Module 24 Lesson

Containment

Massive retaliation

Mutually assured destruction

Creation of NATO

Provided justification for military actions against authoritarian governments.

Provided economic aid while containing Soviet influence.

Returned the United States to its prewar isolationist policies.

Were used as the basis for creating the United Nations.

The massive evacuations of diplomats following the Soviet takeover of West Berlin

The aerial arrival of Soviet forces to capture the capital of Germany

The delivery of goods and necessities after a Soviet blockade of West Berlin

The evacuation of West German citizens following the construction of the Berlin Wall

The Truman Doctrine

The Marshall Plan

The North Atlantic Treaty

The Warsaw Pact

Ho Chi Minh

Mao Zedong

Chiang Kai-shek

Deng Xiaoping

Korea

Vietnam

Laos

Cuba

He was seen as too inexperienced.

MacArthur showed insubordination to President Truman.

He relied too heavily on negotiations with the Chinese.

He was under investigation by the HUAC.