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Truman Doctorine
The U.S. would provide all aid for countries under attack by internal or external forces. -
Berlin Blockade
First confrontaion of the Soviet Union in Berlin, Germany. -
NATO Formed
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States, Canada and Ten European couintries were part of the Organization. -
Korean War
North Korea used Soviet tanks to run over most of South Korea, the U.S. sent their forces to help South Korea along with the U.N. The U.N. eventually drove North Korea out of South Korea. -
Warsaw Pact
Called for Military Action upon the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam was split into 2 halfs, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the USSR, China, and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the U.S. and its allies. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
President Kennedy ordered an invasion of Cuba and to take down the new communist dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall built
Served as a grim symbol of divided Europe. -
Cuban Missile Crisis date
USSR put nuclear war heads into Cuba to threaten the U.S. since the U.S. had their nuclear weapons in Turkey which is very close to Russia. -
End of the Cold War
Communism fell in Russia and Eastern Europe.
