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the iron curtain
the division of Europe into two nations NATO and the warsaw pact -
Truman Doctrine
was a pledge to provide economic and military aid to oppose communism -
The marshall plan
economic aid to help recovery from war and political stability -
the Berlin airlift
a massive effort to suply west berlin by air when the soviets had the blockade -
Korean war
the soviets and united stated got involved with communist against communist and ended in a stalemate. -
the arms race
the united states and the soviets struggled to gain advantage over each other in weapons and the development of nuclear power -
the space race
the soviets and us fought to prove its superiority over each other -
bay of pigs invasion
the us government secretly trained an invasion at cubas bay of pigs to overthrow castro. -
cuban missile crisis
a confrontation between the us and soviets installation of soviet nuclear missiles in cuba. -
creation of nato and the warsaw pact
Nato was to counter soviet power
