Chapter 30 Flashcards
Relaxation of tension
Detente
Strategy of containing communism, or keeping it within its existing boundaries
Containment
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ICBMs
Intercontinental ballistic missiles
Missiles that shoot down other missiles (ABMs)
Anti-Ballistic Missiles
Who were the communists lead by and in what year?
Mao Zedong; 1949
Who does China sign a treaty with and when?
With Soviet Union in 1950
What was the name of the book kids carried and what did it contain?
It was called Mao-Tse-tung
Who does Castro overthrow and in what year?
Fulgenica Batista in 1959
When was the bay of pigs?
April 1961
Where was Korea divided?
At the 36th Parallel
What happens in June 1950?
North korea forces invade South Korea; UN sends multinational force
Who asserts the domino theory?
President Eisenhower and
What was the bombing campaign in North Korea called?
Operation rolling thunder
When was the tet offensive?
1968
