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The creation of the HUAC
The House Committee if Un-American Activities created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens -
Yalta Conference
the second wartime meeting with the big three (winston churchill, joseph stalin and franklin roosevelt) he three agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender, stalin promises to allow free election in Easten Europe under his control. -
Potsdam Conference
The big three (stanlin, churchill and truman) met up to negotiate the end of world war II. -
blacklisting
a list of people accused of beong communist or were chosen to tell if they knew any communist if they didnt tell they were arrested. -
Berlin Airlift
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The start of Containment Policy
containment was a united states policy to prevent the spread of communism around the world -
creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed to protect western europe from russia -
Trial of Alger Hiss
Alger was accused of being a communist, he was tried but it was a hung jury they couldnt agree on a verdict, later on he was tried a second time on january 1950 Hiss was found guilty on two counts of lying. He recieved 10 years, only served 3 1/2 and kept his innocence til death. -
Joseph McCarthy "witch hunts"
Joseph produce a piece a paper with a list of people who he claimed were communist working for the state department. -
Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were both accused of espionage (being a spy) but only Julius was an undercover spy working with the Doviet Union and Ethel knew nothing about it. They recieve a 30 year sentence only served 17 years and 9 months both we executed June 19, 1953 -
The Korean War
war between North and South Korea, united nations sends an army to defend South Korea and war ends in a stalemate. -
Creation of Domino Theory
the domino theory was promoted at times by the US gvernment and speculated that if one state in the region came under the influence of communism then the other countries surround =ing that one would follow in the domino effect -
Creation of SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization created to block communist gains. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
Soviet alliance with easter satellite european countries in response to NATO. -
The Bay of Pigs invasion
a failed military invasion of Cuba.CIA tains cubans in America, plans invasion of Cuba, 1,500cubans land at Bay of Pigs and no air was covered they were face with 25,000 cubans. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
soviets sneak missiles into Cuba, lasted 13 days believed to be the closest the cold war got to an all out nuclear war, us blockade cuba, soviet missiles are taken out of Cuba after the us makes a deal with them. -
The Iron Curtain Speech
