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Cold War
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Winston Churchill's "iron curtain" speech
Winston stated in his speech that a 'iron curtain' had been built acroos the containent . People began to say that his speech was the begining of the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by Harry Truman in a speech. Truman state that this policy when be "the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." -
Marshall Plan
The plan start in Apirl 1948 and lasted for four years. This plan was to aid Europe and prevent the spread of Communism. -
Election of Harry Truman
Harry Truman was a Democratic. It's consided a great upset because most people thought that Truman would be defeated by Dewey. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was a failure for the Soviet Union but was a great victory for the West. This event was one of the first conflits of the Cold War -
Berlin Airlift
Started on June 27, 1948 and ended on May 12 1949.The Soviets tried to invade the West of Berlin. So during this the Alies of Berlin wanted to bring supplies to them so the did so by planes. -
NATO
NATO stands for the North American Treaty Organization. It had to poilcies one was to maintain military strengh and the second was to relax the tensions of the East and West. -
Victory of Chinese Communist
Also known as the Chinese Civil War. The Communists and the Nationists fought and the Communists won. -
Korean War
The Korean War start in June 25, 1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. North Korea invaded South Korea this made the military and the navy highy involved. -
General Douglas MacArthur fired
General MacArthur was a war hero during WWII and especially during the Korean War.General MacArthur was fired because he was making pubic statements about the polices that were to be followed. -
SEATO
Stands for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. Created to stop any more communism in Southeast Asia. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords took place in Switzerland and took about three months. The purpose was to resolve the conflit between France and Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was between eight communist countries of Eastern Europe. It was a mutual defense treaty between Poland and Soviet Union, which means that both countries agreed. -
Geneva Summit
Purpose was talk with world leaders to discuss peace. Also want to reduce international tensions. -
Suez Canal Crisis
Suez Canal Crisis was a military confrontation between Eqypt on one side and Britain, France and Israel on the other. Thoughout this people bombed Cario and attack the president of Eqypt, most say it was the actions of Britain, France and Israel that started it all. -
Hungarian Revolution
Started on October 21, 1956 and ended on November 10, 1956. Hugarian Revolution was a revolt against the government of Hungary. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Refers to a speech given by Eisenhower. This allowed a country could request American assistance or/and aid, if they were being attacked or threated by another country. -
Sputnik
It was the first satellite placed in obit. Being a Russin satellite, Sputnik mean "Fellow Traveler of Earth" -
Revolution of Cuba
It began when Castro attacked Mocada Barracks. A lot of rebels were killed, this start Cuba's Revolution. -
U-2 Incident
A U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. It occured while Eisenhower was still president.
