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United Nation
an organization that many hoped would succeed where the League of Nations had faild -
China's Civil War
wo-front conflict but also made the European conflict a higher priority than the fight with Japan -
atomic bomb
The terrain and smaller size of Nagasaki reduced destruction of life -
Truman Doctine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech -
Marshall Plan
was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of WW2 -
State of Israel
Immediately after the end of British Israel was formed -
NATO
An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949. -
cuban recolution
Castro made his move. For a revolution to succeed, he needed weapons -
korean war
between North Korea and U.S.-backed South Korea, which lasted from 1950 to 1953 and was the first Cold War military action -
guatemala
US included the Guatemalan Labour Party to the International Communist Conspiracy -
SEATO
South East Asia Treaty Organizatio -
Sebator McCarthy
Became president -
warsaw pact
a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states -
south vetnam
go Dinh Diem defeats Emperor Bao Dai in national referendum -
VIETNAM WAR
April 1975 marked the end of the war -
hungarian uprising
Soviet forces launched a major attack on Hungary aimed at crushing -
eisenhower doctrine
refers to a speech by President Dwight David -
Bay of PIgs
a young Cuban nationalist named Fidel Castro drove his guerilla army into Havana and overthrew General Fulgencio Batista -
berlin wall
November 9, 1989 -
cuban missile crisis
an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union -
nuclear test ban treaty
President Kennedy signs the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -
gulf of tonkin
a body of water spliting japan and north vietnam -
tet offensive
the Communist North Vietnamese troops and the Viet Cong staged a major offensive against the cities and towns -
nixon vists china
He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China -
gorbachev
is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party -
reagan and gorbachev sign treaty
With fervent calls for a new era of peaceful understanding -
cold war ends
Since this time in 1991, Russia and the United States have grown closer