Dictator who took over Cuba
John F Kennedy
President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Lyndon B Johnson
President known for escalating the Vietnam War
Harry S. Truman
President who launched the policy of containment
Gerald Ford
President when the Vietnam War ended
1947-1991
Years of the cold war
Domino theory
Belief that if one country falls to communism others will follow
Bay of Pigs
Failed attempt to overthrow Castro
Korean War
Conflict that ended in a split at the 38th parallel
U-2 Incident
Plane shot down over the Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
Successful attempt to save half a city from communism
Marshall Plan
Program that sent $13 Billion to Western Europe
Warsaw Pact
Alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies
Truman Doctrine
Policy announcing containment
Detente
Thawing of Cold War tensions
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Policy escalating the Vietnam war
Tet Offensive
Coordinated Viet Cong strike against U.S forces
Fall of Saigon
End of Vietnam War
Vietnamization
Turning more control over to the Vietnamese
Cuban Missile Crisis
Closest the world came to nuclear war