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The Truman Doctrine
The Truman doctrine offered to support all countries that declined communism. It also included the Marshall Aid, which was money that was offered to all European countries for rebuilding. -
The Marshall Plan
Was created so that US commited to helping Europe when they were in need. After WW2 the US helped rebuild Europes economy. The US was given $ 13 billion to help Europe recover. It took four years before the Marshall Plan was accepted. -
Berlin Airlift
When they sent supplies over to Berlin, like food water, fuel and other ncessities that people needed while the fighting was going on. -
Creation Of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a treaty organzation that was made to keep peace in response to the threat of the soviet union. Right now there are a total of 28 countries that are members. -
Korean War
This was was between North Korea and South Korea. That resulted in a division of Korea.The 38th Parallel was the division between both Korean countries. -
Resenberg Spy Case
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were Americans. They were accused of passing on the Atomic Bomb information to the Soviet Union. They were later executed. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
This was a Treaty between 8 communist states of America. It was established and signed by the Soviet Union. The West Germany integration was what caused this treaty. -
Vietnam War
This was faught between North Vietnam on one side and South VIetnam and the US on the other. The victory of North Vietnam changed some territories which was unifying North and Southern VIetnam and this was called the socialist replublic of Vietnam. -
Soviet Launch Sputnik
A shiny metal sphere with four externam radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses that the Soviets launched. I was visable all around earth. It was made to improve political, military, technological and scientific devolpments. It spents 3 months in orbit until it blew up and fell from orbit. -
Bay of Pigs
This was a failed military invasion of Cuba. The unseccesful invasion strengthened Cubas administration but embarassed the US. This was the reason of so much tension between the US and Cuba. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
This wall was built to trap the Jews inside. The people of Berlin refered to this wall as the wall of Shame. The wall was surrounded by guard towers so there was no excapes. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This happend to warn two sides, the soviet union and cuba and the other the US.This took place to discuss the major international arms agreement. Cuba Italy and Turkey withdrew alot of nuclear missles from the US and Soviet Union. The result of this is US agreeing never to avade Cuba again without a reason. -
The Six Day War
A war fought between Israel and Egypt. Israel had taken control of the Gaza Strip and Sinai Penninsula. They took the West Bank and East Jerusalam from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. -
German Reunification/Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was destroyed in 1990. Citizens climbed the wall and everyone began chipping away at the wall. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
A declaration acknowledged the independence of all fifteen republics of the soviet union. later on 11 of the 12 republics formaly established that the CIS declaring that the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Gorbachev resigned and the next day there was no more soviet Union.
