US Unit 7 Vocab

Part of Cold War where USA and USSR tried to create and stockpile more conventional AND atomic weapons than the other in preparation for nuclear warfare; countries were worried that would not be prepared if war did begin

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• containment

• espionage

US policy of allowing communism to exist where it already was (Eastern Europe) but no allow it to spread to new places

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• containment

• espionage

Major international incidence in the 1960s; US grew concerned that the USSR was stockpiling weapons in Cuba to begin a nuclear war - US responded by placing atomic weapons in Turkey; ultimately ended diplomatically with promises by both countries to remove the weapons; closest world has come to actual nuclear warfare 

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• containment

• espionage

Use of spies or spying on another person, entity, or nation in order to gain information about that subject; used by both the US and USSR during Cold War to get intel on actions of the other

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• containment

• espionage

House on Un-American Activities Committee; created to investigate suspected disloyal activities by private citizens; accused were forced to testify before members of the House of Representatives

• HUAC

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• containment

• espionage

President elected in 1960; immediately has to try and de-escalate the Cold War; responsible for major actions in Cuba (Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis); escalates the Space Race; youngest president ever elected; extremely charismatic; assassinated in Dallas in 1963

• HUAC

• John F Kennedy

• containment

• espionage

Tactics used to advance one’s career, typically in politics; named for Senator Joseph McCarthy and his tactics when questioning suspected communists

• HUAC

• John F Kennedy

• McCarthyism

• espionage

Places where the US or USSR have placed atomic weapons for testing OR in the event nuclear war begins other country can quickly respond

• HUAC

• John F Kennedy

• McCarthyism

• Missile sites

New program created by President Eisenhower called the National Aeronautic and Space Administration; goal was to research and expand on American space program during Space Race against the Soviets; continues those goals today

• HUAC

• NASA

• McCarthyism

• Missile sites

Term to describe weapons created under nuclear or atomic power; cause mass destruction and loss of life

• HUAC

• NASA

• nuclear

• Missile sites