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Cold War
the intense competition for global power and influence -
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Arms Race
a competition to develop and manufacture ever mroe pwoerful and destructive weapons -
Truman Doctrine
established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin ordered a blockade cutting off energy and roads/railroads to Berlin -
NATO creation
10 western european countries, US, and Canada formed NATO for mutual protection -
Korean War
first major proxy war
America and Soviet Union unable to decide the type of government that Korea should have
The North was able to get a communist government while South Korea would have a government that favored capitalism -
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Vietnam War
When the Vietnamese gained their independence from France, they would have elected their new president, Ho Chi Minh. Ho Chi Minh was a supporter of communism and also the leader of the independence movement. Backed by a few hundred military advisers from the US, anti-communist leaders took control of Southern Vietnam. Communist rebels attacked Southern Vietnam waging a guerilla war. Kennedy increased the number of military advisers in Vietnam to 16,000. -
Warsaw Pact creation
Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, East Germany, alliance to help when they were attacked. (ALLIANCE) -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 Cubans exiles landed on a Cuban Beach in the Bay of Pigs in April 17th, 1961.The Cuban people did not rise up in revolt, and the invaders were quickly killed or captured. -
Ronald Reagan
US president
Ronald Reagan had no doubts on fighting communism. Reagan announced the Soviet Union as the "evil empire" and greatly increased military spending. In his second term, his attitude against the Soviet Union softened because of the new Soviet Union leader named Mikhail Gorbachev. -
Mikhail Gorbachev takes office
NEW SOVIET UNION PRESIDENT
Gorbachev began a policy of glasnost, which lead to increased freedom of press, speech, and religion. He agreed to reduce number of their nuclear weapons with Kennedy. -
Poland gains independence
Poland freely elected a non-communist government.
