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truman doctrine
The Truman Doctrine committed the United States to providing aid to countries resisting communist aggression or subversion and provided the first step toward what would become known as the Containment Policy. -
the marshall plan
Process where the U.S. resisted communism by extending financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of World War 2. -
berlin air lift
the Berlin airlift was an attempt to break the blockade, america and british fly food and supplies into west berlin -
NATO
Military alliance of 1949 between North American and Western European nations that pledges each will come to the aid of each other if attacked by an outside enemy. -
korean war
A war between north korea and south korea, america backed up the south and china backed up the north, millions of people died for no good reason and the war ended up to be a stalement. -
the polio vaccine
Eradication tool for a dangerous disease that can cause muscles to stiffen and weaken so much that people can become paralyzed. -
sputnik
Soviet Union launched the first satellite, named Sputnik, commencing the space race between the U.S and the Soviet Union -
NASA established
Established in 1957 as a direct response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1. -
castro's cuban revolution
The Cuban Revolution of 1959 began with the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, and ended in triumph with the ousting of dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro was then exiled for two years for his safety. While in Mexico he trained his guerilla to take on Batista. They succeeded in taking him out and eventually, Batista decided the situation was hopeless. Castro won the revolution and is now the dictator. -
bay of pigs
On April 17 about 1500 exiles, armed with U.S. weapons, landed at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) on the south coast of Cuba. Hoping to find support from the local population, they intended to cross the island to Havana, but were quickly stopped by Castro's army. By the time the fighting ended on April 19, about 100 had been killed and the rest taken prisoner. -
building the berlin wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany. The Berlin Wall was built on the night between August 12 and 13th, 1961, as the result of a decree by the East German Volkskammer. However, the construction of the actual Berlin Wall did not begin until August 17. When the Berlin Wall was being built, it was a weekend where most Berliners slept while the East German government began to close the border. -
6-day war
The struggle over water was a major factor in the deterioration of Arab-Israeli relations that led to the Six-Day War in 1967. The Arab states' struggle over Israel's water plans, especially the National Water Carrier (NWC) Plan that was designed to carry water from the Jordan River and Sea of Galilee to the Negev, was an integral part of both the overall Arab struggle against Israel and the inter-Arab dispute over the method of solving the Arab-Israeli conflict.
