Cold War

By emiliurquidi

  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism
    Is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its orgins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956.

  • Venona Papers

    Venona Papers
    Is a list of names ostensibly deciphered from codenames contained in Venona project an American government effort to decrypt coded messages by intelligence forces of the Soviet Union.

  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    Was the physical boundary dividing Europe into two seperate areas from the end of World War 2 in 1945 until end of Cold War in 1991.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Was an American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during Cold war. When Truman announced to cogress he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey.

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Was an American initiative to aid Western Europ in which the united states gave $13 billionin economic support to help rebuild Western European economics after the World War.

  • Berlin Blockade and Airlift

    Berlin Blockade and Airlift
    Was one of the first international crises leading to the Cold War. Involved was the Soviet union and Western Allies. Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railway, road,and canal access. These events took place in West Berlin. From June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949. So in response, Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin.

  • Rosenberg Trial

    Rosenberg Trial
    Is the sum of many stories a story of betrayal, a love story, a spy story a story of a family torn apart and a story of government overreaching.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low earth orbit on October 4 1957.

  • U2 Spyplane Incident

    U2 Spyplane Incident
    United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.It was flown by Francis Gary Powers was performing photographic aerial reconnaissance.

  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion

    Bay Of Pigs Invasion
    On April 17,1961 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became an invasion at Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. in 1959 Fidel Castro came to power after an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.