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Presidents in Office
During Harry Truman's years as president, he attempted to contain the spread of communism as The Cold War heated up. -
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The Red Scare
Widespread fear by a society or state about potential rise of communism,anarchism, or radial leftism. Occurred immediately after WWl -
the Long Telegraph
George Kennan, the American charge d'affaires in Moscow, sends an 8,000 world telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union & the U.S. policy toward the communist state -
the Yalta Conference
The purpose was to shape a post-war peace plan to give self-determination to the liberated people of post Nazi-Europe. Was intended to mainly discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
end of WWII
Most global war in history; involved more than 10 million people from 30 different countries. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. -
the creation of the United Nations
A intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. At its founding the UN had 51 member states and now they're at 193 states. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. Truman pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
International crisis that arose from an attempt from the Soviet Union to force Western allies to abandon their post-World War ll jurisdictions in West Berlin -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the U.S. gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western Europe economies after the WWII -
the creation of NATO
The prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the U.S. & 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
McCarthyism
the practice of making accusations pf subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence -
Duck and Cover
civil defense training taught to children if there were a nuclear expolsion -
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The Korean War
A war between North & South Korea. Started because North Korea invaded South Korea -
The Rosenbergs
U.S. citizens who were executed because they were evicted of being espionage's for the Soviet Union -
the Warsaw Pact
Was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and 7 Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe -
Eisenhower Doctrine
A Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from the U.S. military forces if it was being threaten by armed aggression. -
U-2 Incident
A U.S. U-2 spy plane was shot while in Soviet airspace.The aircraft flown by Central Intelligence pilot Francis Gary Powers was performing photographic aerial reconnaissance when it was hit by an S-75 Dvina & crashed near Sverdlovsk. -
The Suez Canal
Artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt,connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. -
Iron Curtain
the national barrier separating the former Soviet block & the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe
