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the Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it was officially opened on November 17,1869 -
end of world war 1
World War 1 also known as the first World War, the Great War or the War to end all Wars, was global war originating in Europe that lasted from July 28,1914 to November 11,1918. -
the long telegram
George Kennan, the American charge airfares in Moscow, sends an 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the soviet union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan's analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America's Cold War policy of containment -
the Red Scare
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940's and early 1950's, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. -
iron curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason n without proper regard for evidence. the term refers to U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1945 to 1956 and characterized -
The Yalta Conference
the Yalta Conference also known as the crimea Conference and code named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 of february of 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization. -
the creation of the United Nations
A replacement for the ineffective league of Nation, the organization was established on October 24,1945 after World War II with the aim of preventing another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193 -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet Geopolitical expansion during the cold war. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12,1947 and further developed on July 12,1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economics assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of world. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Berlin blockade and airlift. Berlin blockade and airlift, international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, in 148-49, the force the western allied powers to abandon their post-World War II jurisdictions in West Berlin. -
the Creation NATO
in 1949, the prospect of further communist expansion prompted the united states and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Soviet Union and its affiliated communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
the Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on June 25,1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
Duck ad Cover
Duck and Cover is a civil defense training film that was widely distributed to United States schoolchildren in the 1950's. It advised students on what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion -
the rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who were executed on June 19,1953 after being convicted of committing for the soviet union. -
the warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact, formally the Treaty of Friendship,Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War -
esienhower doctrine
under Eisenhower doctrine , a middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression -
U-2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 Incident occurred during the cold war on May 1,1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
