The Cold War

The continuing period of political, economic, and militaristic conflict between the US and USSR between 1945 and 1991.

• World War II

• The Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

A foreign policy belief of intervening in areas threatened by the iron curtain with the hopes of stopping the spread of communism and maintaining self-determination.

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Iron Curtain

A foreign policy belief of providing aid, weapons, advisors, and soldiers to countries fighting for freedom or being oppressed/threatened by a foreign power.

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Marshall Plan

• Nixon Doctrine

• Domino Theory

A foreign policy belief of providing aid to war torn countries in Europe after WWII with the hopes of preventing the US economy from returning to a "recession".

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Containment

A foreign policy belief of easing strained relationships with countries like China and the USSR.

• Perestroika

• Detente

• Diplomacy

• Proxy Conflict

An alliance between countries like France, Great Britain, Australia, and the United States that took place during the Cold War.

• League of Nations

• United Nations

• Warsaw Pact

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

An alliance between countries like Yugoslavia, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and the USSR that took place during the Cold War.

• Axis Powers

• Buffer Zone

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

A foreign policy belief that if a country fell to communism it would ignite a chain reaction of communist revolutions in neighboring areas.

• Domino Theory

• Containment

• Perestroika

• Detente

A congressional decision granting President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to make war time decisions in Vietnam without a declaration of war.

• Vietnamization

• Americanization

• War Powers Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A 1970s foreign policy belief that countries in Asia threatened by communism would stand up for it themselves but only with aid from the United States

• Reagan Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Nixon Doctrine