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Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
The Yalta and Potsdam Conferences were the two most important conferences in WWII. The major powers there were the U.S., Britan, and the Soviet Union. The countries decided to divide Germany into four zones. One for each of the major powers and one for France. Yalta 4-11, 1945. Potsdam July 17-August 2, 1945. -
Truman Doctrine
A foreign policy to stop the spread of communism. Started from a speech to the joint session of Congress from President Harry S. Truman. Picture en.wikipedia.org Video www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.html -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a U.S. program that provided aid to Western Europe after World War II. Picture en.wikipedia.org -
Berlin Airlift
After World War II, the Allies divided the city of Berlin into four zones. Russians in Berlin wanted it for themselves and closed all highways, railroads, and canals from West Berlin. They thought it would make it impossible for the people who lived there to get food or any other supplies and would eventually force the Allies out of the city for good. Instead of retreating from West Berlin, the U.S. and its allies decided to supply their zones of the city from the air. Picture en.wikipedia.org -
NATO
The movement of Communism in Europe motivated the United States and 11 other Western countries to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Picture www.moroccoworldnews.com -
1950's Society
The United States was the world’s strongest military power in 1950 It had a booming economy. Things like new cars and houses were available to more people. There was much conflict. The fight against communism in the U.S. and abroad was in full force. Picture msmcdushistory.pbworks.com -
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Space Race
The race to go to and explore space became a big competition between the Soviet Union and the United States, each side wanted to prove their technology, military, firepower, and economic system was superior. The Space race was ended on July 20, 1969, when America successfully landed on the moon. -
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Korean War
The Korean War began when about 75,000 soldiers from North Korea moved into the Republic of Korea to the south. This was the first military action in the Cold War. In July American troops entered the war on the side of South Korea. in July 1953, the Korean War ended. 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the war. Korea is still divided today. -
Warsaw Pact
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Eisenhower Doctrine
On January 5, 1957, because of the tense situation in the Middle East, President Dwight Eisenhower delivered a proposal to the U.S. Congress calling for a new American policy in the region. The Eisenhower Doctrine established the Middle East as a Cold War battlefield. Picture history.com -
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Nikita Krushchev leads the Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union in the height of the Cold War. He led the country from 1958 to 1964. Though he pushed a peaceful coexistence with the West, he started the Cuban Missile Crisis after he put nuclear missiles 90 miles from Florida. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was an attack on Cuba to try to remove Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba. The plan was to train and equip a guerilla army of Cuban exiles. On April 17, the Cuban exile brigade invaded Cuba at a spot on the island’s southern shore called the Bay of Pigs. Almost immediately, the invasion was a disaster. Picture www.history.com -
Berlin Wall
On August 13, 1961, The Communist government of the German Democratic Republic started to build a barbed wire and concrete wall between East and West Berlin. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western fascists from entering East Germany. The Berlin Wall stood until November 9, 1989, when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could go across the border whenever they liked. Picture en.wikipedia.org -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union had an intense 13-day standoff over Soviet nuclear missiles being moved to Cuba. The missiles were very close to the U.S. shores. The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kenndey eventually reached an agreement to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. Picture www.washingtonpost.com -
The Helsinki Act
The Helsinki act was a series of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union to decrease tension. The talks had some great success during the early 1970s. By 1975 progress came to a standstill. However, the Soviet Union and the United States meet again on August 1. the country's signed the Helsinki Final Act. The act created the CSCE. An organization that helped with economic issues, arms reduction, and the protection of human rights. historyned.blog -
1980 Olympic Boycotts
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced that the U.S. would boycott the Olympic Games that were to take place in Moscow in the summer. The happened after the Soviet Union failed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan before Carter’s February 20, 1980, deadline. Picture www.jeffpearlman.com -
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