George Kennan
Known as the "father of containment" during the Cold War
Douglas McArthur
General on the Pacific front during WWII. Fired during Korean War.
Dean Acheson
Secretary of State over Lend Lease, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, and the World Bank. One of the main "architects" behind the Cold War.
Yalta Conference
Meeting in which FDR, Stalin, and Churchill met to plan for the post-war era.
McCarran Internal Security Act
Forced communists to register with the government, and prohibited them from working for the government. A response to the Korean War.
Atomic Energy Commission
Conducted the US's research of the atom bomb.
Fair Deal
Truman's call for better housing, higher wages, and full employment. Only a housing act (1949) and a new social security act (1950) came of it.
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower's Secratary of State, who called for massive retaliation