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Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill delivers the speech in the United States. He is concerned about Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. The Iron Curtain is the division between Capitalism Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe. He wanted America to take a bigger role in Soviet aggression -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry Truman asked Congress $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked off the Western Allies railway,roads, and canal entrance to Berlin under Western control. -
Marshall plan
The American imitative passed to aid Western Europe which the United States gave $12 billion US dollars in economic assistance to rebuild Western Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
After the Soviets blockade all entrances,the Unites States used airlifts to deliver food,water,and medicine to the citizens.For the last 10 years planes use to come in through the city every 2 seconds. -
Communists take over China
The Communist Party was led by Mao Zedong which ended with the proclamation of the people's republic of China -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also NATO is an alliance that includes the 29 member states from North America and Europe. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. -
Vietnam War
The Resistance war against America which was also an undeclared war in Vietnam,Laos,and Cambodia. -
Revolt in Hungary
The Soviets invaded Hungary with its imposed policies.The Hungarians began to protest and using vans to speak out loud.They also used radio buildings to broadcast against the Soviets. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite,it was orbiting Earth for three weeks before the batteries,then orbit Earth silently for two months until landing back on earth. -
Great Leap Forward
A economic and social created by the Communist Party of China.This changed the lives of the Chinese which included the agricultural collectivization. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between the Unites States and the Soviet Union after the United States found out about the Soviets launching missiles in Cuba. -
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976 -
Revolt in Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia and led the Warsaw Pact troops to take down reformist trends in Prague. -
Apollo program
The program that was designed to bring humans back to Earth safely,only six of the missions achieved this goal.
