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The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is aid provided to Turkey and Grace from The United States imposed by President Truman. The United States provided $400 million in aid towards those two countries. The Truman Doctrine was significant to the Cold War because it was seen as a declaration to the Cold War for some. This was the United States first attempt during the Cold War to contain communism by building those two countries stronger so they would be able to fight of communism if needed to. -
The Korean War
The Korean War started when about 75,000 soldiers crossed the 38th parallel, which separated North and South Korea. By July, there were American troops fighting with South Korea against the North. After the North took over most of the South, the South fought back and crossed the 30th parallel into North Korea. North Korea fought back and went into South Korea once more, At the end of the war, the North Korea got pushed back into the North and it ended as a stalemate. -
The Korean War Part 2
This event was important to the Cold War because it was an attempt to keep communism from spreading to South Korea. It was an attempt for the United States to contain communism. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a pact created by 11 contries as a counteraction against NATO and the Soviet Union as the leader. The signing of the pact became a symbol of the dominance in Eastern Europe by the Soviets. This was significant in the Cold War because the Soviets and Communism became more of a threat now. The United States had to step up it's game and make sure to contain communism and stop it from spreading anymore. -
Soviet Launch Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space and was orbiting Earth. The launch of Sputkik created many reactions from Americans as they feared that the Soviet Union was too far ahead in the arms race against the United States. It also caused alarm because they feared that they were getting far too behind technology whise. -
Bay of Pigs
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union about the missiles placed in Cuba by the Soviets. On October 22 1962, president John F Kennedy revealed that he was going to set a blockade in Cuba to avoid anymore missile from entering. That caused Khrushchev to back down on October 28 and agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba if the US didn't invade it. US had to also secretly remove missiles from Turkey. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Part 2
The Cuban Missile Crisis played an important role in the Cold war because it was another proxy war between the Soviet Union and the United States. The crisis just created more tension between the Soviets and the United States. -
The Six Day War
The six day war was a conflict between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria over Israel, which was located in a land that was promised as the homeland for the Palestinians. The six day war resulted in Israel taking the victory as they quickly took down their enermy. This was significant to the Cold War because the United States sided and aided Israel and the Soviet Union allied with the Arab Nations. -
The Six Day War
The victory for Israel was also a win by the United States against the Soviet Union because it was shown that the US weapons could beat the Soviet's. -
US man on the Moon
After the Soviet Union was ahead in the space race after launching Sputnik and the first man into space, the United States was able to catch up by sending the first man into the moon on Apollo 11. This was significant to the Cold War because it heated up more the proxy war between the Soviet Union and the United States.
