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The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was announced on March 12 1947. It declared that the USA would protect all democratic countries from the influence of communism. The pledge was an extension of the Monroe doctrine of 1823. -
The Berlin Airlift
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The Berlin airlift
President Truman decided to avoid the Berlin blockade by flying supplies over the wall, 5,000 tons of supplies were delivered each day. This continued for 11 months before Stalin lifted the blockade. The airlift saved the people of west Berlin from falling under control of the USSR. When the USSR but the blockade up it convinced many Americans that the Soviets were trying to take over other countries. -
Nato
Nato is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was formed to protect Europe for the USSR. The USSR responded with the Warsaw pact that had countries such as Poland, Romania, Hungary, and many more. -
The Red Scare
In the 1950ś american citizen feared that communists wanted to take over the world. A committee was set up to investigate communism in the U.S.. They searched for USSR spies, and sympathizers. -
McCarthyism
1952 U.S. senator Joe McCarthy held senate hearings. McCarthy turned the hearings into hunts destroying peoples reputation on rumor and little to no evidence. Many U.S. citizens accused of having ties to Communism. -
space race
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The Space Race
In 1961 Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space making the USSR the first country to put a man in space. Kennedy wanted the U.S. to have a man land on the moon by the end of the 1960´s. Kennedy had his challenge completed on July 20 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. -
Sputnik
The Russians beat the US to space with their launch of the space craft Sputnik. The US congress created NASA the National Aeronautics and Space Agency to do testing and research in rocket technology. The US congress -
The U2 Incident
On the 1 of May 1960 a U.S. spy plane was shot down by a USSR defense force. The aircraft flown by Francis Gary Powers was hit near Sverdlovsk. the U.S originally said it was a NASA owned craft for weather proposes, but when the USSR captured the pilot the U.S. was forced to admit it was to gather research on USSR military bases. -
The Berlin Wall
The USSR wanted to the Germans in Berlin from moving from east to west. This wall became a symbol of Communistic oppression around the globe. the people fleeing from east Germany to west Germany were often gunned down before they even touched the wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
In November 1962 the U.S. and the USSR came extremely close to nuclear war when the Russians placed nuclear weapons in Cuba this was in response to the U.S. putting missiles in Turkey. Kennedy threatened that the U.S. would invade Cuba if the Russian missiles were not moved. The Russians agreed if the U.S. would pull their missiles from Turkey.
