Cold War Review Set

Nuremberg Trials

A series of military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes.

Containment

A geopolitical strategy aimed at stopping the expansion of an enemy, particularly the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

A military alliance established in 1949 between North American (US and Canada) and Western European countries for mutual defense against aggression.

Cuban Missile Crisis

A 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba.

Space Race

The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve significant milestones in space exploration during the Cold War.

Johnson's Great Society

A set of domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A joint resolution passed by Congress in 1964 that authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.

Vietnamization

A U.S. policy during the Vietnam War aimed at reducing American involvement by transferring responsibility for the war effort to the South Vietnamese forces.

My Lai Massacre

The mass killing of between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. Army soldiers during the Vietnam War on March 16, 1968. Led to protests in the US.

Watergate Scandal

A political scandal in the 1970s involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the subsequent cover-up by members of the Nixon administration, leading to President Nixon's resignation.

Cold War

A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies from the end of World War II until the early 1990s.

22nd Amendment

An amendment to the United States Constitution that limits presidents to two terms in office.

Truman Doctrine

A U.S. foreign policy established in 1947 to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War by providing political, military, and economic assistance to countries threatened by communism. Main countries were Greece and Turkey.

Marshall Plan

An American initiative passed in 1948 to provide economic aid to Western Europe to help rebuild economies after the devastation of World War II.

Warsaw Pact

A military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, established in 1955 as a response to NATO.

Korean War

A conflict between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, primarily the United States) from 1950 to 1953.

Second Red Scare

A period of intense anti-communism in the United States during the late 1940s and 1950s, characterized by McCarthyism and widespread fear of communist infiltration.

Kennedy assassination

The assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

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