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Time Span of the Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
GASPIRE+: Political
A doctrine that provided support to Greece and Turkey to keep them from falling to communism. The US provided economical, political and military aid to the countries to keep them from being communist. This doctrine is often said to be the start of the cold war between the Us and USSR. -
Cold War Artists
GASPIRE+: Artistic
Their motive was to use their to express their personal opinion on certain topics. And to use modernist art to show that American culture is superior to socialist realism. -
Peoples Republic of China
GASPIRE+: Geographic
Now sided with the Soviets the Chinese stopped the efforts of the UN to make all of Korea have free elections by pushing them back to the 38th parallel. -
First Hydrogen Bomb
GASPIRE+: Innovative
The hydrogen bomb is much more powerful that the Nuclear Bomb and its birth in the height of the Cold War caused the arms race between the US and USSR to become more fierce and competitive to become the worlds greatest power. -
Forming of Warsaw Pact
GASPIRE+: Political
The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. -
Bay of Pigs
GASPIRE+: Social
The Bay Of Pigs invasion refers to the CIA sponsored American attack of the Cuban government in order to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a tricky plan to execute as US was not in war with Cuba -
Berlin Wall Creation
GASPIRE+: Economic
To stop people from fleeing into West Berlin, which meant the eastern part was loosing workers. so to rectify the situation they built a wall. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
GASPIRE+: Religious
a Cold war confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union trough Cuba. The US attempeted to remove the communist leader in Cuba in an assualt called the Bay of Pigs which failed and left the US as the administer of the plot. -
Tet Offensive
GASPIRE+: Geographic
Vietnam campaign by the viet Kong against the forces of South Vietnam when no attacks were supposed to take place. The attack stunned the US and South Vietnam forces but they beat the communists back eventually. -
Helsinki Accords
GASPIRE+: Innovative
The final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe whose goal was to make better relations with communists and the west. The document produced was seen as significant in ending tensions and the Cold War. -
Moscow Olympics
GASPIRE+: Political
after the invasion of Afghanistan the Us and 65 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics. The result was a smaller Olympics with record Gold medal wins and female participation. Some athletes of the boycotting countries ;participated under the Olympic flag. -
Los Angeles Olympics
GASPIRE+: Social
After the boycotts of the Moscow Olympics the Russians were calling for the same thing at Los Angeles. They claimed there was anti-Soviet hysteria and the boycott was a security measure. This showed the tension between the US and USSR to the whole world. -
Yeltsin
GASPIRE+: Religious
Boris Yeltsin was a construction engineer who rose through the ranks of the Soviet Union to become a minor official. He was skeptical of the leadership of Gorbachev and openly disliked him. When Gorbachev tried to lower public opinion of Yeltsin he did the opposite and Yeltsin was made president in June 1991. -
Current Issue in Today's World
Ukraine is in a tense conflict currently, and has for the time being issued a treaty which is flimsy at best. Ukraine has decided to erect a wall along its border with Russia included. which is almost identical to what Germany did
