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When the U.S tried to keep communism from spreading to other countries.
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A border that seperated the Soviet controlled countries from the Allied forces.
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The democratic army of greece fought against the greek communist party for control of greece.
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Truman thought that the U.S. should give aid to damaged countries and to the people that need it.
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A "weather balloon" was the official government statement of the object. It is believed by many people to have been aliens.
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The CIA was created by the national security act. It is a controversial agency of the government. They are in charge of gathering information of other countries.
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It was when the south African people where segregated from the white people.
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A plan by the U.S. to give aid to European countries.
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When the Soviet forces blocked off the Allied powers from delivering goods, so the Soviets gained control of part of Berlin
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When Allied powers delivered goods to people inside of germany by airplanes.
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12 countries came together to form a group that will protect and aid each other if they got attacked.
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The Soviet union got the technology to make an atomic bomb, and they surprised the U.S because we didn't think we could do it.
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War between North and South Korea that the U.S eventually got involved in.
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A law that allowed for foreign soldiers to be recruited and able to fight for the U.S. and they where controlled by the U.S.
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A speech delivered by president eisenhower saying that once they defeated Vietnam, all the other communist countries would fall.
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The republic of Albania and the republic of Bulgaria signed a peace treaty that said they would also work together.
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War between communist north vietnam and democratic south vietnam who was backed up by the U.S. Over many years the U.S. had a lot of casualties.
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Confrontation between Egypt and Isreal who was accompanied by Britain and France. The United States and the United Nations was forcing Isreal and the other countries to withdraw from the fight. The Egyptians nationalised the Canal.
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The Soviet union launched a Satellite which started the space race between the U.S and the Soviet union. The satellite was only the size of a basketball.
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When China made a reform to increase agricultural and industrial production of goods and food.
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The largest producer of oil in the whole world. It is a lot of countries that make up OPEC
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The peace corps was created because JFK persuaded some college students at michigan state to go to needy countries and help them out by giving aid.
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Invasion of Cuban shores by the CIA
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President JFK was on his way to a luncheon with civic and business leaders in Dallas. He was shot in the head by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald.
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A surprise attack from the north Vietnam forces, they attacked some important american bases.
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Political scandal that Richard Nixon was involved in. They were accused of covering up and denying involvement in the cold war.
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A group of palestinian terrorists who took 11 Isreali athletes hostage and demanded for prisoners to be let go.
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The fall of Saigon marked the end of the war in Vietnam. The people's army captured the Capital, and all the American troops withdrew from Vietnam.
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Was a peace treaty between isreal and egypt.
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the leader of the islamic republic of iran.
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Islamic militants and students took Americans hostage at the U.S embassy in Tehran
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The United States hockey team pulled off a "miracle" by beating the USSR in the semi final of the Winter olympics. The Soviet team had won every championship and olympic tournament since 1954
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Reforms that occured in Soviet Russia because they didn't have any technological advancements.
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The resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev who handed over the Soviet missile launching codes to Boris Yeltsin marked the end of the Soviet union and the Cold War.
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A horrible nuclear accident that happened in Ukraine. Considered to be one of the worst nuclear disasters ever. It was an explosion that put nuclear particles in the air.
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A protest from some college students in Beijing which led to the chinese leaders to declare martial law.
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It was constructed in 1961 and it seperated west Berlin from east Berlin. The creation of the wall seperated many families. The day that it was tore down people celebrated and some reunited with their family.
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When all the German States came together to form one country
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Was a war that was supported by the United Nations because of the invasion of Kuwait from Iraq. Many forces from different countries came together to repel the Iraq troops.
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Treaty signed by the U.S, Mexico, and Canada that allowed for there to be periods of no tariffs.
