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GI Bill
created help for vets. Helped establishing hospitals . helped payed for tuition for vets or vets family attending college. -
Truman Doctrine
gave money to country that needed economic aid but pressured them into non communistic beliefs. -
Marshall Plan
known as the Economic recovery plan. Gave money to rebuild Western Europe after the war. paying them to not be communistic. -
NATO
Was a treaty that decreased tension between basically the whole north Atlantic and everyone else. Also known as The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Berlin Airlift
the solution to not bring able to triad with Berlin anymore we flew stuff in. Because of the threat of communism overpowering the US. -
Korean war
The us came to the aid of south Korea. splitting Korea in two one staying communist and one joined with the United states. This was a victory and a defeat for us because while now we are joined with south Korea north Korea still remains communistic. -
Brinkmanship
The idea of pushing the enemy to the breaking point of war and them backing down. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Pact, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance. Between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. This made them look like a threat of communism to the US. -
Interstate Highway system
is a network of controlled-access highways that forms a part of the National Highway. opened up how quickly people from everywhere can travel and how many places they can go. people stated moving -
Sputnik
The first satellite launched into orbit by the Russians. This created the space race because the USA saw they where surpassing us in Space technology making the US work harder and eventually make it first to the moon. -
U-2 Indecent
Happened when a US spy plane was shot down while in soviet air space. This stated the war and angered the USA. -
Bay Of Pigs
Was a failed Military invasion of Cuba. This victory gives the Cubans confidence of beating us. Big loss for the CIA who trained and payed for the attack. -
Berlin Wall
constructed by the German Democratic Republic who created it to separate communist and non communist in a peaceful matter. wanting to keep communist out in a short term effect. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
We did not like that there was Cuban Missiles right next to us so president JFK told them that they must remove them . They did but it created tension between our contrary. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
banding the using of weapons above ground. created tension
