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The dominating influence of one nation over another is called
What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?
A peace agreement was signed in 1973, and United States troops left Vietnam.
They encountered much indifference and hostility. It was several years before Vietnam Veterans were honored.
Also known as the Red Scare, is the term for Joseph McCarthy, the Senator who accused Americans of spying.
America became divided over the Vietnam War, and large war protests took place on college campuses.
Germany was divided at the end of WWII and the Soviet Union controlled most of Central and Eastern Europe as well as East Germany.
"Vietnamization" - Nixon's plan to withdraw American Troops and replace them with U.S. supplied South Vietnamese Forces, was unsuccessful."Americanization" - the action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.
President Johnson decided not to run for re-election. Richard Nixon was soon elected president.
In 1962, the Soviet Union began to build missile launchers in Cuba. The United States protested, and for several days, the World worried that a nuclear war would erupt. The Soviet Union decided to remove the missiles.
Winston Churchill delivered the "Iron Curtain" speech, it symbolizes that the Soviet Union has created an "Iron Curtain" around Southern and Eastern Europe and East Germany. It ushered in the Cold War.
NATO - was formed to provide a defensive alliance to protect Western Europe against an invasion by the Soviet Union.Warsaw Pact - An alliance of Soviet and Eastern European Countries, was a response to NATO.
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss Germany's total and unconditional surrender post-war.
The 38th Parallel, to this day they still have not signed a peace treaty and are officially still in a state of war. China still backs North Korea and we still have troops in South Korea.
It was an economic plan to stop the spread of Communism in Europe. It was money given to the European Countries to rebuild after the war.
A United States pledge to resist the spread of communism worldwide.
Communist North Vietnam attempted to force a communist government in South Vietnam. The United States provided assistance to South Vietnam.
It was a search and destroy mission where 500 unarmed civilians were killed in the South during the Vietnam War.
Civilians must conserve what they use. Reduced use of goods from homefront to use in the war effort. Coupon Books and War Bonds.
David Lloyd Georfe of Britain, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States