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Iron Curtain Speech
it was less then a year after WW II, Winston Churchill delivered this speech it was to describe the line in the Europe between self-governing nations of the west and those in Eastern Europe under the Soviet Communist control -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was devised by the Truman Administration.It was a policy or doctrine that was designed to finance and support foregin nations who were resisting Soviet Influence .Eventually it led to containment whichwas the believe that through U.S. financial and diplomatic support, democratic nations could contain communism -
Marshall Plan
It was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe in which the United States gave over $12 billion nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars in economic assistance to rebuild western european economies after the end of the ww II -
Berlin Blockade
it was one of the first major international crises of the cold war and the first such crisis that resulted in casualties the soviet union blocked the western allies railway and road access to the sectors of berlin under their control -
Berlin Airlift
the U.S. began a massive airlift of supplies that lasted almost a year.In may 1949 Stalin lifted the blockade,conceding that he could not prevent the creation of West Germany.Thus,the creation of East and West Germany -
NATO
NorthAtlantic Treaty signed in 1949 and agreement among United States,Canada,and multiple European countries.Signed agreement stating that any armed attackon one member would be viewed as an attack on the entire organization .Established to ensure stability bydissuading any outside powers from attackin a member out of fear retaliation from all members -
Communists take over China
Communists wanted to take control of production away from wealthy landowners and give it to the government they thought it would end inequality and everyone would be equal -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea it happened south of the 38 parallel.The U.S. aided South Korea.China and the Soviet Union helped North Korea.Another name for the war in South Korea is 6.25 war .Another name for the war inNorth Korea is fatherland liberation War. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea.This happened south of the 38 parallel.The U.S. adided South Korea.China and the Soviet Union helped the North Korea.Another name for the war in South Korea is the 6.2 war and for North Korea another name for the war would be Fatherland Liberation War. -
Vietnam War
It was a long costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally,the United States.The conflict was intensified by the on going cold war between the United Statesand the Soviet Union. -
Revolt in Hungary
It was a revolution of 1956 or the Hungarian Uprising,was a nationwide revolution against the Hingarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies,lasting from 23 october until 10 november 1956 -
Spuntnik
Was one of the first artificial Earth satelliete.The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 october 1957, orbitingfor three week before its batteries died,then silently for two more months before falling back to the atmosphere -
Great Leap Forward
It was Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy so that by 1988,China would have an economy that rivaled America -
Cuban Missile crisis
After the Bay of pigs,Castro was understandably worried about the US threat.He became a communist and askedthe USSR to help him defend Cuba.The USSR started building missiles to the island.This would put the USA within the range of Soviet missiles for the first time and give the USSR the advantage in the arns race.Tension was extremely high,US and Soviet Forces were both preparing to go to work -
cultural revolution
Mao Zedong launched programs to wipe out past culture and history as well as foregin influence. there were high school students that were encouraged to from groups called the Red Guards thses groups had the government's permisson to smash books,artwork,religious temples, or anything else that showed connections to China's past -
cultural revolution
After the failure of the Great Leap foward Mao attempted a cultural revolution.The goal was to change the old order and establish a new socialist society.The Red Guard would enforce the policies of the revolution. -
Revolt in Czechsolovakia
khrshchev removed from power following Cuban Missile .In 1964 Leonid Brezhnev takes power;adopts repressive domestic policies strict limitson freedom of speech,worship Government censors control press.Secret police arrest many dissidents.In 1970 noble Prize winner Aleksander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR. -
Apollo programs
Also know as the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972