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McCarthyism
the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. -
realpolitik
refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on power and on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than ideological notions or moralistic or ethical premises. -
polish revolution
The Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland was a major part of the Russian Revolution of 1905 in Russian-partitioned Poland -
United Nations
The united nations was formed to replace the league of nations. its perpouse is to protect nations from getting over run. -
Potsdam Conference
The potsdam conference was a huge confrence that all the mighty powers come to discuss major issues. The Main Nations where Thwe U.S.A , Britan, ans USSR. -
Iron Curtain Speech
This is a speech that winston churchill gave in mussouri to a crowd of about 40,000 people. Declaring the lliance between Britan and America. -
CIA
CIA was put in to action with the national seruirty act in 1947. they where put in place to protect the international secerts and high profile seruirty clearence. -
Truman Doctrine
this doctorin stated that america would support greece and turcky with econmic and mitary aid if needed. We gave them $400 million dollars. -
marshall plan
was the American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
berlin airlift
the Western Allies organized the Berlin airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Korean war
The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea. China supported north Korea and ans the US uupported South korea -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance ,more commonly referred to as the Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam.The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Speach that Eisenhower gave to to congress about what is going on in the middle east. The us was getting threated by other nations armys. -
sputnik
Sputnik was the first satilite that as launched in to space. the russians launched it to scare the nations. -
NASA
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was put in to place in 1958 to keep up with the thchnology boom that russia had. -
Alliance For Progress
in 1961 aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America. Governor Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico, was a close advisor on Latin American affairs. -
The Peace Crops
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The three main things that this does are providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture,and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. -
The Bay of PIgs
The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempet to take over cuba before the russians do . -
Berlin Wall built
The Berlin wall was built to seperate west Berlin from the comminuist side of berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the USSR tried to move nuclear war heds in to cuba. -
SALT 1 treaty
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks this Treaty was to rest the cold war super powers. -
Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War, ended direct U.S. military involvement, and stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. -
Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Declaration was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-op in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland. -
SDI
The Strategic Defense Initiative was to use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. -
Iran–Contra affair
as a political scandal in the United States that came to light senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. -
Berlin wall torn down
when the peopl of berlin tore down the berlin wall for there freedom. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
This is when The Soviet union fell apart and was np longer a threat to the US. -
Hungarian Revolt
was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies.
