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Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology. Showed US stance against communism. -
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speech"
Winston Churchill--an iron curtain had descended across East and West Europe, separating Western democracies from Eastern, Communist countries; warned Americans of future conflict with USSR. The goal was to stop the spread of communism -
Berlin Blockade
The blockade was a Soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Airlift.
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Creation of NATO
Organization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. direct response to berlin blockade -
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Korean War
The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea, while the communists helped North Korea -
Sputnik Launched
instigated the space race between the USSR and US; this increased tensions between the two enemies
Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba
