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President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology.
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The U.S. gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe after WWII rebuild their economies.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization that was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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A conflict between the North and South Korea. It showed that America was willing to send troops to contain communism and that Soviet Union was willing to send troops to expand communism.
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John F. Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard Nixon and became the president of the United States.
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It was an invasion that Kennedy planned for 1200 Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro. It wasn't a successful invasion and Castro became stronger than ever.
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The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
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The U.S. and the Soviet Union almost went to war because the Soviets had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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The Republican nominee and Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey and became the President of the United States.
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Republican Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter and became the president of the United States.
