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The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin blockade was setup to block off the the western allies and blocked their railway and roads. The Berlin wall was built to keep east Berliners in who were trying to escape communism. -
The Truman Docterine
The Truman Docterine was an address made by Harry Truman that the U.S. would assistance to all the democatic countires. The marshall plan gave 17$ billion dollars in economic support. -
NATO
NATO was an organization that was fromed to stop the sperad of communism. NATO was a western military alliance that was created from 11 western nations. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
senator McCarthy aimed to expose the communists and was also looking for anyother groups that treatened the integrity of the american goverment. -
Korean War
The Korean war was started when 75,000 North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel and stormed into the South which was previously a demilitarized zone. General MacArthur put troops behind the enemy lines forcing them back over the 38th parallel by launching a sea attack at Inchon. The two nations were previously in an armistice but the North broke it. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a defensive alliance that made the soviets in charge of 7 of there satallie nations. This pact was like NATO but the Soviet unions version. -
the tet offensive
The Tet offensive was when 70,000 North Vietnamise started launching very violent attacks onthe Southern cities. -
Glasnost
Glasnost was an idea of openess developed by communists. It made all private affairs public and all public affairs more exposed. -
Cuban missle Crisis
The cuban missle crisis was when the Soviets tried to put nuclear missiles in Cuba that were danger close to U.S. soil. President John F. Kennedy was the president at the time and was the decider that if the missles crossed a line that the U.S. would have no choice but to retaliate with a full nuclear response. Fiel Castro was the dictator of Cuba at the time and was about to let the missles into Cuba when the soviets pulled them back. A deal was made that if the Soviets pulled their missil -
Cuban missle crisis Verion 2.0
Fidel Castro was about to let the Soviets into Cuba but the agreement between the U.S. and the soviets stopped him. -
The salt Agreement
The salt agreement was when the U.S. started talking about how to limit the weapons of war in other countries. These talks talked about how to limit ICBM's. -
The Vietnam War Begins
The Vetnam War was when north Vietnam was pitted against its Southern neighbores. The southern Vietnam people were refered to as the viet cong.The U.S. eventually withdrew from the war because it was unpopular at home. -
Communism collapses
the fall of communism happened when most of the Berlin wall and most of the other communist nations resighned from communism and the Berlin wall came down was when communism fell.
