Cold War

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  • Chine Turns Communist

  • Period: to

    Policy of Containment

    Us trying to hold back the spread of communism

  • Truman Doctrine

    President Truman made a speech saying that the US would Help any European country trying to fight Communism

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to aid Europe in getting their economies back on track
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    Berlin Airlift

    US brought supplies and food to West Germany to help keep Stalin away

  • Comecon

    An alliance between The Soviet Union and many eat european countries

  • Nato Formed

  • Soviets Test Atomic Bomb

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    Korean War

  • Stalin Dies

  • Launch of Sputnik 1 into Space

    First artificial Earth satellite made by the Soviet Union

  • Berlin Wall Constructed

    Barrier between East and West Germany

  • Cuban missile crisis

    18-29 Soviets put missiles into Cuba to scare the US

  • Johnson enters Vietnam War

    Jonhson escaleted troop numbers

  • US withdrawal from Vietnam

    Nixon signs agreement to withdraw US troops from the war

  • Soviets Invade Afghanistan

  • Berlin Wall Torn Down