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House of Un-American Activities Committee
This committee hunted down potential communist and added tensions in the cold war because the public was afraid of becoming a communist nation -
Berlin Wall
This added tension to the cold war by stopping all movement out of east and west Germany and blockading berlin. -
Truman Doctrine
This added tension to the cold war because it wanted to stop the spread of communism to other country's -
Marshall Plan
This decreased tensions in the country's under this plan because it added money to their economy to rebuild their nation in hopes they would not become communist -
Berlin Airlift
This added tension because the US was flying supply planes over USSR controlled territory and could have lead to war if the planes was shot down -
NATO
This was a alliance during the cold war that if actual fighting broke out the country's would go to war with the other -
Korean War
This added tensions to the cold war because it was a conflict to convert south Korea to a communist state and ended in a stale mate -
Warsaw Pact
This was a alliance of communist nations in the cold war which would go to war if one was attacked -
Interstate Highway Act
This act to improve highways would increases tensions because the US would be ready and more open to conflict during the cold war -
Eisenhower doctrine
This would increase tensions during the cold war because it stated that the US would support any country which opposes communist rule and would supply economic and military aid -
Sputnik
This would increase tension because people did not understand what the satellite did and would lead to the space race -
U-2 Incident
would increase tensions because a U-2 spy Plane was shot down over Russia -
Bay of Pigs
Would increase tensions because this failed invasion of Cuba was traced back to the US -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This would increase tensions because for 13 days Cuba had nuclear missiles supplied by the USSR -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
This decreased tensions because it banned testing above ground
