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cold war
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truman doctrine
on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. -
Berlin airlift
transporting needed supplies to berlin for starving citizens 1948 -
Marshall plan
Process where the U.S. resisted communism by extending financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of World War 2 1948 -
NATO
Military alliance of 1949 between North American and Western European nations that pledges each will come to the aid of each other if attacked by an outside enemy -
korean war
a war between northern communist and southern democratic 1950 -
cuban revolution
The revolution began in July 1953,[4] and finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his regime with Castro's revolutionary government. -
polio vaccine
Eradication tool for a dangerous disease that can cause muscles to stiffen and weaken so much that people can become paralyzed. Spread in 1955 -
sputnik
the first satellite to be launched 1957, created nasa -
Nasa established
it was created to get ahead of russians launch of sputnik 1958 -
bay of pigs
1961 was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba -
berlin wall
made to stop people from escaping from communist berlin 1961 -
6 day war
The Six-Day War involved three distinct battlefronts, tied together by a shared desire on the part of the surrounding Arab states to eliminate Israel and erase the shame of their defeat 19 years earlier when they failed to destroy the nascent Jewish state.