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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign Policy created to counter Soviet Union geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to congress by President Harry S. Truman when he pledge to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. American military forced was usually not involved but congress gave free gifts of financial aid to support the economies and the militaries of Greece and Turkey -
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Marshall plan
The Marshall plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of WW2. The plan was in operation for four years. -
Organization (NATO)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states.
The Organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. Three NATO members ( United states, France, and The United Kingdom) are permanent members of the United Nation security council with the power to veto. -
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Korean War
The Korean war began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean's people's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic people's republic of Korea to the North and the Pro-Western Republic of Korea to the South.
This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By july, American troops had entered the war on South Korea's behalf. -
Election of Eisenhower
The united states presidential election of 1952, was that nation's 34 presidential election.
republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory, ending a string of democratic party wins that stretched back to 1932. He carried the republican party to narrow control of the house and senate. During this time, cold war tension between the United states and Soviet union was at a high level. -
Election of Kennedy
The united states presidential election of 1960, was the 44th quadrennial presidential election. the democratic party nominated John F Kennedy, U.S senator from Massachusetts.
Kennedy benefited from the economic recession of 1957-58, which hurt the standing of the incumbent Republican party, and he had the advantage of 17 millions more registered Democrats than Republican. -
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a gardier concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany) the barrier cut off by land West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
The Berlin wall was officially referred to as the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart, implying that the NATO countries and West Germany were equal to fascist. -
Election of Nixon
The united states presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election.
The republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, won the election. The election of 1968 was a major realigning election as it permanently disrupted the New deal Coalition that had dominated presidential politics for 36 years.
the election year was tumultuous; it was marked by the assassination of civil rights movement leader Martin Luther king and more leaders. -
Election of Ford
Ford served as the 38th president of the United states.
Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward Detente in the Cold war, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure -
Election of Carter
The United States presidential election of 1976 was the 48th quadrennial presidential election. The winner was Jimmy Carter, a former Governor from Georgia.
Carter ran as a washington outsider, reformer, and won a narrow victory. He was the first president elected from the Deep South since Zachary Taylor in 1848
