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Yalta Conference
United States, Sovient Union, and Great Britian participated in this. -
WW2
WW2 ends with trumans decision to drop an A bomb -
W Churchhill
W. Churchhill claimed an iron curtain has descended upon Europe. -
The Cold War Started
1947-199. Between the United States and Russia. It was an arms race and a space race. And Truman doctrine aid is aimed at saving greece and Turkey. -
Truman Doctorine
Gave 400 million in economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey. It was economic assistance. -
Marshall Plan
European recovery plan, 16 countries recieved aid and 13 billion given to rebuild western europe. -
Marshall Plain Aid
Marshall plain aid will rebuild Western Europe and USSR cuts off supply route to W Berlin and U.S responds with an airlift. -
Berlin Airlift
It lasted 11 months then stalin cut off supplies into western berlin and eventualy stalin reopened supply lines. -
USSR
USSR detonates their first A-bomb- Civil war in China turns the most populous country into a communist nation. NATO alliance is created to offset Soviet influence in Europe. -
NATO
Had to be a democracy collective security north Atlantic treaty organization. It was political and military form. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.and ended in 1953 -
H Bombs
The first h-bombs are detonated by US -
Eisenhower
He became president in 1953 and he was a Republican. He believed in containment, ending the Korean war. -
United Nations
The United nations is created. The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. -
Seato
To prevent the domino theory, the U.S and 7 other nations were effected by it, And south-east Asain TReaty organization. -
Viet Cong
The Geneva accord divided Vietnam into North and south -
Space Race
The competitions between nations during wars while using weapons. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like the truman document wxcwpt it was for the middle east and it offered economic and military support. -
Francis Gary Powers
often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. -
Peace Corps
Volunteer assistance to delveloping nations and also helped 60 nations -
Alliance In Progress
Foreign Aid program, the U.S invested 12 billion dollars. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam was America's longest and unpopular war. United states lost the war and we got involved because of communism. -
Vietnam War
the 26th amendment was passed lowering the voting age to 18
