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Joseph Mccarthy
A Republican senator that started the "Red Scare", a period when communists were thought to be everywhere, and were prosecuted on the spot. -
The Truman Doctrine
President Truman asked Congress asked for 400 million dollars in economic and military help for Greece and Turkey. This led to the protection against communist threats. This program, the Truman Doctrine, encouraged nations to resist communist threats. Jules and Ethel Rosenberg were convincted communist spies in 1951 and were put to death, this marked the brutality of this. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Soviets blocked off western Germany's allies from getting to Berlin via railroad, road, or canal. Instead of taking the Soviet's offer to drop the blockade, the Allies dropped supplies for the Germans to live off of -
NATO
Started as a small organization until the Korean War, NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Alliance. -
Korean War
The war between North and South Korea. the US sided with South Korea, and China and the Soviets sided with North Korea. North Korea and South Korea are split on the 38th Parallel by latitude. In Korea there were areas called Demilitarized Zones, places where it was forbidden to keep military forces or maintain military installations. General Douglas Macrthur led UN forcces during the war. The Inchon Landing was a pivotal moment in the war, as american marines landed on a very dangerous area. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty by eight communist states, signed in Poland in 1955, and allied all eight states. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A time when Soviet missiles were spotted in Cuba, capable of destroying any target in the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy planned to create a naval blockade, it was obvious the US was going to stop any threat to the country. This put a lot of pressure on President Kennedy to find a solution. Fidel Castro was leading his uprising, and used the Soviets to help him as he believed in Communism. -
Vietnam War Begins
The Vietnam War began in 1965 between North Vietnam, backed by the Soviets, China and other allies, and South Vietnam, supported by the US and other anti-communist countries. -
The Tet Offensive
When Viet Cong and North Vietnam forces launched attacks on more than 100 South Vietnam cities. -
Salt Agreement
The US suspected Russia of planning to launch missiles because of their new missile defense system around Moscow. Agreements to limit arms was signed later on. The term "detente" was used to describe this, detente being the easing of strained relations between countries. -
Glasnost
A policy that increased openness in the Soviet's activities, to prevent more incidents with weapons and whatnot, this was created by Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. -
Communism Collapses
In 1989, the biggest sign of division fell, the Berlin Wall. Germans took the wall down and broke the division. And the fear of the Soviets receded drastically. -
Book Citation
Prentice, Hall. "Chapter 28 - Cold War Era." The American Nation. N.p.: Prentice Hall, n.d. 850-58. Print.
