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Draft Lottery
On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States conducted two lotteries to determine the order of call to military service in the Vietnam War for men born from 1944 to 1950 -
Iron curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Yalta conference
Yalta Conference was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. -
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How many years did the cold war last
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Truman Doctrine
gave 400 million in economic and millitary aid to Greece and Turky.
to fend off communism and stay free.
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Marshall Plan (ERP)
European recovory plan
16 countries receved aid
13 billion in aid given to rebuild western Europe offerd but soviet said no.
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Containment Policy
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. lasted from 1947 to 1989. -
Berlin Airlift
Airlift food and supplies into cities.
lasted about 11 months
stalin reopened supply lines.
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Nato
North antlantic treaty orginizaction
colletive security
support one annother millitary
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Korean War
imeline Description: The Korean War is often called The Forgotten War. It began when communist North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. When the war ended in 1953, Korea was still divided and it remains that way today. -
Sneek attack
In 1949, Congress dragged its feet in considering a $150 million dollar aid bill to South Korea. Syngman Rhee had so often talked about invading North Korea that US leaders feared giving him too much in the way of weapons. -
Seato
south east asian treaty us + 7 other nactions. orginizactions to prevent democracy.
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Domino Theory
In Southeast Asia, the U.S. government used the now-discredited domino theory to justify its involvement in the Vietnam War and its support for a non-communist dictator in South Vietnam. ... With the exception of Laos and Cambodia, communism failed to spread throughout Southeast Asia. -
Vietnam
Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
like the Truman doctrine but farther east.
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Presidents In The Cold War
Dwight D. Eisenhower. ...
Ho Chi Minh. ...
John F. Kennedy. ...
Nikita Khrushchev. ...
Joseph McCarthy. ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser. ...
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Berlin Wall
During the early years of the Cold War, West Berlin was a geographical loophole through which thousands of East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. It was thrown up overnight, on 13 August 1961. -
John Kennedy dies
The presidency of John F. Kennedy, also known as the Kennedy Administration, began January 20, 1961, when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on November 22, 1963, when he was assassinated, a span of 1,036 days. -
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President Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so. -
Star Wars
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
