Cold War

State of tension between two countries without actual fighting

U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War- trying to limit the spread of communism

U.S. plan to help contain communism by providing economic aid to Western Europe ($13 billion spent) to rebuild after WW2.

President Truman's policy to provide military aid to countries struggling to resist threats to democracy- especially in Greece and Turkey

Mutual Defense Alliance for democratic western European countries

Eisenhower's Secretary of State John Dulles' policy which meant the U.S. would go to the brink of war to combat communism

Soviet space satellite launched in 1957- started space race

The Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba until Kennedy issued a quarantine and the missiles were removed

Failed invasion of Cuba planned by the US government

Leader of Communist North Vietnam

If one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.

Alliance for protection between USSR and Soviet Satellites

During the Vietnam lunar new year - Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army raiding forces attacked provincial capitals throughout Vietnam, even seizing the U.S. embassy for a time. U.S. opinion began turning against the war.

American troops had brutally massacred innocent Vietnamese women and children, also led to more opposition to the war.

1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam. Led to increase in number of troops in Vietnam.