Unit 9

By jojoellie

  • Truman Doctorine

    Truman Doctorine
    On this date, president Truman made a speech saying that the U.S. would be supporting Turkey and Greece with military and conomic aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Begining in April of 1948, the US begae the four year Marshall Plane, which was basically us helping Europe recover from World War Two in an effort to keep Europe from falling for the Soviet Unions Communist rule.

  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    After World War 2, the Soviet Union took over East Berlin. In an effort to take over all of Berlin, the Soviets cut off food supply so that West Berlin would eventually give in and surender to the Soviet. the Truman administration started the Berlin Airlift, where they flew food and supplies to West Berlin. The Airlift began on June 24, 1948

  • NATO

    NATO
    On this date, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed. This treaty is what the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is based around.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    After World War Two, Korea was split into two sections, North and South Korea. North Korea was communist and South Korea was Non Communist. In an effort to unify the two sections together under communist ruling, North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. The U.S., however, quickyl got involved and put an end to this invasion.

  • Castro's Cuban Revolution

    Castro's Cuban Revolution
    On this date, General Fulgencio Batista overthrew the president of Cuba. This was the action that started the Cuban Revolution because it angered Fidel Castro.

  • Polio Vaccine

    Polio Vaccine
    On this date, the vaccination for the terribe disease, polio, was anounced to the public.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Launched on this date, Sputnik was the first articifial aircraft launched into space from Earth.

  • NASA

    NASA
    In the year 1958, president Eisenhower put together the nations first sapce team, calling it the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA.

  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    The military invasion of Cuba by the group Brigade 2506. It was an unsuccesful attemp.

  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    On this date, the Berlin Walls construction was started. The wall was built to cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and East Germany.

  • the Six Day War

    the Six Day War
    On this date the 6 day war started. It was a war between Israel, Jordan, and Syria.