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Vietnam War
Between the U.S. nd vietnam. Astruggle to put them into a communists government. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three Churchill (Great Britain), President Roosevet (USA), & Stalin (Soviet) at the end of World War II agreed that Stalin would join the fight against Japan to end World War II along as the United States & Great Britain allowed the Soviet Union to control Eastern Europe after the War. The Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern Europe. This would establish the division in Europe between the United States (Western Europe) & the Soviet Union (Eastern Europe) that would be -
Truman Doctrine
It would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all of the democratic nations. It was under the threat of external/internal militaries. Reoriented U.S. foreign policy far from their usual place of withdrawl. -
Marshall Plan
It was to strengthen the democratic governments that the US offered. They funneled food and economic assistance to Europe to help countries rebuild. -
NATO pact
A mikitary alliance that was formed by U.S., canada, and ten other countries. All of the members pledged to wach other if any of them were attacked. -
Korean War
War between north and South Korea because South korea was a communist government and North Korea is a non-communist government -
Warsaw Pact
Originally established the Soviet-led political military aliiance. Often invoked by the Soviets to keep satelites in order. It put the division of Europe into "eastern" and "western" blocs. In the east were the Soviet dominated countries with dictators and in the west they were democracies. -
Bay of pigs invasion
John F.Kennedy launched an invasion to over power fidel castro because he wanted it to be a non-communist government -
Berlin Wall
A brick or stone wall seperating the East and West Germany and soviet union put it up because thy didnt want people from the east going to the west . The east was communism and the west was democracy -
Cuban missile crisis
Between the United States and Soviet Union. The U.S. wanted to stop the Soviets from killing the people and they were planning to destroy all of their weapons or bombs. -
End of the Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
Stalin was trying to keep the western allies out of berlin by sealing off ecvery railroad and highway into the western sectors of the city
