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The Suez Canal
An artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez -
The Creation of the Untied Nations
Delegates from 39 countries met to discuss a new organization, where there will be a General Assembly, in which every member nation i n the world would have one vote. The UN would also have a Security Council with 11 members. President Roosvelt had wanted to ensure that war would never again engulf the world. -
The Yalta Conference
Where Roosevelt, Churchhill, and Stalin met at Yalta the Soviet restore on the black sea to plan the posted war world. -
The Iron Curtain
The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War ll -
The long Telegram
George Kennan's a thousands word message, explaining how he felt about the Soviets -
The Truman Doctrine
After Truman's speech a policy known as the Truman Doctrine was outlined to aid those who worked to resist being controlled by others. In the long run, it pledged the United States to fight the spread of communism worldwide. -
The Marshall Plan
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of the World War 2 -
The Berlin Blockade/Airlift
International crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union to force the Western allied powers to abandon their post-world War 2 jurisdictions in west berlin. -
The creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War 2 to strengthen international ties between member states -
The Korea War
The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. The invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. American troops entered war on South Korea’s behalf. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare is a promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
The Rosenbergs
A New York couple who were apart of the Communist Party. The government charged them with spying for the 1Soviets. The Rosenbergs were executed in June 1953 -
Duck & Cover
A method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion. -
McCarthyism
A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph MaCarthy -
The Warsaw Pact
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
A proposal to a joint session of a U.S. Congress calling for a new and more proactive American policy in the region. -
U-2 incident
The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 spy plane. At first Eisenhower claimed that the aircraft was a weather plane that had strayed off course. Then Khrushchev produced Francis Gary Powers. Eisenhower refused to apologize, saying the flights had protected American security. -
President’s in office
Truman & Eisenhower were the presidents in office during the Cold War. Both presidents came up with with ways to make American great again. Truman was the 33rd president & Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States.
Truman - 1945-1953
Eisenhower - 1953-1961
