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Truman Doctrine
It was a statement Harry Trueman made. It gave support to Turkey and Greece. Both economic support and military in the soviet union area. -
Marshall Plan
Also known as the European recovery program. It was after World War 2 where the U.S. gave aid to Europe. Mainly economically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marshall_Plan -
Russian launch of Sputnick
Sattelite that orbited the Earth. It was the first one for Russia. It made the Russian space program look much more advanced than Americans assumed they were at previously. http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?page=subject&SubjectID=1956sputnik&Year=1956 -
Creation of Nato
North Athlantic Treaty Organization was created aka NATO. Its a comitte that works in mutual defense with each other. This is good in case of another world war or massive attack by a country or another alliance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO -
China Becoming Communist
Mao claimed in October that the Communist Party was in control of the country of China. For the past 20 years there was a war between the democratic and communists of China. It encouraged peasents to take over the land of others who didn't follow the communist community.
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The Korean War
Communist North Korea attacked the south part tha was democratic. The next month the United States entered the war as they looked at it as a fight against communism in general. -
US hydrogen bomb creation
US created the hydrogen bomb after many days of testing and finding the right combination to make it work efficiently. It was important because it put us ahead of the soviet union for the time being.
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Rosenberg Spy Case
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed because of conspiracy of committing espionage against the US. Later 10 other poeple were convicted but they pleaded guilty and spilled the evidence they had out. This was important because now we realized Russia had nuclear capabilities possibly.
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Creation of Warsaw Pact
Treaty of defense against communist nations in the continents of Europe and Asia. There were 8 nations involved. It stated mutual defense between them.
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Vietnam War
The north and south of Vietnam fought. The north was backed by communist countries while the south was back by anti-communist nations such as the United States. -
Bay of Pigs
The Cuban army founded by the leader Fidel Castro went to destroy the american army in part of Cuba. It was a success for Cuba and the small American backed army surrendered because that had a very small number of troops. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
berlin wallBerlin Wall was taken down so to speak for Geramny to start over. It offered a new strart for many people and the government of Germany. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviet Union planted missiles that were nuclear in Cuba. Eventually they were taken down 14 days later. The U.S. had to take down some in the middle east in return though.
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The Six Day War
The six day war was Israel against Egypt. Eventually Israel took the land they thought they deserved and owned. This was an important war due to effects it had on other countries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Day_War -
US sends man to the moon
The US was the first to send people to the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the moon. This was a big achievment for the US as they were in a heated race against the USSR/Russia to do this.
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Nixon visit to China
When Nixon visited China to make things better between the US and China. This gave them a better relationship between the two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Nixon_visit_to_China -
Olympic Hockey Game 1980
USA's team one. The Soviet Union came in 2nd with a silver medal. This was important because it was a major time in the cold war and it showed the US supremecy over the Soviet Union to the world many looked up it as. -
US takes over Grenada
It was also known as Operation Urgent Fury. It was a very important event because it brought back a constitutional government in the Caribbean. Also, the Cubans were very against this since they were communist and thats what Grenada had been. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union broke apart into different sections of 12. They didn't get along so there power dissolved and went awasy. The country stayed as formally known Russia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Soviet_Union
