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Presidents in Office
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
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The Yalta Conference
Was set to discuss Europe's post war state. They agreed to divide Germany in to 4 parts and sharing it amongst the four countries. -
End of WWII
Japanese Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs to surrender to U.S on the USS Missouri -
The Creation of the United Nations
It was established to maintain world peace and security
The objectives of the UN were to save the world from wars, maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and achieve international co-operation -
The Long Telegraph
Sends an 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West -
Marshall Plan
Provided $12 Billion of econmic stimulus to help rebuild European countries -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
West Berlin was blocked off by the Soviet Union in order to strangle the Allied forces. In order to combat this, the United States began to airlift supplies into the Western-controlled portions of Berlin. -
Truman Doctrine
Designed to support anti-communists and resist the spread of communism -
The Creation of NATO
Protection of nations existing in the North Alantic region apart of the Treaty -
The Red Scare
Hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare -
McCarthyism
the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. -
The Korean War
The North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea -
Duck and Cover
A civil defense training film that was widely distributed to United States schoolchildren in the 1950s. It advised students on what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion. -
The Rosenbergs
Were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw fact was a military alliance between all of the communist east European countries. It was designed as a response to NATO. Members were to support each other if attacked. -
The Suez Canal
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Declared the right of the US to help, on request, any nation in the Middle East trying to resist armed Communist aggression
Sent US troops to Lebanon to fight against their government -
U-2 Incident
Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S.
