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House Un-American Activites Committee formed
It was created to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities. -
Truman Doctrine
A document stating that Truman made a promise to help nations struggling agaisnt communist movements. -
Marshall Plan
Foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after World War II -
Berlin Airlift
Program in which British and U.S. pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade. -
NATO Formation
(N.A.T.O. = North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - Military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion. -
Era of McCarthyism begins
Joseph McCarthy, a senator from Wisconsin made a speech saying he had a list of over 200 people in the State Department that were Communists. -
Korean War
Conflict between Communist and Non-Communist forces in Korea. -
Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's was executed for being found guilty of relaying U.S. military secrets to the Soviets. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Was the first artificial satellite to successfully orbit the Earth. -
Vietnam War
War between northern & southern Vietnam. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
An unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. -
First American in Space
It was Alan B. Shepard Jr. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
A concrete barrier built by the German Democratic Republic. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
Warsaw Pact Formation
Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. -
First Man On The Moon
The first astronaut that landed was Neil Armstrong.
