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The Truman Doctorine
President Truman devised a plan to keep Greece and Turkey from falling to communism. Truman asked for 400 million dollars from congress to aid the countries fight communism and it works this is a very important because they won a very geographic and location and it helps contain communism. This helps set a political precedent that the United States cannot trust anyone in Europe.
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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a plan that was very similar as the Truman Doctrine. It was created by George Marshall and the idea was to help rebuild Europe from the damage caused by WWII. This would prevent help being given from communist country’s such as Russia and it contain communism. The plan ultimately work even though some countries declined the money and it did not help countries economically.
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Comecon
Comecon was the Soviet Union’s response to the Marshall plan. It was supposed help communist country’s which would prevent them from taking money from the U.S. so they could spread communism through the world.
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The start of the Korean War
The Korean War was a big conflict in the Cold War. North Korea crossed the 38th parallel in 1950 into South Korea then U.S. forces came to the aid of South Korea, while China and the Soviet Union which were communist gave aid to North Korea. The war ended and the boarder was reestablished and communism did not spread which was a win for the United States.
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Fidel Castro takes power
On January 1, 1959 Fideal Castro over threw the Cuban government and became the leader of Cuba. This was a very good thing for the Soviet Union because they could spread communism to Cuba. This was a very bad thing for U.S. because that mean Cuba would be right in the United States backyard geographically,
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The First Man in Space
The United States and the Soviet were racing for everything including to be the first to go to space. The Soviet Union won this race by sending the first man to the to space his name was Yuri Gagarin. This helped Russia gain a political advantage of over the United States and it embarrassed the United States and.it people and Russia and its people got a boost of confidence socially.
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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a border between East Berlin which was controlled by the Soviet Union and West Berlin controlled by the United States, France, and Great Britain. This wall was created to keep western ideas away from East Berlin controlled by the Soviet Union. The wall was torn down in 1989 and this represents the conclusion of the cold war. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the Soviet Union sent nuclear missiles to Cuba this was one of the worst things that could happen to United states considering that Cuba is only 90-miles from nearest U.S. land. On October 28th 1962 John F. Kennedy demanded that the missiles be removed. Russia agreed if the U.S. agreed to remove missiles from Turkey. They reached a political agreement this was the closest the cold war go to a potentially deadly situation.
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The First Man on the moon
President John F. Kennedy guaranteed that the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade and he delivered. On July 20th 1969 he sent three astronauts to the moon the most famous being Neil Armstrong. This helped the United States propel in the political food chain ahead of the Soviet Union and made John F. Kennedy a feared leader by the Soviet Union.
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Miracle On Ice
The Miracle on ice strongly relates to the political gaspire theme. It embarrassed the Soviet Union and made the American people believe in the government and in themselves again.
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The End of the Cold War
The end of the Cold War happened on Jan 1st 1991, this happened because of communist party dissolving three free elections. Since this happened many of the communist party’s in Eastern Europe fell.
