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Yalta Conference
This is where the leaders of their respective countries such as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to decide what will happen at the end of the war -
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Postdam Conference
This divided Germany and Austria into four zones. Berlin the German Capital would also be divided into four zones as well.They found out the Russian Polish Border and Korea would also be divided into soviet and american zones -
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The Long Telegraph
The long telegraph was a 8,000 word document that the president sent out detailing his views on the Soviet Union and U.S policy toward the communist state. -
Iron Curtain
This was the for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of ww2. It symbolizes the effort by the Soviet Union to block itself from satellite states -
Truman Doctrine
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Marshall Plan
This was economic aid offered by the U.S to any European country.This plan was rejected by Stalin. The aid was only given to western European countries instead. -
The Red Scare
The cold war between the Soviet and the U.S intensified and hysteria over the perceived threat posed by communist in the U.S. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the most major crisis of the Cold War. Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the western Allies railway, road and canal access. -
Creation of NATO
The creation of NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization formed with the members of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,Iceland, Italy and Luxembourg the U.K and the U.S -
Duck and Cover
Preparing for a surprise soviet attack. It was our way to prepare for a bomb. Schools created bomb shelters to protect. A way to make people feel better but it wouldn't have done much. ! person would die from the explosion but 4 other people can die from radiation -
Mccarthyism
This signifies the extreme anti-communist movement that occurred in the U.S -
The Rosenberg's
The Rosenberg's were the first couple to be executed. They were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. They were founded guilty and executed through the electric chair. -
The Korean War
North Korea remained affiliated with Russia and South Korea was affiliated with the U.S for the war -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was formed of the east Germany states and the soviet union. It was like a treaty of friendship. -
The Suez Canal
Following military bombardment by Israeli forces, a joint British and French force invaded Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal which had been nationalized by the Egyptian leader Nasser. The attack was heavily criticized by World leaders, especially America because Russia had offered support to Egypt. The British and French were forced to withdraw and a UN peace keeping force was sent to establish order. -
Eisenhower docturine
a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
U-2 incident
Shot down by a Soviet surface to air missile on the morning of May 1, 1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers had been on a top secret mission: to over fly and photograph denied territory from his U-2 spy plane deep inside Russia.
