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Iron Curtain
a.soviet union and europe
b.The Iron Curtain was the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas
c.From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic
d.Sept. 2, 1945-Dec. 8, 1991
e.The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non-Soviet-controlled areas -
Truman Doctrine
a.U.S., Turkey, Greece
b. He is trying to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War
c.Edmonston Studio
d.March 12, 1947
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Marshall Plan
a.U.S. and Europe
b.United States gave $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies
c.Harvard University
d.April 3, 1948
e.President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948 -
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Berlin Blockade and airlift
a.Soviet Union and Western Allies
b. Soviet occupation forces in eastern Germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between Berlin and the West
c. Berlin
d. June 24, 1948-May 12, 1949
e.Soviet Union was trying to make the western allies to leave their posts -
Mccarthyism
a.people on McCarthys list were soviet spies
b.Was a period of intense anticommunism, also known as the Red Scare
c.U.S.
d.Feb. 9, 1950
e.McCarthy proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party who worked for the United States Department of State. -
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Korean war
a.North and south korea, Russia, China, Australia
b.There was a war for the north and the south.
c. Korean Peninsula, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait
d.June 25, 1950-July 27,1953
e.The U.S. fought for the south, and China fought for the north, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. -
Rosenberg Trial
a. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
b.The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court
c.Southern District of New York
d.March 6, 1951
e. The couple was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
Sputnik
a. Soviet Union
b. The Soviet Union launched a satalite into an elliptical low Earth orbit
c.Gagarin's Start
d. Oct. 4 1957
e. The launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments -
U2 Spyplane Incident
a.U.S. and Soviet Union
b.United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace
c.Aramil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
d.May 1, 1960
e.U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower requested permission from Pakistan's Prime Minister Huseyn Suhrawardy for the U.S. to establish a secret intelligence facility in Pakistan and for the U-2 spyplane to fly from Pakistan -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
a. Cuba, U.S., and Soviet Union
b.Was the failed military invasion of cuba.
c.Southern Coast of Cuba
d.April 17, 1961
e.The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group.