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Organization that investigated American Citizens to see if they were spies or pledged their loyalty to Communism
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The GI or General Infantry Bill was put into place to take care of and benefit our soldiers and veterans from WWII
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Addition to foreign policy where the US gives military and economic aid in places under threat of falling to communism such as Turkey or Greece.
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The Berlin Wall separated East and West Germany and was encouraged by the USSR to keep Communism for dissipating.
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Establishment of certain organizations such as the CIA and Department of Defense that investigate or respond to countries attacks, threats, or to just keep them in check.
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after WWII Europe had been torn apart and were taking favor to Communism. The Marshal Plan was developed to give money to the countries to fund repairs as long as they stayed Capitalistic.
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Standing for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO was the alliance formed that made up most of Eastern Europe and the United States. NATO was used to combat the existing soviet threat from spreading.
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One of the few instances of armed warfare in the Cold War, The Korean War was the result of a split between Communist North Korea and Capitalist South Korea.
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The Warsaw Pact was formed in response to the foundation of NATO and served to unite the USSR along with most of communist Western Europe
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Longest road system in the world created by US to make access to different parts of the nation easier for general public but also for military in the case of a land invasion by Russia.
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Another Attempt to stop the spread of Communism by the US, This put us more abroad to "defend" other Capitalistic Countries from falling to Communism.
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First Artificial Satellite launched in Space by Soviet Union, scared US and showed new technology that Russia has and pushed them to the lead in the space race.
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The Soviet Union shoots down a suppository undetectable spy plane owned by US. The US does not claim it is theirs trying to fight the obvious and led to cancellation to Paris Summit Meeting which was supposed to reduce arms and tension between the two nations.
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Us trains Rebels and provides guns and aid to help invade Cuba but the attempt failed with the Cuban Army easily taking them all down and capturing them, humiliating the US.
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Treaty that was formed to stop the testing of atomic weapons above ground in an effort to help the environment (even though we switched to the ocean harming it's environment instead)