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Truman Doctrine
United States will provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
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Cold War
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Marshall Plan
American grant to help rebuild European countries -
COMECON
Established the soviet union -
NATO
North American Treaty signed -
Korean War
North Korea, aided by the Soviets, invade South Korea. Because of the Truman Doctrine, America fought on South Korea's side. No treaty was ever reached, and the two nations are in a ceasefire to this day. -
First H bomb
The US detonates the first thermonuclear device, a fusion bomb, and provided a small advantage in the nuclear arms race. -
Minuteman IIs put in North Dakota.
Allowed for quick strikes to Russia. Made it a prime target for attack. -
Warsaw Pact
Formation of the Soviet Union, but also allowed it to gain allies and form a bond similar to NATO -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Countries could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
Sputnik
Russians send first satellite into orbit -
Krushchev Elected
Kruschev takes Stalin's place; repeals his oppressive laws. -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba -
U2 Incident
U2 Spy plane shot down over Russia. -
Yuri Gagarin
He was the first human in space. He was a pilot on the Vostok I and the Soyuz I -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 people exiled from Cuba, were sent back in by the United States. The invasion was botched from the start, and the entire operation failed. -
Berlin wall Built
Berlin separated into east and west -
Tsar Bomba test
Russians test the largest nuclear device. -
Cuban Embargo
After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy imposed an embargo on Cuba, banning trade with the island nation. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Could have caused nuclear war -
John F Kennedy
POTUS during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Made a deal with Krushchev that led to the end of the cold war. -
JFK dead
Kennedy assassinated in Dallas. -
Johnson
Vice President Johnson sworn in; calls for day of mourning. -
Moon landing
Neil Armstrong becomes first human to set foot on the moon, closing the missile gap between the US and the USSR -
Vietnamization
Strategy to make Vietnam a democratic state. -
SALT
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaties (SALT) was a conference involving the USSR and the United States to slow down the arms race. -
Détente
Russia lowers hostility towards US -
Perestroika
Russian reform system -
Glasnost
Removing of media restrictions in Russia -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Civilians, convinced by a gag news report, took sledgehammers, cars, shovels, and other tools and tore down the wall by hand, reunifying Germany after twenty years of isolation. -
Putin becomes president
Putin becomes the president of Russia. eases transgressions against other countries
