Cold War

By jaedynarnold4

  • House of Un-American Activities Committee

    investigating disloyalty and communism

  • Truman Doctrine

    support with military and economic aid

  • National Security Act

    department of defense, CIA, and NSC

  • Marshall Plan

    money to rebuild war-torn Europe

  • Berlin Airlift

    U.S. sends supplies rather than backing down

  • Korean War

    North Korea invaded South Korea

  • Brinkmanship

    pushing to the verge of war

  • Warsaw Pact

    uniting communist nations of eastern europe

  • Interstate Highway System

    connect nation for defense

  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    During the cold war, promised military and economic aid to Middle Eastern countries in need of help resisting communist aggression -- increasing tensions

  • Sputnik

    artificial satellite, causing competition for a race to the moon

  • U-2 Incident

    spy plane shot down over USSR

  • Bay of Pigs

    failed attempt to overthrow Castro

  • Berlin Wall

    separates east and west, symbol of communism

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, closest they'd come to nuclear conflict

  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    not testing any weapons above ground