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Red Scare
In the United States the recent immigrants and dissidents were involved in the red scare. because the Bolshevik Revolution which led many to fear that immigrants specially form, Russia, Southern Europe, and the eastern Europe overthrow the USA government and also because of the end of WW1 has ended which caused production needs to decline and unemployment to rise. and it ends in 1920 -
Truman Doctrine
The United states will provide political, military and economic assistance to all of the democratic nation's internal or external authoritarian forces. President Harry S. Truman presented this policy and provided military aid and economic aid. The United States gave money to greek and turkey and it ended in 1989 -
Marshall Plan
Other name for Marshall's plan is Economic Recovery. to help other countries with their economics. President Truman signed the Plan. U.S. helped other countries by giving them money. and it ends in 1991. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
U.S., British and Soviet Union divided and controlled Germany. So U.S. decided to go by air because the Soviet Union blocked the railroads and water access so the US use airplanes to transfer materials to west germany. -
Space Race
U.S. and The Soviet Union fought with each other to see who has the best technology in space. The United States the allines and the Soviet Union was involved in the Cold War. Both countries started to send their technology into space. it ended in December 25, 1991. -
U-2 Incident
a conformation between United States and The Soviet Union that began with the shooting down. the soviet union shoot down U.S. spy plane to get picture of deep inside soviet territory. it ended in 1991. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuba Launched a botched invasion at the bay of pigs in the south coast of cuba.president eisenhower approved the program that trained cuban exiles (people) for the invasion. they want to establish a non communist government to the United States. Bay of Pigs Invasion ends in April 20 , 1961. -
Berlin Wall
it is a wall the separates the west and east berlin. the purpose of the wall is to stop people going to the west from east berlin. East was controlled by communist Government of the german Democratic Republic and the west was controlled by the American, british and the french. the wall was broken on 9 November 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In the Cuban Missile Crisis the U.S. and the Soviet Union was involved. Cuban Missile Crisis is a direct and dangerous conformation between The United States and The Soviet Union during the Cold War. It started when U.S. intelligence discovered evidence of a general Soviet arms buildup on country Cuba. Where they were having 28 bombs during the routine surveillance flights. And september 4,1962 president John F. Kennedy issued a public warning against it. It all ended on October 29, 1962 -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
it is a treaty that is used to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology. the Soviet Union, the United kingdom, and the United States were involved in the Non-Proliferation Treaty. it is an agreement signed by several of the major nuclear and non-nuclear powers in 1968. this happens because both powers had an interest in slowing the pace of the arms race and limiting the competition in strategic weapons development. It ended on 11 may 1995. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
Perestroika and Glasnost is a political reform movement within the communist party of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. The Soviet Union and the MIkhail Gorbachev was involved in the Perestroika and Glasnost. it started when in May 1988 there was a new policy introduced that allowed for the creation of limited co-operative business within the Soviet Union. All of it ended in 1991.