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Truman Doctrine Creation
The Truman Doctrine was created to help aid foreign countries that did not support communism. It originated from a speech that President Truman gave before a meeting with congress. -
Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
The allies such as the US, UK, and France were providing food and other necessities to the people of West Berlin -
NATO
This organization was created as a treaty for the north atlantic area of the world and was to go against the Soviet Union. -
Trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg 1950-1953
The Rosenbergs were a couple who were convicted of espionage during the race for atomic weaponry. They were convicted of giving the Russians US and British atomic intelligence and were both put to death in 1953. -
Korean War 1950-1953
When the US fought to keep the South of Korea democratic while the North and Russia wanted to keep the nation communists. The war split the nation into two and made North and South Korea. -
Vietnam War 1954-1975
A war in which Vietnam was split in two and the US was in the south and Russia was in the north. The US wanted democracy and Russia and Vietnam wanted Vietnam to be communists. The war was unpopular in the US because it was the first televised war and showed the people what war really was. -
“Bay of Pigs” Invasion
The US tried to invade the Cuban government that rose up, but because of bad information, the US was unsuccessful in their attempts and were defeated. -
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
When Russia stationed missiles in Cuba near the US so that they were closer to the US and could reach the US if they decided to use them. -
Kennedy’s Assassination
The 35th president, John F. Kennedy was shot while in a parade in Texas. He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who was a former marine who took up marxist views. -
Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
On November 9, 1989 the Berlin wall fell marking the end of communism in Eastern Europe. -
Soviet Union Collapse
The soviet union was slowly being torn down but it finally became the final stage when a coup was made against them which then led to the Soviet Union collapsing.
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