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End of World War II/
Conflicts between nazi and rest of world end while conflicts between democrat and communist beliefs
rise. This also started the arms race, a competition to develop and manufacture more and more powerful weapons. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman declared that the US would help and democratic nations in need by providing them political, military and economic assistance -
Marshall Plan
The US sent vast amount of money to 16 other countries to try to turn them back democratic -
Berlin Blockade/ Airlift
The blockade was to drive the allies out of Berlin by starving them by creating
The airlift was when they airlifted food and supplies into the blockaded part of Berlin to stop Stalin from winning -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
An alliance between ten Western European countries, the US, and Canada that said any attack against any one of these countries would be seen as an attack against them. -
Korean War
The Korean war was the first major proxy war that was caused by the disagreement on what type of government to have between North ans South Korea -
Warsaw Pact
called for military cooperation among communist countries in Europe -
Cuba
Castro takes over and creates Communist armies. -
Berlin Wall
It was a wall to try to stop east Germans from escaping to West Berlin to get out of the communist part of Germany -
Mikhail Gorbachev
A new Soviet leader who took office in 1985. He tried to improve the Soviet Union with new laws like glasnost which gave increased freedom of the press, religion, and speech.
