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End of WWII
As the allies gained victory against the axis, Adolf Hitler commits suicide and Germany is forced to surrender. Twenty Two German leaders were prosecuted at the Nuremberg trials. Also the same trials were held in Tokyo as 25 Japanese leaders were charged. Germany was split in 4 sections for the 4 most powerful countries on the Allies side. -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Yalta, a soviet resort on the Black Sea, to plan the postwar world. The key issues discussed there was Poland's government. -
The Creation of The United Nations
50 countries came to San Francisco to the organize the United Nations to design its charter. The permanent member of the security council were Britain, France, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States. -
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The Red Scare
The Red Scare, which started during or after WWI, was the fear of Communists trying to take over the war. People feared that spies were trying to infiltrate the American government. -
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Presidents in Office
President Truman mainly focused on recovery plans and stood against war reparations. Meanwhile, Eisenhower focused on brinkmanship and massive retaliation. -
Truman Doctrine
In Truman's speech he outlined his policy known as the Truman Doctrine. The doctrine's goal was to aid those who worked to resist being controlled by other. It also pledged the United States to fight the spread of communism world wide. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Easter Europe after World War II. -
The Long Telegram
The Long Telegram was a message by George Kennan that was thousands of words long. On February 22,1946, he responded to soviet behavior and explained his views a=on the Soviet with this telegram. -
Marshall Plan
George C. Marshall proposed this European recovery plan which would give European nations American aid to rebuild their economies. Truman saw this as an essential for containment. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
The Berlin airlift began in June and continued through spring of the next year, delivering more than 2 million supplies to the city. They used this method because the Soviet's put a blockade on West Berlin hoping to force the U.S to reconsider their decision on war reparations. -
The Creation of NATO
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a mutual defense alliance. This alliance included the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, and Iceland. They agreed to come to the aid of any member attacked. -
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The Rosenburgs
The Rosenberg's accused of being spy's for the Soviet Union and were charged with espionage. They were condemned to death. -
McCarthyism
Senator McCarthy proclaimed that Communists were a danger to home. He distributed a book full of Democratic leaders who he had accused of corruption and of protecting Communists. -
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Korean War
After World War II, the Americans and the Soviets entered Korea to disarm Japanese troops that were stationed there. They soon divided at the 38th Parallel latitude. Soviet Union controlled North and the Americans controlled the South -
Duck and Cover
To prepare for any surprise attacks from the Soviet, schools created bomb shelters and held drills to teach students to "duck and cover" to protect themselves. They made people feel safer even though it would not protect them from nuclear radiation. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance formed in Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union to balance the formation of NATO -
The Suez Canal
Eisenhower wanted to prevent Arab nations from aligning with the Soviet Union. To build an alliance, Dulles offered to help Egypt finance the reconstruction of a dam over the Nile river. The deal ran into to trouble since Egypt bought weapons from Communists so Dulles had to withdraw the offer. After that week Egyptian troops seized control of the Suez canal from a French company which led to the invasion of Egypt by British and French troops. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was the policy of -
U-2 Incident
Before a summit in Paris, The soviet union shot down an American spy plane named the U-2. Eisenhower claimed that it was a weather plane that had run off course but lied. Eisenhower refused to apologize.
