Cold War

1. country that joined the communist world officially in 1949, changing the country for decades to come
2. theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
5. a plan/program where the US and allies gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild post-WWII
6. a country that was part of NATO but bordered the Soviet Union
8. type of alliance known as NATO and Warsaw Pact
10. site of defeat of French forces officially ending French rule over Indochina, 1954
13. country once part of French Indochina,it was the location of the only war the U.S has ever lost
15. the easing of hostilities/relations between countries
17. a gulf in the north of Vietnam that spurred more American involvement in the "Vietnam conflict"
18. The offensive, or largest military campaign of the Vietnam war in 1968

1. type of economy communist governments tend to have
3. to stop the spread of communism to other countries
4. the type of economy democratic governments tend to have, stresses free market/trade and little government interference
7. successor who denounced Stalin and his policies
9. people who wanted peace and the end to the Vietnam war, now seen more as "earth loving" dirty folk of the West
11. military alliance of the west of the Iron Curtain headed by the U.S
12. the first satellite to orbit the Earth, launched by the Soviets beginning the "space race"
14. The U.S president who favored containment and giving support to countries threatened by the Soviet Union
16. a country divided along the 38th parallel post-WWII where the communists commenced a war hoping to reunify the peninsula