A military alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations supporting communism. This was in response to the NATO.

airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin.

Marked by the fall of the Soviet Union which was the result of Eastern European countries gaining independence (Berlin Wall torn down), Gorbachev's re...

A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Viet...

Relaxation of tensions between the United States and its two major Communist rivals, the Soviet Union and China.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe after WWII to prevent nations from turning to communism (1948-1952)

1947 - Stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism.

1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons.

American policy of limiting further expansion of communism around the world

Student and civilian protests which included draft card burnings, flag burning, & marches against the war in Vietnam

President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of...

Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush