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Marshall plan
Marshall plan was a way to rebuild the economy after world war two. It was created to prevent famine and political chaos. It was created by secretary of state Gorge C. Marshall. -
Berlin airlift
The Berlin airlift was U.S. sending supplies to Berlin. They sent supplies by dropping them from airplanes. They sent food, water, and other essential supplies. They sent about 2 million tons of supplies. -
Creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization stated that any military attack aginst the signers of the treaty would be viewd as an attack on all of the signers of the treaty. -
Korean war
The war started when North Korea attacked South Korea. North Korea is communist. U.S. gave military support to South Korea. The war lasted three years and 55,000 American troops were killed. It ended when North Korea signed a cease fire with U.S. -
Fidel comes to power
Fidel Castro came to power by overthrowing the goverment. He recurited men and won small battles aginsth the goverment. He became the prime minister after taking the Havana. -
Vietnam war
In 1995 U.S. pledged support to South Vietnam. they pledged support becasue they were affraid of communist control. The result of the war was: 2 million vietnamese were killed, 3 million were wounded, 12 million became refugees, the U.S. spent $120 billion dollars, and 58,200 American troops were killed -
Warsaw pact
The warsaw pact was a lot like NATO because it foucused on creating a defense stadegty. Also it was designed to prevent attacks by intimidation. It was designed as a response to NATO -
soviet union launches Sputnik
The Sputnik was an unmanned satellite from the soviet union. They created it to help win support in third world countries by showing technological advancements. The U.S. responded by speeding up their space program. -
Bay of Pigs
U.S. tried to overthrow the goverment in Cuba by giving 1300 exiles American weapons. The attack failed, 90 exiles were killed, and the rest were taken prisoners. -
Berlin wall goes up
The Berlin wall is created to divide East and West Berlin. It was created at midnight and was completed by morning. Telphone wires were cut roads leading West or East Berlin were destroyed. The Berlin wall stretched over a hundred miles. Also it went from a barbe wire fence, to wooden fence, to concrete with barbed wire at the top. -
German Reunification/Fall of Berlin Wall
In 1961 the Communist goverment of east Germany created the Berlin wall. The Berlin wall was to stop the flood of refugees into east and west Berlin. Also it was to end the crysis. The Berlin wall fell on 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile crisis began when Nuclear missiles were installed on cuban land. The crisis lasted for 13 days. It ended when JFK agreed not to invade Cuba and to remove missles from Turkey. Cuba then removed its nuclear missiles -
Strtegic Arms Limitation Treaty
The U.S. and soviet union had been developing missiles. They both feared that these advanced missiles on both sides would destory each other. The treaty stated that there can only be so many missiles on each side. Also the teaty stated that they can choose where to place these missiles -
Intermeditate Range Nuclear Force Treaty
The Treaty stated that both the U.S. and Soviet union must reduce their nuclear weapons. Also the treaty stated that all land based nuclear missiles within the 300 and 3,400 miles must be removed -
Fall of Soviet Unioun
1991 Soviet unioun fell. It fell because of a bad economy and poor reforms. The baltic states eventually broke away and declared independence. Eventually the Soviet union had fallen.
