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The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal was a man-made waterway in Egypt. It connected the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare was when the United States was scared because they heard claims of turning their government into a Communist government. -
Presidents in Office
Henry Truman was the president during the Cold War serving for nearly eight years. -
The Yalta Conference
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill discussed what was going to happen to Germany post war. -
End of WWll
Allies invaded France and the Soviets were coming East. Germany surrendered May 1945, and Japan September 2,1945. -
The Creation of the United Nations
It was created to take the place of the ineffective League of Nations, and it was created to prevent another war. -
The Long Telegraph
George Kennan had sent the US a 8,000 word telegram stating that he hated Communism and the Soviet government. -
Iron Curtain
A boundary that divided Europe into two separate areas from the end of WWll until the Cold War ended in 1991. -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave over $13 billion to help rebuild Western Europe's economic problems. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access in Berlin. -
Truman Doctrine
It was the American foreign policy stating that the Soviets can't force another country into using their form of government. -
The Creation of NATO
Created by the United States, Canada, and other Western European countries to provide security against the Soviet Union. -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
The Korean War
The war was between North and South Korea, and it started when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of battles along the border. -
Duck and Cover
Duck and Cover was a film that all schoolchildren watched in the United States. It was showing them what to do when a nuclear explosion happens. -
The Rosenbergs
The Rosenbergs were accused of telling the Soviets secrets about the United States atomic bomb. -
The Warsaw Pact
Was a collective defense treaty that was signed by the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
A Middle Eastern country request American economic assistance from the US military if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
U-2 Incident
CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers was flying a U2 spy plane deep in Soviet territory and the Soviets shot it down.
