Cold war

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  • Domino Theory

    The Domino Theory was the idea that communism was going the spread to other nations and make them fail. The United States were bog on this theory, while helping lots of countries throughout the Cold War to prevent it.

  • Potsdam Conference

    The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet area. To allow the United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom to plan postwar peace plans.

  • Iron Curtain

    The Iron Curtain was the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. The Soviet Union tried to block from open contact with the West.

  • Truman Doctrine

    A promise that the United States would do whatever was necessary both economically and militarily to contain the spread of communism around the world.

  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan was to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. Marshall was convinced the key to restoration of political stability.

  • Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift was one of the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to Berlin.

  • NATO

    NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states. NATO's goal is to safeguard the freedom and security by political and military means.

  • Truman

    Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As President, Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in history.
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    Korean War

    The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea had invaded South Korea along the border. At the end of the three years, the Unites States (alliance with South Korea), the Peoples Republic of China (alliance with North Korea), South Korea, and North Korea agreed to an armistice.

  • US/UN Coalition Forces Arrive

    The UN were alliances with North Korea, along with the PVA. They moved along the Yalta river to invaded South Korea. The US were alliances with South Korea, and joined the war to prevent the domino effect with communism.

  • Krustchev

    Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev stunned the communist world with his denunciation of his predecessor Joseph Stalin's crimes, and embarked on a policy of de-Stalinization

  • Warsaw Pact

    The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union. It was beset by problems related to the economic slowdown in all Eastern European countries.

  • Space Race

    The Space Race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve spaceflight capability.
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    Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War was fought between North and South Vietnam. China had become communist and taken control over North Vietnam. The US was afraid of communism spread so they sent money and help to South Korea.

  • Vietcong

    The Vietcong was a group of soldiers that fought against South Vietnam and the United States. They were a communist organization under the direction of North Korea.

  • JFK

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election and the youngest president at the end of his tenure.

  • M.A.D

    M.A.D (Mutual assured destruction) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy. Which talks about the use of nuclear weapons and capabilities between nations.

  • SALT

    SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) were two rounds of conferences and treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. These treaties had the goal of reducing the number missiles.
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    Soviet-Afghan War

    The Soviet-Afghan War was fought between the Mujahideen (Afghanistan rebels) and the Afghanistan government. The Soviets were allies with the Afghanistan government and the US were allies with the Mujahideens.

  • Mujahideen

    The Mujahideen's were members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War. They fought against communism in Afghanistan.