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arms race
a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Yalta conference
The conference at Yalta held in the Crimea on February 4-11, 1945 brought together the Big Three Allied leaders. During this conference, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt discussed Europe's postwar reorganization. The main purpose of Yalta was the re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany -
Iron curtain
the notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989. -
Truman Doctrine
Gave $400 million in economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey to fend off communism and stay free -
Marshall plan
European recovery plan, 16 countries received aid, $13 billion in aid given to rebuild western europe offered to eastern europe but soviet union said no -
Berlin airlift
Stalin cut off supplies into W. Berlin U.S airlift food and supplies into the city lasted 11 months,Stalin reopened supply lines. -
NATO
north atlantic treaty organization collective security alliance to support one another military -
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Korean war
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 -
United nations
the untied nations is created in 1954 -
SEATO
U.S + 7 other nations, to prevent the domino theory -
Eisenhower Doctrine
like Truman doctrine but for the middle east offered economic & military support if communism threatened the middle east. -
Space race
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 -
Lyndon B Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1964, was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
