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the red scare
as the cold war between the soviet union and the united states intensified in the late 1940 and early 1950, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by communist in the u.s became known as the red scare. -
the creation of the united nations
the formation of the united nations 1945. on January 1, 1942, representations of 26 nations at war with the axis powers met in Washington to sign the declaration of the united nations endorsing the Atlantic charter. the united nations quickly become a cold war battle ground between communist and non communist countries. -
End of WWII
global military conflict from 1939 to 1945, which was fought between the allied powers of the united states, united kingdom, and soviet union against the axis powers of Germany, Italy, and japan, with their respective allies. a-bomb ended WWII but set stage for the cold war -
the Yalta conference
February 1945 Yalta conference was the second wartime meeting of leaders of the allied powers. during the conference the three leaders agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and plans for a post-war world. Yalta conference helped lead to the cold war by giving the soviet union control over eastern Europe. -
iron curtain
was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of world war II in 1945 until the end of the cold war in 1991 -
presidents in office
presidents during the cold war -
the long telegraph
Kennan wrote his long telegram outlining his views of the soviets, which arrived in Washington on 22 February 1946. among its most remembered parts was that while soviet power was impervious to the logic of reason,''it was highly sensitive to the logic of force -
Truman doctrine
harry s. Truman on march 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and turkey. purpose was to counter soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold war. -
Marshall plan
reduced the influence and power of communist parties in western Europe. this angered the soviet union and was seen as another anti -communist move by the USA, following the Truman doctrine -
Berlin blockade/airlift
24 June 1948 - 12 may 1949, was one of the first major international crisis of the cold war. during the multinational occupation of post-world war II Germany, the soviet union blocked the western allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under western control -
the creation of nato
April 4, 1949, the north Atlantic treaty organization was created. united states, Canada, and several western European nations to provide collective security against the soviet union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the united states entered into outside of the western hemisphere. NATO during the cold war connect with Britannica -
duck and cover
is a civil defense training film that was widely distributed to united states schoolchildren in the 1950. it advised students on what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion. -
mccarthyism
spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communist and other left-wing loyalty risks in the us government. -
the korean war
the Korean war represented an important shift in us cold war policy. by 1950, a loss to communism anywhere was through of as a loss everywhere the Korean war also strengthened the us relationship with Britain, which sent troops for the UN peacekeeping force. -
the rosenbergs
in one of the most sensational trials in american history,Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the soviets during during and after WWII. -
the Warsaw pact
the Warsaw pact, formally the treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance, was collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw among the soviet union and seven soviet satellite states of central and eastern Europe during the cold war. -
the Suez canal
it is an important international navigation canal linking between the Mediterranean sea at port said and the red at Suez. the unique geographical of the Suez canal makes it of special. -
Eisenhower doctrine
1957 under the Eisenhower doctrine, a country could request american economic assistance and/or aid from u.s military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
u-2 incident
the 1960 u-2 incident occurred during the cold war on 1 may 1960, during the presidency of Dwight d. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a united states u-2 spy plane was shot down while in soviet airspace.
