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The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to help rebuild Western Europe and to try to stop the spread of Communism. America helped by giving economic support, around 12 billion dollars. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Soviets put a blockade in Berlin to try to starve and deprive allies in Berlin. The Airlift was a Huge plane that would fly in food to the citizens. -
NATO was formed
The rise in communism led 12 western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is an Intergovernmental military alliance. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. This is where tensions really rose between The US and The Soviet Union. The United Nations and The United States came to help South Korea, while China and The Soviet Union came to help North Korea. -
Vietnam War
South Vietnam was an allie of the U.S. and North Vietnam was an allie of USSR. This made the US fear if the North Vietnam won the wr other countries in South Asia would also fall to Communism. -
The Sputnik Crisis
The Sputnik Crisis was when America was shocked by The Soviet Unions success at launching the satellite. Sputnik was essentially harmless but caused fear because the same rocket that launched sputnik could possibly launch a nuclear missile anywhere. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was meant to gain popularity of a overthrow of Fidel Castro, but The United States failed miserably and humiliated the United States. -
The Berlin Wall was created
The Communist split up Germany into two sides, East and West Berlin. West was Democratic and East was communist, people would begin to flee from East to West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A U-2 spy plane discovered nuclear missile sites in construction, while flying over Cuba. A few days later Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba. -
The Fall of The Berlin Wall
"The spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West." - History.com This was when the cold war was spreading all throughout Europe
