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The Truman Doctorine Is Established
This document declares the U.S. would provide support to all governments under the threat of communism. -
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The Cold War
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The Marshall Plan is Introduced
The Marshall Plan was introduced in order to help European nations recover and help tensions, as well as creating more allies. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the Russians blocking off areas of Berlin to the allies raising tensions. -
Creation of Nato
The United States, Canada, Britain, and other european nations, to ensure the security of those nations. -
The Start of The Korean War
The battle in which North Korea invaded South Korea at the 38th parallel to start a 3 year battle. -
End of the Korean War
Seven months after Eisenhower was inaugurated the Korean War an armistice was signed which ended the war -
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union, West Germany, Poland, and other nations in Asia and Europe, and raised tensions in response to Nato. -
The Eisenhower Doctorine
This doctrine states that European nations could request assistance from the United States. -
Sputnik launched in orbit
Sputnik was the first satellite launched into orbit by the Soviet Union and set them ahead in the space race. -
U2 incident
The U-2 incident was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.