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Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
The United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This confirmed that the United States had highly advanced technology. -
Truman Doctrine
This was a doctrine that said the U.S. should give support to countries to other countries threatened by Soviet Control. This was seen as an open declaration of war. -
SALT
This was a meeting that the United States had with the Soviet Union about weapons and tension. It was held in Vienna where they had accomplished an agreement. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was when the Soviet Union blocked all of Berlin off to the Americans so they could not bring supplies to their people. The Americans retaliated by constantly flying planes back and forth to drop supplies and much more. -
MArshall Plan
This was a plan made to help contain communism in Europe. The Americas were to help countries in Europe -
NATO
This is a group that was formed by Democratic countries found in eastern Europe and the west. This was formed to help stop communism and protect smaller countries. -
Korean War
The Korean War is when the communist North was wanting to fight and take over the South. The United States had joined this war to help fight against the communists. -
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Korean War
The Korean War is when the communist North was wanting to fight and take over the South. The United States had joined this war to help fight against the communists. -
Truman
33rd president of the united states. He had made the Truman doctrine and was the president during part of WWII -
Domino Theory
This is the theory that any country taken over by soviet control had the possibility of spreading that control to other countries near it. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is when the North and South had gone to war because the North had invaded. The United States intervened because of communism. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is when the North and South had gone to war because the North had invaded. The United States intervened because of communism. -
Warsaw Pact
This is an organization that was formed by former Soviet states. This was the other big competitor in the cold war. -
Space Race
The Space race is when the United States and the USSR started to compete to who can make it into space first. They had been making rockets and trying to figure out who can make it to space first. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the USSR put missiles in Cuba. The United States was not ok with this because it was to close. -
MAD
This was an idea that if one nuclear power attacked the other then they could both be mutually destroyed by all-out nuclear war. -
JFK
JFK was the 35th president of the United States. He was the youngest president ever and he was ultimately assassinated. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was an aerial attack that was performed by the Americans they had used bombs on Vietnam. They had killed and destroyed homes. -
1st man on the moon
Neil Armstrong an American astronaut was the first man to step foot on the moon. He was sent up in the successful Apollo 11 mission. -
Nixon
37th president of the United States. He had been involved in the Vietnam war. -
Vietnamization
This is when they started to pull the troops out of Vietnam. They had started to put more blame on the South Vietnam people -
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a Cuban politician who was a communist. He had allowed for the missiles to be placed in Cuba. -
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Soviet Afghan War
This was a war fought in Afghanistan between the Soviets and Afghans. This was more of a useless War which caused both sides to lose money and lives. -
Mujahideen
They were guerilla fighters in Afghanistan. They were mainly fighting against non-Muslim fighters. -
Star Wars
This is a defense system that the United States wanted to implement. It would have put lasers in space that could shoot down missiles. -
Chernobyl
This was a nuclear disaster. This was an accident that caused the nuclear power plant in Ukraine to explode. This had caused extreme amounts of radiation through out the area. -
Reagan
40th united states president. He had been the president during a major part of the cold war. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
This is when the Berlin wall had finally fallen to protesters. This made Berlin united and showed the metaphorical falling of the iron curtain. -
Iron Curtain
This is the divide between the communist European countries and the democratic European countries. This had finally fallen when the Berlin Wall fell. -
commonwealth of independent states
This was a group of Countries in Eurasia. They were formed after the fall of the Soviet Union.