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Red scare
The democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union became engaged in a series of largely political and economic clashes known as the Cold War.
Because intense rivalry between the two superpowers raised concerns in the United States that Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America might actively work as Soviet spies and pose a threat to U.S. security.
Ends in 1945. -
Truman Doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces ended in 1952. -
Marshall plan
Marshall plan President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. 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 and Marshall Plan funding ended in 1951. -
Berlin Blockade
BERLIN, Germany's wartime capital was the prickliest of all issues that separated the United States and Soviet Union during the late 1940s. The city was divided into four ZONES OF OCCUPATION like the rest of Germany. -
U-2 Incident
Eisenhower offers Soviet leader Nikita.
This consisted of flying through the skies to spy on nuclear sites.
But this ends when the United States plane (U-2) is shot down by the Soviets in 1960. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A CIA operation with Cuban exiles seeking to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Three American-made planes flown by Cubans bombed Cuban air bases.
When President John F. Kennedy learned of the invasion plan, he concluded that Fidel Castro was a Soviet client who represented a threat to all of Latin America.
The ultimate goal was the overthrow of Castro and the establishment of a US-friendly non-communist government.
This fails and ends in April 20, of the same year, 1961. -
Berlin wall
The Soviets decided to seal all land routes going into West Berlin.
Stalin gambled that the Western powers were not willing to risk another war to protect half of Berlin.
The Allies were tired, and their populations were unlikely to support a new war. -
cuban missile crisis
The United States (Kennedy) learned that the Soviet Union was about to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.
The exiles believed air support would come from the United States, but Kennedy refused. Many of the rebels were shot, and the rest were arrested. A great victory for Fidel Castro.end 1982 -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
It is the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Because thanks to this it would encourage cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and promote the objective of nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.
Prevented the proliferation of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
Has been in force since March 5, 1970. -
Space Race
It was a space race during the Cold War, where the Americans and Soviets competed to demonstrate superiority in technology and intellectuality.
Because they wanted to become the first nation to send a human being into space.
The parallel effort of both countries was assumed before the competition, leading to the start of the race.
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Perestroika and Glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985
GLASNOST was the entry of Western ideas and products to the USSR for Soviet officials.
PERESTROIKA was an initiative that allowed limited market incentives for Soviet citizens.
Gorbachev emphasized the need for a faster turnover of political personnel and a policy of democratization to open up new opportunities.
Ends in 1991