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The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
Berlin Airlift
This was when the Soviet Unoin blocked all roads and trains in and out of West Berlin to make them join the communist party to survive. when America and Britain heard this they send supplies to the people in west berlin by air for a month which help them not become communist. -
America Is In Shock
On this date America discovered that the Soviet Union had uncovered that serects of making an H-bomb. -
The Korean War
It was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by China and the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States -
The Space Race
A race between America and the soviet union to see who could get to the space first and eventually the moon -
U-2 reconnaissance plane
U-2 incident was during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos (or Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Girón), was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
Apollo 11 Lands On The Moon
This was the proudest day in America by them landing a man on the moon thus ending the space race. -
Reagan Visits The Berlin Wall
This is a historical moment in which the president of the United States when to visit the wall to show that he still cared about the people of West Berlin. -
The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
This is when the wall that split east and west Berlin was torn down and there was no longer communist support in East Berlin.
