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Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill was concerned about the soviets taking over Eastern Europe and creating totalitarian government and he wanted the US to be involved. The iron curtain was a division between western European capitalist countries and Eastern European Communist countries. -
Truman Doctrine
It involves the U.S (soviets) and Eastern Europe. Truman had adopted a policy called containment. It was to block influence from the soviets and to stop the spreading of communism. The doctrine was a speech requesting congress to give aid to Turkey and Greece. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was giving supplies to rebuild the Western Europe. United States and Western Europe. It happened because after the war Western Europe economy began to fall apart. it happened in Western Europe. It was an assistance progra so they can rebuild. -
Berlin Airlift
France, Britain and the U.S had decided to gather there shares of Germany and form one nation. The Soviets had disliked this so they cut off all supplies that led to Western Berlin. The city had began starving from lack of food, water, and more. He wanted them to give up their shares of the city, instead both America and Britain had flew supplies and food to feed the city. -
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Berlin Blockade
Germany and the Soviet Union were involved. The soviet union felt threatened so they put blocked the Western Allies. This caused the US to start airlifting supplies, since the city was suffering. It took place in Berlin. Soviet Union wanted to limit the other states from controlling them. The US had began the Truman doctrine. -
NATO
Western Europe had feared the Soviets aggression. The western nations had joined with the u.s and canada to form a alliance with their militaries called NATO. -
Communists take over China
Mao Zedong was the ruler and he had spread communism all throughout china. It took place in china. It happened because they wanted to restore china as a powerful country, but communism isn't as successful for their economy. -
Korean War
North and south Korea were involved. The soviet union had supplied the North and the US joined sides with the South. North's tanks had crossed the 38th parallel which thy had set two seperate both Korea's. -
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Vietnam War
North Vietnam (Soviet) and South Vietnam (United States). Communists had control of North Vietnam and the U.S fear it would spread towards the South. It took place in South Vietnam. It happened because the United States feared Communism would spread. It happened because they were split into two countries North was communist and South was Democratic -
Revolt in Hungary
The Hungarians had revolted against communism. It happened In Hungary. The Hungarians disliked communist ways there country began to fall apart and all the items or food they did produce was shipped to Russia. The civilians began to starve and the conditions weren't good. It happened when the Hungarians had revolted and decided to fight back. -
Sputnik
The soviets had launched something called the "sputnik" and no one had expected this since they were ahead of technology. The United States and Soviet Union were involved. It was launched in a small town that was once part of the Soviet Union. -
The Great Leap Forward
After having a success, Mao decided to create more communes. Mao Zedong and china's peasant had been involved. The communes were strict. All the communes wanted to be the best so they would lie and say they made more than they truly did so that Mao would be proud, this led to the people left starving. -
Apollo program
The united states and the soviet union were involved. They wanted to be ahead of the soviets technology. They were in a 'race' with the Soviet Union. It happened so that they could be one step ahead of the Soviets. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuba and the United States.Fidel Castro had took power and he had nationalized Cuba's´ economy. He had taken sugarmills and the refineries that the U.s had owned after this happened he turned on the U.s and got aid from the soviets. -
Revolt in Czechoslovakia
The soviet union and the other Warsaw pact were involved during the revolt of Czechoslovakia. They had been controlled by Czechoslovakia. The soviets had Warsaw pacts invade Czechoslovakia. When they remained controlled by the Soviets they had revolted. -
Cultural Revolution
The red guards and peasants in china were involved. The red guards had stopped all education and believed there should be no intellectuals. It happened in China. Since they believed that there should be no intellectuals they has to cleanse themselves by doing work. Many people were executed or put in prison, Mao had admitted that it needed to stop and it was going way to far
