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United Nations
The United Nations is an Intergovermental orginization that was created to increase cooperation between wolrd governments. -
Iron Curtain
The iron curtain was a metaphor used for the seperation of Western democratic Europe for the Eastern Communist Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
A speech given by president Truman after Britan began to refuse to provide aid to Greece. Truman was trying to get congress to agree to send support to Greece and also to Turkey who was also trying to deal with their comunnist party. -
CIA
The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was created to gather intellegence on other contries outside of the US. The CIA was tasked with the gathering, processing, and analyzing of national security information primarily through the use of human intel. -
Berlin Airlift
The Russians had placed a barbed fence around the western half of Berlin so as to stop all incoming traffic and supplies so the US began Airdroping supplies into the people of Berlin. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was created by George Marshall to help aid in European economical regrowth and prosperity. We gave 13 Billion dollars to European countries to stimulate their economy. This however would in turn increase the US's economy, so it was not an entirely self-less action. -
McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy began a communist witch hunt that unfairly labeled and unjustly accused many people of communism causing them to get blacklisted and lose their jobs, friends, families, and dignity. -
The 2nd Red Scare
The 2nd Red Scare was caused by Senator Joseph McCarthy due to his supposed book of communists. This caused people to turn on their friends and to grow scared of a homeland attack for no reason. -
Korean War
The Korean War took place in Korea on the 38th parrallel and was fought between the North (Communist) and the South (Democratic) parts of Korea. However the USA began sending troops and supplies to South Korea after the USSR and China began sending troops into North Korea. -
Hawks and Doves
The Hawks and Doves was a way of thinking. Poeple who wanted war were known as Hawks and people who were against war were called Doves. This term was coined during the vietnam war. The Hawks of Veitnam believed that North Vietnam had pushed them into war and that the USA should do whatever is necesary to end the war. However the Doves believed that the USA should leave and mind their own matters. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a direct result of the First Indochina where the government of Italy was claiming Vietnam as a coloney and the communist forces know as the Viet Minh resisted. This is where the Vietnam war actually started. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satalite ever successfully launched into orbit. It was a huge global achievment and it was launched by the Russians. However it carried a very bad connotation for the USA. We realized that it ment that Russia could reach us with long range nukes. It also lead to the creation of the USA's space program, NASA. -
Bay Of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attack on Cuba in an attempt to overthrow the dictator of Cuba. However after the president had denied air support to the attack the entire invasion soon feel apart and lead to the three day defeat of US troops. -
The Cuban Missle Crisis
It was a Thirteen day confrontation between the USA and the USSR over the ballistic missles planted in Cuba that were pointing at important city's on the eastern coast line. It was caused by the USA putting missles in Turkey and Italy that were pointing at the USSR and finally we both withdrew. This was the closest the wolrd has ever come to nuclear war. -
Space Race
The space race was an unspoken competition between the USSR and the USA of space flight and it's related actions. The USSR were the first to succesfully reach space and place a satalite however the USA was the first to place a man on the moon and that caused the space race to come to a peak of action.
