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Truman Doctrine.
Gave $400 Million in economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshal Plan.
$13 billion was given to Western Europe. 16 countries recieved aid. -
Truman's Doctrine.
Truman states that he will help other countries that are struggling with communism. -
Berlin Airlift.
Stalin cut off supplies to West Berlin. Lasted 11 months, -
N.A.T.O.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Collective security, but you had to be a democrate in order to join. -
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Korea War.
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Stalin's death.
Joseph Stalins dies. -
S.E.A.T.O.
South East Asia Treaty Organization. The United States and 7 other nations were involved. -
Warsaw Pact.
Members of Eastern countries they created this to be like N.A.T.O. -
Space race.
The space race was between U.S. and the Soviet Union trying to get an object to go into space. -
Eisenhower Doctrine.
It was like the Truman Doctrine but it was for the middle east. -
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Vietnam War.
Longest and most unpopular war. First war the United States lost. -
John F. Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy as elected as the 35th president. -
Soviets built the Berlin wall.
The Soviets created a 12 ft wall, which seprated the Eastern and Western sides of Berlin. -
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson was elected as the 36th president. -
Gulf of Tonkin.
The first time when the U.S. battle ships were hit with torpedoes. -
Richard Nixon.
Richard Nixon was elected as the 37th president. -
Moon landing by NASA.
On July 16, 1969, Appollo was sent up. They landed on July 25, 1969. -
U.S. Boycotts Moscow Olympics.
The United States boycotted the Moscow summer Olympics in protest against them. -
The Berlin wall was taken down.
After the U.S. and Great Britian kept fliying supplies in, the soviets decied to take the wall down.
