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Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill was concerned about the soviet union turning eastern Europe into totalitarian states and decided to go to the U.S and explain what was going on, to try and get the U.S to interfere. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman doctrine was a foreign policy were the United States pledged to help any state that was resisting communist control. It was a pledge to help rebuild the economy of those countries after the war was over. -
Berlin Blockade
The main cause of the Berlin Blockade was because of the cold war, the soviet union wanted to minimize how much France and the United States could travel into their section of berlin because at the moment the United States was trying to implement their containment policy on the Soviet Union. -
Marshall plan
The Marshall Plan was a policy passed by the U.S that would aid Europe after the destruction of World War One. The U.S would help European countries rebuild their economies and provide necessary supplies. -
Communists take over china
A war between North and South Vietnam because of communism. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and the south was supported by the United States. It lasted around 19 years and the U.S ended physical support in 1973, in the end the communists took over South Vietnam. -
Korean War
On 1950, North Korea invades South Korea with help from the soviet union. The united nations support South Korea defend against the invasion, Chinese would later enter the war to help North Korea. The fighting would end in 1953 with a cease fire and the Korea's remained divided near the 38th parallel -
Revolt in Hungary
On October 23, thousands of hungarian students came together to protest against British rule. Demands included a return of power to Imre Nagy, free elections and the evacuation of all Soviet troops. -
Sputnik
October 4th, 1957 caused fear in America because the Soviet Union became the first to successfully launch a satellite into space orbit. Americans thought this was a sign of the technical advantage the Soviet Union had started gaining on the U.S. This also scared America because the thought that the Soviet Union could now spy on them and they couldn’t stop them. -
Apollo Program
The program with the goal of landing a human on the moon was introduced by president kennedy. The first successful mission was apollo 11 and was a mark in history for the world were it showed Americas great technological power. It took millions of dollars and had several failures, in one of the fails a team of astronauts lost their lives. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S president, Eisenhower, orders an embargo on all trades with Cuba, and the soviets start providing economic and military aid. Soviet leader, Khrushchev, secretly built nuclear missiles in Cuba and Kennedy demands their removal. The U.S made several attempts to overthrow Castro and failed, but the Soviets removed the missiles and the U.S agreed not to invade Cuba. -
Cultural Revolution
Mao Zedong had a colt like group called the red guards, made up of teenagers, that tried to establish a society were workers and peasants were all equal. They shut down schools and colleges to stamp out intellectuals, as well as forcing them to do hard labor and executing thousands. -
Revolt in Czechoslovakia
The soviets invade Czechoslovakia because they begin protesting against communism. Soviets target buildings were the rebellion ideas are broadcasted, meanwhile people illegally broadcast and ask for help. The western nations didn't want war and therefore don't interfere, after eight months all resistance died out.
