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The creation of the iron
the political, military, and ideological barrier erected -
The marshall plan
It was formally called the European Recovery Program -
The berlin airlift
western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to the city of Berlin through the air because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union -
Forming of NATO
the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union -
The korean war
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Forming of Warsaw pact
collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe -
Vietnam War
to prevent Communist domination of South East Asia. -
Sputnik
a period of public fear and anxiety in Western nations about the perceived technological gap between the United States and Soviet Union -
The u-2 incident
a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 -
Bay of pigs
when a CIA financed and -trained group of Cuban refugees lands in Cuba and attempts to topple the communist government of Fidel Castro -
Cuban Missle crisis
the almost started war with the sovient -
Creation of the berlin wall
to prevent its population from escaping Soviet controlled East Berlin to West Berlin
