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Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
promoted the policy of containment, which is to stop communism -
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Marshall Plan
U.S. gave massive foreign aid to rebuild Western European economies to prevent communism. -
NATO establishment
An alliance of countries from North America and Western Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed -
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Korean War
U.S. troops helped Southern Koreans fight back against North Korea in order to prevent Communism, but later realized that the conflict was coming to a stalemate. By the end of the war, U.S. pulled out their troops while Korea ends up remaining divided. -
Dwight Eisenhower becomes president
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McCarthy hearings
The policy of McCarthyism, which acusing someone with false actusations of being communist -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
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Bay of Pigs
President Kennedy tried to overthrow Castro and the Communists in Cuba by planning a surprise attack on Cuba. The CIA trained the Cubans to overthrow Castro and his communists. Castro eventually finds out and prepare a counter-strike which was sucessful. 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. The mission was later declared insucessful -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin -
Kent State Protest
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a demonstration protesting the Vietnam War. -
Ronald Reagan becomes president
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Berlin Wall torn down
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Mikhail Gorbachev leads the Soviet Union
