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Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War -
National Security Act
Major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid Western Europe. economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War 2 -
Marshall Plan
economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War 2 -
Berlin Airlift
End of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
NATO
Alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War
The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea -
Warsaw Pact
given to the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union -
Sputnik
served to intensify the arms race and raise Cold War tensions. -
U-2 Incident
U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs
Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Berlin Wall
barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.
