history final, Unit 6 Flashcards
(10 cards)
What was the 1950’s red scare
It was the fear of communism
What was the first proxy war of the Cold War
Korean War
What was the Tet offensive
A huge wave of attacks coordinated by North Vietnam in 1968
What was detente
An era of reduced hostility between the US and the Soviet Union
Who was the Vietnamese communist leader at the time of the Vietnamese war
Ho Chi Minh
Who was president during the Korean War
Harry S. Truman
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall, why was Berlin divided?
France, England and the US did not want the Soviet union to have full control over Germany’s capital city.
What was the arms race
the race between Soviet and the US to gain weapons and nuclear power, a lot of fear
who was Joseph McCarthy, what was McCarthyism
McCarthy was a senator who had a list of names of American mayors, celebs, officials, etc that he suspected were communist. He would hold loyalty hearings that interrogated these people on their patriotism. This created paranoia among Americans called McCarthyism.
What was the point of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
To overthrow Fidel Castro.
