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For Pol WWII - Vt

Foreign Policy from WWII to Vietnam

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Created by JFK as an aid program for the economic development of Latin American nations; undermined by our relations with Cuba Alliance for Progress
As part of Truman's inaugural address to supply US investment to aid agricultural and industrial development in the Third World Point Four
Policy to restrict Soviet expansion throughout the world Containment
Proposal to give massive economic aid to the nations of Europe to recover from WWII; aid was rejected by communist nations; also an attempt to minimize suffering to be exploited by communist nations Marshall Plan
1948 action by Soviets to refuse US, British, and France access to Berlin and Truman's response to aid the citizens of West Berlin Berlin Blockade and Airlift
1947 law that created the Department of Defense and CIA National Security Act
Term applied to the actions of the US in the 50s and the USSR under Khrushchev for maintaining peace Peaceful coexistence
Treaty unifying communist countries in Europe Warsaw Pact
Used to investigate the growth in the communism in the US House Un-American Activities Committee
Call for a massive military buildup and increase in defense spending as a response to Soviet military strength NSC-68
Nixon's policy of replacing US forces by South Vietnamese troops trained by American advisors Vietnamization
1948 Treaty of mutual defense and aid with western Europe in face of growing Soviet power in Eastern Europe NATO
Theory espoused by Eisenhower that if one nation fell to communism, bordering countries would also fall Domino Theory
Established the US as a global policeman to assist free people resisting "armed minorities or..outside pressure" Truman Doctrine
Policy that the US must be prepared to risk war in asserting ourselves to attain our objectives Brinksmanship
CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles; failed miserably because of insufficient support Bay of Pigs
Allowed the president to extend economic and military aid to Mideastern nations to help them resist communist expansion Eisenhower Doctrine
Passed by Congress in 1964, it gave LBJ a "blank check" in opposing the North Vietnamese forces Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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