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Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947, The united States will provide political, military and economic help to all democratic nations under threat from communist expansion ($400 million to Greece and Turkey). -
Marshall Plan
a plan to help Europe recover/rebuild from the war. -
arms race
a competition to develop and manufacture ever more powerful and destructive weapons. -
Berlin Blockade
the result of the first great confrontation of the Cold War. , Soviet Union blocked off west Berlin and took every thing from including electricity, Stalin hoped to starve everyone out of the city -
McCarthyism
Senator Joesph McCarthy accused many people of being communists and working for the Soviet Union, this followed into if people questioned McCarthy or his charges were branded "communist sympathizers". Senator's practice of publicly accusing people of being disloyal with little or no evidence became known as "McCarthyism" -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
C.I.A trained exiled Cubans attempt to invade Cuba and assassinate Fidel Castro, no US air support given, invasion fails, Cubans were ether captured or killed. -
Berlin Airlift
the American and British troops did not want to give survival materials( food, clothes, medicine, fuel) from ground so they transported every thing by air (plane) . they Didn't want to get into war or violence, didn't want to make contact with Soviet Union -
Cuban Missile Crisis
spy planes take pictures of nuclear missiles in Cuba, can hit anywhere in the US, Kennedy orders a naval blockade of Cuba, the USSR removed missiles, Ended the 28th in the same year. -
Communism Collapses
Russian republics demanded independence. -
Vietnam War
Americans worry that Vietnam could become communist, U.S involved1964-1973. V.P replaced JFK and made many soldiers, drafted or volunteered.
