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chinese civil war
The chinese political civil war that ended in the Communists winning -
the U.N. was created
the United Nations was first coined by FDR -
truman was sworn in as president
truman became president when FDR died. -
U.S. first atom bom
U.S. first tested their atomic bomb -
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Senator McCarthy
Was a senator from wisconsin who claimed communists were infiltrating the U.S. and was thelargest seen face in the cold war -
truman doctrine
Truman announced that the U.S. would support Turkey and Greese econicly in order to stop soviet expension and is considered to be the start of the cold war -
marshall plan
the Eruopean recovery plan was created where the U.S. would give monetary aid to european countries to rebuild economicly -
state of Israil
The stae of Israil was officially declared -
NATO
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an agreement of mutual defense between the "good guys" of the cold war and current times -
Soviet atom bomb
The soviets test their first stom bomb -
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Korean war
A war between the Korea's involving NATO that ended with no real winner -
trumans last year of presidency
trumans two terms were over -
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cuban revolution
A civil war in cuba and the overthrough of the government and a take over by the communists -
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south vietnam
The republic of vietnam lasted from 1954 until it fell tot he communist north in 1975 -
guatemala
U.S. troops invaded and overthrough the government and set up a U.S. backed democratic government -
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SEATO
the South East Asian Treaty Organization was created to block further communist expansion in asia -
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Warsaw pact
a mutual defense agreement between communist states -
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vietnam war
A war between North and South vietnem that involved NATO countries (mostly the U.S.) that ended in the North winning -
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hungarian revolution
A nationwide protest led to the fall of communism in Hungary -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The speech declared that any middle east state could request economic or military asistance from the U.S. as long as they were against the soviets -
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bay of pigs
A unsccesful invasion of communist cuba by the U.S. -
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berlin wall
cutting off the democratic berlin from the soviets -
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cuban missile crisis
when missiles in cuba were threatoned to be launched at the U.S. and it was the closed the cold war came to becoming a "hot war" -
nuclear test ban treaty
banned test detontaions of nuclear weapons underground -
gulf of tonkin
an inccident where the USS Maddox firedon several north vietvanese torpedo ships after they atacked the USS Maddox in international waters in the gulf of tonkin -
tet offensive
An attack launched by north vietnam on the south and there allies during a time when no attacks were to take place -
Nixon visits China
Nixon's visit to china was the first step to normalizing our relations with them -
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Gorbachev
the last leader of the Soviet Union -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign treaty
The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500-5,500 km -
the cold war ends
the soviet union falls apart
