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Truman Doctrine
A plan by US president Harry Truman to give Turkey and Greece economic aid in order to keep communism from spreading to Turkey and Greece. Nations involved were The United States,Greece,and Turkey.The leader involved was U.S. President Harry Truman . -
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Cold War
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Marshall Plan
A plan by George Marshall to help rebuild Europe`s economy.It lessoned the chance of communist revolution in Western Europe.
Major nations involved were the United States and the Soviet Union.Leaders involved were George Marshall and Joseph Stalin. -
Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift
American planes flew food,fuel,and other supplies into west berlin to avoid war by going through the berlin blockade. Major nations involved were Germany,France,Britain,The United States,and The Soviet Union.Leaders involved were President Harry Truman,and Joseph Stalin. -
Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift
American planes flew food,fuel,and other supplies into west berlin to avoid war by going through the berlin blockade. Major nations involved were Germany,France,Britain,The United States,and The Soviet Union.Leaders involved were President Harry Truman,and Joseph Stalin. -
Communist takeover of china
Chiang Kai-shek is overthrown by communists led by Mao Zedong.Leaders involved were Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Zedong. Major nations involved were China and The Soviet Union. -
NATO
To keep international peace,to defend nations of Western Europe against Soviet aggresion.Major nations involved were The United States and many western European countrys.Leaders involved were President Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin. -
Red Scare/McCarthyism
State Employees accused of being communist with no proof ,by McCarthy. McCarthy lost powerThe Major nation involved was The United States. The major leader involved was McCarthy. -
Korean War
North Korean soldiers swept across the 38 parallel and took over almost all of South Korea until american troops led by Douglas Mac Arthur pushed them back and forced the North Koreans to retreat.Major nations involved were North Korea and South Korea. The involved leader was Douglas Mac Arthur. -
Marshall Plan
A plan by George Marshall to help rebuild Europe`s economy.It lessoned the chance of communist revolution in Western Europe.
Major nations involved were the United States and the Soviet Union.Leaders involved were George Marshall and Joseph Stalin. -
Warsaw Pact
A Military Alliance that demanded loyalty to the Soviet Union. a A Major nation involved was The Soviet Union. The only leader that was involved was Joseph Stalin. -
Red Scare/McCarthyism
State Employees accused of being communist with no proof ,by McCarthy. McCarthy lost powerThe Major nation involved was The United States. The major leader involved was McCarthy. -
Sputnik
In 1957 a Soviet rocket launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.The nation involved was the Soviet Union.The leader involved was Nikita Khrushchev. -
NASA
The goal of this agency was to establish an American space program to compete with that of the Soviets.The United States quickly moved ahead in the "space race."The Major nation involved was the United States. -
U-2 Spy Planes
Gary Powers flying a U-2 spy plane was shot down while secretly flying arcross The Soviet Union's border to take pictures of strategic sites (illeagle) Powers parachuted to safety only to be arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison until early 1962 when a soviet spy was traded to free him.Major nations involved were the Soviet Union and the United States.Leaders involved were John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev. -
Bay of Pigs
President Eisenhower approved a secret plan to train an army of cuban exiles to invade Cuba, in the hopes that other cubans who opposed castro would join them.The attempt failed.Major nations involved were The Soviet Union,The United States,and Cuba.Leaders involved were John F. Kennedy,Eisenhower,and Castro. -
Berlin Wall built
In August 1961 east german soldiers began building a wall of concrete and barbed wire all across berlin within days the wall sealed off East Berlin from West Berlin East Berliners tried to escape to the West. Most attempts ended in the runner trying to escape being shot and killed by border guards.The Berlin Wall became a symbol of the cold war.Major nations involved were Germany and The Soviet Union.Important people involved were the East Berlin soldiers. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets were secretly building missile bases on the islands. if bases were completed,atomic missiles could reach American cities in minutes The Navy would begin a strict quarentine of Cuba.American warships would turn back on any soviet ship carrying missiles. At the last minute Soviet ships turned back,it had shaken both American and soviet officials. -
Vietnam War
An american ship patrolling the golf of Tonkin was attacked by North Vietnamese Torpedo boats.Starting the vietnam war .Many American youths were drafted into the war young men from middle class or wealthy families found legal ways to avoid being drafted.A high percentage of the of the troops in vietnam were poor. -
Star Wars
This was Ronald Reagan's defence program. It included research on weapons that could stop soviet missiles from space.
