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creation of the united nations
the Dumbarton Oaks estate in Washington DC has 39 countries meet to discuss the new organization. they would have general assembly in which every member nation in the world would have one vote. they decided the security council will permanently consist of britain, france, china, soviet union , and the US . -
End of WWII
The Allied Powers defeated the Axis Powers to end the war. This was considered the beginning of the rising tensions that eventually lead to the Cold War -
the Yalta conference
Roosevelt , Stalin , and Churchill all met at Yalta to plan postwar world several agreements that were made at Yalta were causes of the cold war. -
iron curtain
the boundary dividing Europe into 2 separate areas from the end of the cold war -
the long telegram
when the containment police is made up but in a very long telegram -
Truman Doctrine
truman went before congress to ask for 400 million dollars to fight communist aggression in Greece and Turkey goal was to aid those who worked to resist being controlled by others -
marshall plan
would give European nations american aid to rebuild their economies offered help to all nations planning a recovery program -
Berlin Blockade /Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international problems of the Cold War. the Soviet Union blocked the Western allies railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
creation of NATO
initially included 12 countries members agreed to come to the aid of any member who was attacked -
Duck and Cover
what the school practiced after the first bomb was let off get under desk and cover your head -
the Red Scare
the widespread fear of communism. they were afraid there was communist hiden and spying -
McCarthyism
practice of making accusations of treason without proper regards -
the Korean war
invaded driving back the poorly equipped south Korean forces -
the Rosenbergs
a couple by the name of Julis and Ethel they were US citizens who were executed after being convicted for espionage for the soviet union. -
The Suez Canal
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis -
the Eisenhower doctrine
a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
u-2 incident
when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
