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Truman Doctrine
March 12, 1947
truman doctrine, president harry s truman had established that the u.s would provide them with political,military and economic assistance to all nations that were under the threat from the external or internal forces -
Marshall Plan
April 3, 1948 Marshall Plan it was named for the sectary of the state gorge marshall which in 1947 had proposed that the u.s.provides economic assistance that would help them restore the economic infracture of postwar Europe -
Korean War
june 25,1950-july 27,1953
this war was when the northern koren people's armies had invaded south koren which lead to a gerenal attack. there was a line that divided communist north Korea from the non communist republic -
Space Race/Sputnik
October 4, 1957 the soviets had successfully launched sputnik. the world's first artificial satellites.they also figured they could launch military weapons at the united states -
Bay of Pigs
April 17, 1961 - April 20, 1961 it was a failed attack that was launched by the CIA that was during the Kennedy administration that was to push a Cuban leader named fidel castro from power -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
December 24,1979 the soviet war was a protracted armed conflict that had fought in the democratic republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989.they had pretext of upholding the soviet friendship treaty of 1978