New cold war map 1980

The Cold War

  • Truman Doctirine

    The US donated $400 million to Greece and to Turkey to stop people overthrowing their counties.
  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan helped out European countries by helping them to resist communism and also provided supplies to those in need.
  • Berlin Airlift

    The U.S. and its allies sent supplies to West Berlin when the U.S.S.R. cut off land access to the city to protect the formation of West Germany. This lasted for more than a year and carried 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin.
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    The U.S. pledged aid to nations of the middle east to resist communism.
  • Loyalty Oath Program

    This screened government employees and made them swear to a oath.
  • Detente

    Lessoned the tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. attempted by Eisenhower.
  • Brinksmanship

    Eishenhower's willingness to go to the edge of war to get the Soviets to back down.
  • Liberation Policy

    Secretary of State John Dulles policy to help get communist countries to freedom.