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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy was a senator during the cold war. He thought that there was communist in America. Over five years he tried to uncover the people who were communist which started the red scare -
United Nations
This was formed so that countries have alliance with one another and to stop a potential ww3 -
Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare
Joseph McCarthy was a senate who would call people communists without actually knowing that they are communists. When the tried to find proof they found none and he was relieved -
Truman Doctorine
The Truman Doctrine was when Harry Truman would help all democracy countries. He would send Military, Political and economic help so they would not get taken over by the Soviet. Containment was when the U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism throughout the world. -
Marshall Plan
also known as the European Recovery Program.The plan raised 13 billion dollars to help the Europian .The marshall plan successfully helped the European gain trust with their wealth in the future. -
CIA
The CIA was formed to gather information from other countries. Most likely created at this time to keep an eye on Russia. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin airlift is when Berlin put a fence around the west part so no one could leave and get what they needed. The US, Britain and France helo the west Berlin people by sending supplies. The way they sent the supplies was by sending airplanes and dropping all the supplies to the people. Berlin wanted America and their allies to start a war but they never did and Berlin took the fence down after a year. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between communists North Korea and Democrats South Korea. When North Korea was pounding on South Korea; the United Nations took action and helped out the South Koreans. They never signed a peace treaty so technically they are still at war. -
Hawks and Doves
Hawks are people who are advanced in military power and are very aggressive. The doves are people that try to resolve the conflicts between international conflicts without any threats. Anybody could be on either side of you don't have to believe in any type. -
Space Race
The race is on between Russia and the United States. The Russians had the first man in space, but U.S. had the frist man on the moon. So America won that race. -
Sputnik
The Russian Communists launched a spacecraft called sputnik. It lasted for only 22 days until it ran out of feul. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam was a long tough war having to do with communism vs. anti-communism. Many people thought drafting for that war was unnecissary and many people critisized it. -
Bay of Pigs
the bay of pigs is when America tried to contain communism by trying to take over Fidel Castro. He was a prime minister of cuba and was a communist. Cuba got missiles from Russia so the US started to back off of Cuba. -
Iron Curtian
The iron curtian was a wall that was dividing europe into two sides. One side was communist and the other was non communists -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Russians threatened to bomb the east coast of U.S. from cuba, but JfK solved the problem using is brains and negotiating skills.
