cold war

  • united nations formed

    formed to maintain peace between countries and allow for better communication between country leaders.
  • truman doctrine

    president truman asked congress for $400 million to help out turkey and grease.
  • hollywood 10

    group of film industry members that refused to testify to an anticommunist committee hearing during the second red scare.
  • marshall plan

    economic recovery act, provided foreign aid to western europe after WWI.
  • nato formed

    military alliance formed between north american and european countries to protect each other through political and military tactics.
  • korean war

    the us and south korea fought against china and north korea in a civil war in an effort to prevent korea from becoming communist which resulted in the country splitting in two.
  • space race

    race between USA and Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capability
  • bay of pigs

    failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of cuba
  • berlin wall goes up

    The soviet union built a wall to separate west and east berlin
  • U.S. official enters Vietnam war

    U.S. enters the vietnam war to try to prevent communism from taking
  • soviets invade afghanistan

    soviets sent thousands of troops to afghanistan and gained complete control of Kabul.
  • berlin wall comes down

    crowds of Germans dismantled the wall that had been built splitting Berlin in two.