Cold war

cold war

  • GI BIll

    GI BIll
    the GI Bill effected the war because it gave the veterans a reward for serving the country. the veterans were given GI bills to help with housing, education...
  • National Security Act

    National Security Act
    Was a major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. this had an effect on the war because the US had the CIA, and DEA that were created because of this act.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe. this effected the war because it should the soviets/communist that the allies were not as weak as they thought. this also helped rebuild Europe.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift
    At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. this effected the war because it put the allies in each zone, this soon lead to the Berlin wall.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War. This effected the war because it spread politics throughout the world.
  • Nato

    Nato
    NATOs effect on the war was the treaty of North Atlantic Treaty.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China, with assistance from the Soviet Union, came to the aid of North Korea. This had an effect on the war because it should the world that US wont stand communism trying to take over the US and other nations.
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine
    The promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. This effected the war because the us promised to support the ones that didn't want to be communist and would fight for them.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball. This had an effect on the war because it started the exploration and the race first to the moon.
  • u-2 Incident

    u-2 Incident
    The U-2 Incident is an event that changed Russia/USSR view on the US, due to the finds of the spy plane. the spy plane is was from the United States. the spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. This effected the war because it showed that US was spying on the soviets.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group. this could have effected the war because Cuban fighters were trying to take back Cuba.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Cuban missile crisis was apart of the war because it was almost the starting of the cold war due to the USSR placing bombs/weapons in Cuba. This effected the war because this threatened the US because soviets placed weapons that could reach the white house.
  • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
    The nuclear test ban treaty is a treaty that banned above ground testing of bombs. This effected the war because it banned all nations to test nuclear bombs or weapons above ground.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    the Berlin Wall effected the war because it separated Berlin from the east and west. This was the symbol of communism because it separated communist and the allies. This effected the war because it separated the zones from the eats to west/ allies and communist.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    The Warsaw Pact effected the war because it created a treaty between Russia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Albania.This effected the war because it united the communist countries in the east.