VUS.12 Part 1 Vocabulary

Accusing people of being communist.

• McCarthyism

• Stalinism

• Castroism

• Rosenburgism

Invasion of Cuba to overthrow the Communist government.

• Massive Retaliation

• Cold War

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S.S.R. and their allies in Eastern Europe

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

Tense conflict between U.S. and U.S.S.R. when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba.

• Massive Retaliation

• Cold War

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

A policy put in place to contain communism

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

War of "words" between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

• Massive Retaliation

• Cold War

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

A defense alliance between the U.S. and Western Europe to prevent a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.

• Truman Doctrine

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

Soviet spies executed for passing information about atomic bombs to the U.S.S.R.

• Joseph McCarthy

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• Julius and Ethel Rosenburg

Swift military action against an aggressive nation.

• Massive Retaliation

• Cold War

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Led the Cuban Communist Revolution in 1959.

• Joseph McCarthy

• Joseph Stalin

• Fidel Castro

• Julius and Ethel Rosenburg