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United Nations
United Nations was a organization made after world war 2 with the goal of keeping peace and cooperation in the international community. They take on many world problems -
Truman Doctine
Truman proposed a policy to Congress stating that "United States should support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". They sent aid to Greece and Turkey. He wanted to prevent communism and spread democracy. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan was a massive aid package that United States offered. United States offered offered food and economic assistance to Europe to help rebuild countries. US offered aid to Soviet Union but Stalin forbidded Eastern Europe Countries to accept American aid. -
NATO Pact
The United States, Canada, and ten other countries formed a new military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The member of this pledged to help one another if any one of them were attacked. -
Korean War
Korean War was a conflict during the Cold War where the United States & Soviet Union supported different sides. They sent troops, aid, & weapons to spread their ideologies. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was when U.S. sent over 500,000 soldiers to make sure the communism would not spread throughout the country. They failed. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt to the United States to overthrow a communist government but it failed. The U.S. tried to cover their involvement up by making it seem like cuban exiles did it. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier created by the Soviet Unoion to separate communism - East & democracy -West Berlin. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a U.S. administration led by John F. Kennedy. They made a desicison about the nuclear weapons in Cuba that may have saved the world from Nuclear War. -
The End of the Cold War
The Cold War lasted for 45 years. The Cold War came to an end in the 1980s when the Soviet leaders attempted to soften the control over the various states within the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact included the Soviet Union and 7 satelittes in Eastern Europe.The Warsaw Pact splitted the division of Europe into eastern and western blocs. West was democracy led by US. East was a communism led by Stalin. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three Churchill (Great Britain), President Roosevet (USA), & Stalin (Soviet) at the end of World War II agreed that Stalin would join the fight against Japan to end World War II along as the United States & Great Britain allowed the Soviet Union to control Eastern Europe after the War. The Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Eastern Europe. This would & the Soviet Union that would be called the Cold War and last for nearly 45 years.
