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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
Buffer States of the USSR
Poland, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Ended in 1949. -
Atomic Bomb
Scientists first developed nuclear weapons technology during World War II. Atomic bombs have been used only twice in war—both times by the United States against Japan at the end of World War II. -
U.S. aid to Greece and Turkey
The extension of military and economic aid to Greece in 1947 plunged the United States into deep involvement in Greek affairs before American public opinion had any understanding of the difficulties that would be encountered under a policy of supporting free nations against aggression in distant parts of the world. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe. -
Marshall Plan- Détente
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of World War II. -
NATO established
An intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Berlin airlift
The End of the Blockade. By spring 1949, it was clear that the Soviet blockade of West Berlin had failed. It had not persuaded West Berliners to reject their allies in the West, nor had it prevented the creation of a unified West German state. Ended in May 12, 1949 -
USSR gets atomic bomb
USSR had developed technology to develop A-bombs. There was now Nuclear Parity, and both felt equally threatened by each other. USA no longer had military power over USSR.
Domino Theory because it opened up cold war into Asia. -
Korean War- Mutually Assured Destruction
The North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. Ended in July 27, 1953 -
Coup in Iran
The Iranian government did not comply with the massive Western companies controlling the oi in Iran. A rebellion to put Mohammed Reza Pahlevi into power as the new shah or Iran. -
coup in Guatemala
Operation carried out by the U.S Central Intelligence Agency that deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President & ended the Guatemalan Revolution -
Beginning of troops in Vietnam- Containment Theory
The U.S. government viewed its involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam. This was part of the domino theory of a wider containment policy, with the stated aim of stopping the spread of communism. -
Suez Canal Crisis
When the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. The canal had been owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests. -
Hungary (Rebellion) - Domino Theory
nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. -
Sputnik
The purpose of Sputnik 1 was that to beat the US into space. Although, USSR beat them to it. -
Cuba missile crisis- Brinksmanship
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
China explodes atomic bomb
China successfully exploded its first atomic bomb. The Chinese people had finally developed their own nuclear technology. -
Coup in Chile
Chile's armed forces stage a coup d'état against the government of President Salvador Allende, the first democratically elected Marxist leader in Latin America. ... He became a Marxist activist and worked as a doctor and in 1933 was a founding member of Chile's Socialist Party. -
End of troops in Vietnam
The U.S. american troops withdraw from the war. -
Communist Angola
Angola attained independence on November 11, 1975, and afterwards a war began. -
Iran Islamic Revolution
Overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. January 1978- February 1979. -
Sandinistas rise up in Nicaragua
Because of Augusto Cesar Sandino death, Sandinistas rise up in honour of Sandino. Divided into several branches: one based in the countryside, one of the urban intellectuals, and another led by Pastora. The war had cost 45 thousand lives and had destroyed the Nicaragua economy. -
US- Iran embassy hostages
Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981, after a group of Iranian students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. -
War in El Salvador
The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, a coalition or "umbrella organization" of several left-wing groups.1980-1992 -
Evil Empire Speech
With the Soviet Union and the United States at odds over nuclear weapons and politics, the whole world was really, really nervous. But Ronald Reagan believed that by spreading the love and sharing American traditions and morals, we might just make it after all. -
Star Wars (S.D.I.)- Deterrence
The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Iran-Contra Affair
A political scandal. Reagan administration: senior Reagan Administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo in hopes of securing the release of hostages and allowing U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
At the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall-
the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. -
Fall of the USSR
The Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state. -
Warsaw Pact formed
The Warsaw Pact came to be seen as quite a potential militaristic threat, as a sign of Communist dominance, and a definite opponent to American capitalism. The signing of the pact became a symbol of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe.
