Sunday, May 22, 2011

Topic 12; End

Trueman Doctrine - NATO & Marshall Plan, helping other nations stand a chance & fight Communism


Containment Policy - Containing the spread of Communism


Bay of Pigs Invasion - trained Americans to invade Cuba to discover the missile locations, failed horribly after three days


US Foreign Policy regarding Korea & Vietnam - Our foreign policy was the Containment Policy, and we promised aide to any country that may be taken over by a Communist leader


Intervention - No war going on, but high tensions


Cold War development - USSR ability to build nuclear weapons, Communism vs. Democracy


War Powers Act - President cannot dispatch the military without Congress's consent unless attacked or national emergency


WWII Foreign Policy vs. Post WWII Foreign Policy - USSR = allies, then after war, USSR = Communists = ENEMY !


Limited War - Limited men, resources, supplies; not going all out


Examples of Containment in Europe - Turkey, Poland, keeping missiles in Turkey 


Main Points of Division of Germany - Republic West, Communist West


Douglass MacArther Dismissal - Invaded Korea against direct orders, fired !


Nuclear Test Ban - No new nuclear weapons


Long Term Effect of Vietnam - Troops gone for an extended period, coming back hated


Peace Corps - Humanitarians traveling around the world


End of War - Lifted Berlin Wall, Germany returned to own economy, USSR borders set


Domino Theory - When one falls in, all the others follow


Nixon's Détente - Eased tensions between USSR & United States







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