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Red Scare
The second red scare was after WW2 and it was sparked by the continuous expansion of communism in China and some European countries. -
The Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was a meeting of the leaders of the Allied powers to discuss post war arrangements. This decided what governments would be set up in conquered European countries. The declaration of liberated Europe was discussed there as well. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was the continuation of the Yalta conference when President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin met to discuss the borders of Germany and the all of the other post war agreements. -
End of World War 2
This was the day that the negotiations of surrender began and it marked the end of the 2nd world war. -
The creation of the UN
The UN was created to prevent the start of another world war and to prevent any other conflicts -
The long telegram
The long telegram was a long telegram written by George Kennan to tell people exactly what the U.S wanted. George hated communism. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain speech was delivered by Winston Churchill expressing his thoughts of the Soviet Union isolating themselves and any country that they had control of. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Truman made a statement saying that he would assist any country that was facing takeover by communists -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was suggested to give aid to the economy of recovering Germany. Josef Stalin directly opposed this. -
West Germany is formed
France and the U.S and the UK decided to merge their territories of Germany and form Western Germany -
Berlin is blocked
The Russians were not happy about Western Germany being made so they cut off all means of getting into Berlin to starve the people of Western Germany. The blockade failed when the U.S dropped off supplies by means of planes. -
NATO is formed
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization -
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Korean war
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McCarthyism
McCarthyism was made by Joe McCarthy who spread fear about communism and used this fear to start random witch hunts and destroy the reputation of others. -
The Korean war
The Korean war started when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Duck and Cover
Duck and Cover drills were made to train people to be prepared if the Soviet Union struck out with a nuclear attack. -
The Rosenbergs
The Rosenbergs were a communist couple who were accused of espionage and were executed for conspiracy against the U.S. They never confessed that they were guilty. -
The Warsaw Pact
The rival alliance of NATO for pro communism purposes. -
The Suez Crisis
France and Britain tried to invade Egypt because it was nationalized. The world leaders were not happy about this and they made France and Britain pull out of the invasion. -
Eisenhower doctrine
allowed the middle east to call for aid from the U.S if they were being threatened with aggression. -
U-2 incident
U.S spy plane shot down. Eisenhower tried to cover it up but he was revealed. -
U-2
U.S spy plane is shot down and the attempt to cover it up fails
