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The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was implemented by the Soviet Union to block out Western governments from interfering with their propaganda. -
The Marshall Plan
Was an established American program to help aid the European economy to help Europe resist communism. -
The Berlin Airlift
Occured after the Soviet Union began a blockaid around the allied part of Berlin. It showed the U.S.A.'s willingness to defend against the threat of communism. -
The Formation of Nato
Communism became such a threat that the U.S. and 11 other nations decided to form NATO to combat it. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Rival to NATO, consisting of The Soviet Union and other communist states. -
The Vietnam War
The U.S. believed that the fall of South Korea could start a domino effect in the pacific theater. -
Sputnik
Sputnik with the first man made satelite to orbit the earth, which caused an outbreak of fear in the U.S. even though it was harmless. -
U-2
A U-2 Spy plane belonging to the United States was shot down in Soviet Airspace. The U.S. government tried to cover it up but failed after the Soviet Union produced the plan and the living pilot. -
Bay of Pigs
This was a CIA sponsored American attack on the Cuban government to try and overthrow Castro. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was built in a night and stood for 28 years, preventing the east escaping to the west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest moment in history that the world came to having a nuclear war. Thankfully war was averted. -
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The Cold War
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
Happened almost as quickly as the wall was put up, when the Eastern side of Berline was at its weakest is when the people started to act. -
Dissolution of the USSR
The Decleration of the independence of all 15 republics that were apart of the USSR. And President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned.
