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The Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan provided a stimulant to the U.S. economy by establishing markets for American made goods. The Soviet's were worried about the potential U.S. economic domination of Eastern Europe. The Marshall Plan mainly affected Western Europe, but these fundings became suspicious in Europe. The Marshall Plan is considered one of the most humanitarian efforts by the U.S. Department of State. -
Berlin Blockade
http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm' >Slide 6 "Berlin Blockade/Airlift"</a>According to the lecture, beginning in 1948, Stalin began closing off highway routes that allowed the western allies to get supplies to West Berlin. President Harry Truman was determined to be tough throughout this blockade. US military aircrafts flew over West Berlin for the almost three years of the blockade and dropped packages of food and other things for the West Berliners. This was effective for the United States because it formed a sense of unity with West Berlin. -
NATO was formed
<ahref='http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm' The North Atlantic Trade Organization, or NATO was formed as a mutual defense organization. On slide 7 in the lecture, titled "Europe's 'Iron Curtain,'" it is stated that the idea behind this organization was to prevent the kind of scenario that had started World War II. With this being done, the Soviets created the Warsaw Pact which banded together other countries. This split of the countries was considered the "Iron Curtain" at the time. -
Arms Race
Nuclear Arms RaceAn Arms Race is the desire to increase the quantity and quality of military power. This "race" was between the Soviet's and the U.S.. The Soviet's were the first to detonate a bomb. The main event of this arms race was the development of a hydrogen bomb. Both governments spent massive amounts of money to successfully increase the quality of their nuclear weapons. This increase in military weapons allowed for the U.S. to become more advanced in the making of defense weapons. -
Second Red Scare
http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm' >Slide 9 "Second Red Scare"</a>The Second Red Scare, or McCarthyism was capitalized on by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He used the communist threat as an advantage to his career. The main part of this "scare" was how he was able to turn a senate committee into a powerful investigating source to go after suspected communists within the U.S. government and military. There were different investigations to analyze if workers were really loyal to their government. The Red Scare didn't begin to ease until the late 1950s. -
Korean War
Slide 8 "Korean War"
When there became a conflict in Korea in 1950, President Harry Truman took this as his chance to enforce his foreign policy doctrine, which was put in place to contain and stop the spread of communism. To this day there is still not a ful-fledged peace settlement. The Unites States did however save South Korea. -
U-2 Spy Plane
History: U-2 spy plane
President Eisenhower approved a plan to gather information of Soviet capabilities becasue of the rapid developments in military technology. U-2 spy planes were used to fly over the USSR to provide the US with this information. For four years, the flights gathered photographs that assisted the US in the knowledge of the different technologies that the Soviets had. -
Suez Crisis
History: Suez Crisis
When the Suez Canal was seized and nationalized, the British, France, and Israel attempted to retake the canal. The US intervened when the Soviets threatened to use nuclear weapons on Western Europe. Eisenhower issued warnings to the French, British, and Israelis, and they eventually withdrew from the Egyptian soil. Things could have turned a lot worse if the US did not intervene. -
Space Race
History: Space Race
WIth the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, the United States was caught off guard. Eisenhower created two national security-oriented space programs that were dedicated to gather intelligence on the Soviet Union. One after the other, each group was sending capsules to space. The United States eventually "won" the space race by having the first landing on the moon. -
Bay of Pigs
http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm' >Slide 14 "Bay of Pigs Invasion"</a>
Bay of Pigs was the invasion that occurred with an attempt to keep communism out of the western hemisphere. President Kennedy wanted to find a way to get rid of Fidel Castro, who was attempting to bring communism to Cuba. The US intervened with what was the worst, failed operation in US History. This event lead to a much larger event, the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
http://csrmedia.education.asu.edu/Lectures/SS3/HistoryCore/Basic9/index.htm' >Slide 18 "Cuban Missile Crisis Details"</a>After the Bay of Pigs, Castro gave in and allowed the Soviet's to begin consturction on launching facilities for nuclear weapons. When President Kennedy found out about this, he decided that the US would us naval forces to blockade the island of Cuba, since he believed in the containmetn doctrine. At the end of this 13 day ordeal, U.S. and Soviet officals reached a deal that allowed the situation to be resolved without going to war. -
Detente
History: Detente
President Nixon visited Moscow in May of 1972 to determine a deal where trade could be increased and the use and danger of nuclear warfare could be reduced. This eased relatinos between Russia and the United States. Nixon signed seven different agreements that covered the military involvements, space exploration, and commerce. This put an ease to the tensions between the two. -
Berlin Wall
History: Berlin WallAccording to History.com, the offical purpose of the Berlin Wall was to atem mass defections from East to West. The wall helped to defuse the crisis over Berlin. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered a historic speech in Berlin. He exclaimed that, "many people do not understand the issue between the free and the communist world. Let them come to Berlin." This is when he identified with the citizens of Berlin in their quest for freedom.
