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The House of Un-American Activities Committee
The House of Un-American Activities Committee was related to the Cold War because, it was to investigate those who were thought to be disloyal to American and spying for the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was to counter The Soviet Union's spread of Communism by protecting countries against communism during the Cold War. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan was tied into the end of World War II were America was paying to help rebuild the damage done by the second world war. This money sent into repair Europe furthered the Cold War by motivating the industrial life of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union blockaded Berlin so no one could come in or out because, they wished to control it, but so did America. The United States started airlifting necessities to Berlin. -
NATO
NATO was a treaty between America and their allies and other capitalistic nations which supported capitalism and opposed communism backing America for the Cold War. -
Korean War
The Korean war was involved in the Cold War because the US backed up the south end of Korea with them wanting to be a capital nation and The North end wanting to be be a communist nation . -
Brinkmanship
A term that mean to approach the brink of war to make the other retreat, it was coined in the Cold War and wasn't very effective half of the time. -
Interstate Highway System
Was a safer route to take to get to key cities. This made transportation easier and faster causing a quicker advancement in industrial and helped trade by speeding up the time it took to get to point A to Point B. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Was a promise to the any Middle-Eastern that was resisting communism economical and military aid. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was Russia's first satellite in space. This made America send up a satellite to not lose to Russia in a space race. This tied into the Cold War by America and the Soviet Union. -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 was a spy plane from America that was shot down in Soviet Union and the pilot was captured.To get the pilot back we had to trade spies for the Soviet Union for our spy. -
Bay of pigs
After Cuba was taken over America tried to invade and take it back. However it failed and Cuba remained under communism. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile Crisis was the closest time The Cold War ever almost became an actual war. The Soviet Union was moving missiles to Cuba and America didn't like it and felt it was to close for comfort and ordered the Soviet Union to remove them and only agreed with America when The United States promised to not try and invade or take over. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear testing was banned from being tested above ground, This caused testing to happen in the ocean. The Soviet Union, Great Britain and america all signed the treaty. -
Warsaw Pact
A treaty signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and nations that were allied to both the Soviet Union and communism.
