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Truman Doctrine
President Truman announces the Truman Doctrine, informing Congress, "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." -
Marshall Plan
The marshall plan was an american initiative to aid Western Europe in which the United States gave over 12 Billion in economic support to help rebuild war torn Europe -
Warsaw Pact
This was a treaty between Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower doctrine commits the US to defending Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from Communist influence. -
Sputnik
Sputnik showed the major technological advancements that occurred in this time period. -
U-2 Incident
A US drone was shot down by the Soviet Union in their territory -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 23, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurs when the United States began to establish air and sea blockades of Cuba in response to photographs of the Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba. Therefore, the US threatens to invade Cuba if the bases are not dismantled, and warns that an attack launched from cuba would be considered a Soviet attack which would require full retaliation.