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Battle of Berlin
The battle of Berlin was the first battle of the cold war. -
Marahall Plan
Economic European recovery plan, $ to build europe -
Truman Doctrine
Gave 400 million dollars in economic military aid to Greece and Turkey. -
Berlin Airlift
Airlift of food and supplies into the city, it lasted 11 months. -
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization , created alliance also. -
Agent Orange
something used in the war that killed plants and leaves. -
Purpose of Cold War
The purpose of the cold war was mainly caused because the Soviet Union and the US had different governmental beliefs; soviet was communist and the US had democracy. -
Democratic
this was a government where civilians owned their own companies and buisnisses. -
Containment
a united state's policy used to stop communism from spreading. There were several strategies used to prevent it from spreading. -
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The forgotten war
The Korean War (also known as the forgotten war) was a war between World war II and Vietnam war. -
SEATO
Southeastern Asian treaty organization (US and 7+ nations) -
Vietnamese People
At one point, the North Vietnamese citizens and South Vietnamese citizens helped each other out to go against the South Vietnamese troops which started the Vietnam conflict. -
Vietnam War
This was a war was against Vietnam and America, it was the second of the Indochina wars. -
Warsaw Pact
The soviets and their allies made a treaty to rival NATO. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like Truman Doctrine, but for the middle eastern. -
Space Race
A race to get to space between US and Soviet Union, soviets won. -
Sputnik
A Soviet satellite that wa the first to orbit the earth. -
Bay of Pigs
It was an invasion to try and overthrow Castro (faliure) -
JFK dies
John F Kennady is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. -
Lyndon B Johnson
He was the 36th president and was a politicitan. -
Soviets leave
Soviets leave afghanistan, theyre frustrated and beaten. -
Iron Curtain
The name of a boundary dividing Europe
