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Cold War
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Beginning of the Cold War
- Europe increased when britain declared war.
- U.S. had no doubt about the increase in europe.
- Europe would be most effective barrier to communist.
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Truman Doctrine
- Truman asked Congress for $300 million to strengthen the government and its neighbor Turkey.
- the foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved.
- the gravity of the situation which confronts the world.
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NATO
- the tensions over western nations established NATO
- government against a soviet pack
- NATO members agreed that an attack against one member is an attack on the whole group
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Korein War
- North Korein troops suddenly invaded South Korea
- 16 Nations sent troops to fight under the united nations flag
- 90% were american troops
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Warshaw Pact
- Soviet union took control.
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Vietnam War
- North vietnam attaked south vietnam
- U.S. was afraid all of the vietnam would fall to the communist.
- U.S. helped South Korea with money and weapens.
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Eisenhower Doctrine
- President Eisenhower declared that the U.S. would use the military and economic power to protect the middle east.
- Doctrine was designed to reassure western alles that the U.S. reguarded the middle east as vital to the security
- Was signed into the law on March 9th
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Sputnik
- Sputnik was the first artifical made satilite
- Sputnik weighed 184 pounds
- The soviet union were the one who launched the Sputnik Satilite!
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U-2 SPYPLANE
- flows in perfect security anywhere
- neither fight nor missile could reach this in vulnerable
- Wasd a tease to other countries
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Bay of Pigs
- was intended to provote popularity on uprising against fidel control
- wasn't really J.F.K.'s idea
- Planning the invasion was handeled by the C.I.A.
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Berlin Wall
- The Berlin Wall stretched over 100 miles.
- November 9, 1989 the wall came down.
- Began building it in 1961
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1st man on the moon (NASA)
- John F. Kennedy wanted humans to land on the moon
- astronauts were Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and micheal collins on Apollo 11
- July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon.
