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Aug 8, 1111
agent orange
gas that kill plants. -
A-Bomb
President Truman used the first A-Bomb. -
Truman Doctrine
Gave 400 million in economic and military aid to greece and turkey. -
Marshall Plan (ERP)
European recovery plan.
16 countries received aid.
13 billion in aid given to rebuild western Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off supplies into West Berlin.
US airlift food and supplies into the city. -
Nato
North Atlantic treaty organization.
Collective security.
Had to be democracy. -
Seato
South East Asian treaty organization.
US +7 other nations. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like the Truman doctrine but for the middle east.
Offered economic and military support if communism threatenednthe middle east. -
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space race
Sputnik launched the U.S and the Soviet Union on the space race. The U.S wasnt the first in space but put the first man on the moon. -
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Berlin wall
Construction of the wall began in 1961 -
iron curtain
invisible line the was like a cution for comunism. -
Berlin Wall
The day the wall was brought down by the people and many others.