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United Nations
The United Nations was first establishes to replace the League of Nations following WW1. during the Cold war the UN was in charge of keeping peace between the US and the USSR. when the Cold war ended the UN engaged in maintaining military peace. -
Iron curtain
The Iron curtain was an imaginary boundary dividing two separate areas of Europe from the end of WWII to the end of the Cold War. -
Joseph McCarthy
Senator who proposed a campaign to end all communism in the US by claiming he had list of all people who were communist. This campaign attracted many during the time of the Cold war because of the communist fear by Americans. this act contributed to the Red Scare, -
CIA
The CIA played a big role in espionage during the Cold War. When the CIA was established it helped Americsn obtain information on the Soviet Union. -
Red Scare
The second Red Scare occured after WW11 when Senetor Joseph McCarthy drew much attention to communist epinoage which was directed at the Soviets. During the time of the Cold war hostility grew against the USSR creating much fear for Americans -
Truman Doctrine and Containment
Many consider President Truman's doctrine as the start of the Cold war. It stated US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to avoid being taking over by Soviets. the plan was to keep countries strong to be able to avoid invasion by others -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was Americans way of helping Europe rebuild economically and geographically after WWII. The US wanted Europe to proper to avoid spread of Soviet communism around the times of the Cold war. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift is also known as the Berlin blockade. The act was one of the first big crisis of the Cold war. The Soviets blocked the Allies railways, road, and canals in order to stop their aid to Eruope. The US feared this blockade would help Soviet communism take over Europe -
Korean War
The Korean war was partly a result of the US dividing Korea at the end of WWII. The US ruled the southern half while Soviets occupied the nothern parts of the Korean Pennisula. Tensions increased between the two sides during the Cold War when the South created a communist government, and the Northern side remained non communist. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was driven by componets of the Cold war era. War uprisings were caused by Americans belief that communism was going to expand in south-west Asia. -
Space Race
The Space Race began when the Soviets launched their satelliote Spuitnik. Americans had to prove they were more technically advanced than the Soviets. The race resulted in new space technology during the Cold war era. -
Sputnik
The Soviets launched Sputnik to show Americans they were more technoloically advanced. Sputnik was an artificial satellite to orbit the earth. Sputnik alarmed Americans, giving them a fear that Soviets were more powerful than the US, -
Hawks and Doves
Hawks and Doves were names giving to the people on either sides of the Vietnam war. Hawks were those who wanted to go to war. Doves on the other hand did not because they felt war was killing their people. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a plan to plant missiles in Cuba to stop the US in developing strategic missiles and from invasion. The US cooperated with Soviets and made a deal to not invade Cuba if the missiles were dissmantled.
