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Red Scare
The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which led many to fear that immigrants, particularly from Russia.
Many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
After the Senate formally censured McCarthy, his political standing and power were significantly diminished, and much of the tension surrounding the idea of a possible communist takeover died down. 1954, Dec. 2 U.S. The Senate votes to condemn McCarthy. -
Truman Doctrine
The United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external.
The United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
The withdrawal of British assistance to Greece.
American national security now depended upon more than just the physical security of American territory. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe.
Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed That the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
The United States transferred $13.3 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.
Marshall Plan funding ended in 1951. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War.
It happened because of competing occupation policies and rising tensions between Western powers and the Soviet Union.
The incident solidified the demarcation between East and West in Europe. Its ended on May 12, 1949 -
Space Race
The Space Race began as an arms race between the respective militaries of the United States and the Soviet Union. World War II had demonstrated to the world that rocket technology would drive modern warfare, and as such the U.S. and Russia locked themselves in a race to have the most superior technology.
Respective militaries of the United States and the Soviet Union. Most historians agree that the space race ended on 20 July 1969 when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon for the first time. -
U-2 Incident
An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot,
President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) was forced to admit to the Soviets that the U.S. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been flying spy missions over the USSR for several years.
He ultimately spent less than two years behind bars. Powers received his freedom in February 1962, -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961
The Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an abortive invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro.
The failed invasion strengthened the position of Castro's administration. Its ended on April 17, 1961 -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic.
During the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall would prevent the West from having further influence on the East, and ultimately become the most iconic image of the Cold War in Europe. its ended on 11/09/1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, in Russian known as the Caribbean Crisis and in Cuba as the October Crisis.
October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. Its ended on October 29, 1962. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
During Glasnost, Soviet history under Stalin was re-examined; censored literature in the libraries was made more widely available; and there was a greater freedom of speech for citizens and openness in the media.
Glasnost allowed for economic expansion, while perestroika created political confusion. Glasnost led to revolutions in Soviet states, while perestroika created economic confusion. Glasnost resulted in the imprisonment of military leaders, while perestroika resulted in political freedom. -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. it ended on 11 May 1995.