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Truman asked for 400 million dollars in aid for Greece and Turkey after Britan had to withdraw their troops. This doctrine essentially said it was the US's job to help countries threatened by Communism.
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George Kennan argued that a policy of containment was neccesary to keep communism within it's exsiting voundaries and prevent Soviet aggressive moves.
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Stated that Communism was successful in countries with economic problems. Therefore to prevent the spread of communism, this plan provided 13 billion dollars to help rebuild Europe.
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The Soviets decided to make a blockage of West Berlin, causing no one to enter West Berlin.. Food and supplies were also blockaed against the 2.5 million peope living there. American and British airplanes flown in millions of supplies.
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The U.S and it's European Allies formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization known as NATO. This was one side of the Cold War.
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The Federal Republic of Germany or "West Germany" was created. It's capital was Bonn.
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The USSR first developed and tested thier successful atomic bomb.
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Chiang Kai-shek lost control of China and commie Mao Sedong announced the new People's Republic of China. This caused many Americans to be scared of the communist spread.
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The German Democratic Republic also known as East Germany was set up by the Soviets. East Berlin was it's capital.
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US, USSR, and China all engage over whether Korea should be democratic or communist.
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Stalin's death led to a delima in the Soviet Union because he was the sole power of it.
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North Korea ends up being communist, and South democratic. Still remains today.
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SEATO formed to prevent communism from spreading in other parts of Asia
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CENTO formed to keeep Soviets from expanding to the South.
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NIkita Krushchev comes to power as the new Leader of the Soviet Union.
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In 1955, The Soviet Union and its European Allies formed the Warsaw Pact, which was the Communistic side of the Cold War.
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The first hydrogen bomb test in the USSR happened.
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Start of a missile gap between the two countries, when the Soviet beat us to space.
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Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba and set up a Soviet supported governement in Cuba.
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A CIA pilot was shot down over the USSR while trying to take pictures of denied terrotry.
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US invaded Cuba and lost many men, due to Castro's troops outnumbering Americans by a lot.
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The Berlin Wall goes up, seperating East and West Germany.
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The hieght of the cold war, Tensions over commie missiles in Cuba.
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A direct hotline from DC to Moscow was made in the White house.
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Oswald had a wife from the USSR and many believed Oswald in cohorts with Cuba when he killed JFK.
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American troops in Vietnam
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The Vietnamesee attacked a US ship of the Gulf of Tonkin, which was in international waters.
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Congress passed this to allow Johnson to do whatever he thinks was necessary ro promote peace in Asia.
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North Vietnam won this battle which lead to a turning point in the war for communism.
