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Length of the Cold War
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Containment
When the U.S tried to keep communism from spreading to other countries. -
Iron Curtain
A border that seperated the Soviet controlled countries from the Allied forces. -
Greek Civil War
The democratic army of greece fought against the greek communist party for control of greece. -
Truman Plan
Truman thought that the U.S. should give aid to damaged countries and to the people that need it. -
UFO crash in Roswell
A "weather balloon" was the official government statement of the object. It is believed by many people to have been aliens. -
CIA was created
The CIA was created by the national security act. It is a controversial agency of the government. They are in charge of gathering information of other countries. -
Apartheid
It was when the south African people where segregated from the white people. -
Marshall Plan
A plan by the U.S. to give aid to European countries. -
Berlin Blockade
When the Soviet forces blocked off the Allied powers from delivering goods, so the Soviets gained control of part of Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
When Allied powers delivered goods to people inside of germany by airplanes. -
NATO
12 countries came together to form a group that will protect and aid each other if they got attacked. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Testing
The Soviet union got the technology to make an atomic bomb, and they surprised the U.S because we didn't think we could do it. -
Korean War
War between North and South Korea that the U.S eventually got involved in. -
Lodge act
A law that allowed for foreign soldiers to be recruited and able to fight for the U.S. and they where controlled by the U.S. -
Domino Theory
A speech delivered by president eisenhower saying that once they defeated Vietnam, all the other communist countries would fall. -
Warsaw Pact
The republic of Albania and the republic of Bulgaria signed a peace treaty that said they would also work together. -
Vietnam War
War between communist north vietnam and democratic south vietnam who was backed up by the U.S. Over many years the U.S. had a lot of casualties. -
Suez Canal Crisis
Confrontation between Egypt and Isreal who was accompanied by Britain and France. The United States and the United Nations was forcing Isreal and the other countries to withdraw from the fight. The Egyptians nationalised the Canal. -
Sputnik
The Soviet union launched a Satellite which started the space race between the U.S and the Soviet union. The satellite was only the size of a basketball. -
Great Leap Forward
When China made a reform to increase agricultural and industrial production of goods and food. -
OPEC
The largest producer of oil in the whole world. It is a lot of countries that make up OPEC -
Peace Corps
The peace corps was created because JFK persuaded some college students at michigan state to go to needy countries and help them out by giving aid. -
bay of pigs
Invasion of Cuban shores by the CIA -
John F. Kennedy assassination
President JFK was on his way to a luncheon with civic and business leaders in Dallas. He was shot in the head by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Tet offensive
A surprise attack from the north Vietnam forces, they attacked some important american bases. -
Watergate Scandal
Political scandal that Richard Nixon was involved in. They were accused of covering up and denying involvement in the cold war. -
1972 Olympics
A group of palestinian terrorists who took 11 Isreali athletes hostage and demanded for prisoners to be let go. -
The fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon marked the end of the war in Vietnam. The people's army captured the Capital, and all the American troops withdrew from Vietnam. -
Camp David Accords
Was a peace treaty between isreal and egypt. -
Ayatollah Khomeini
the leader of the islamic republic of iran. -
Iran Hostage Situation
Islamic militants and students took Americans hostage at the U.S embassy in Tehran -
Miracle on Ice
The United States hockey team pulled off a "miracle" by beating the USSR in the semi final of the Winter olympics. The Soviet team had won every championship and olympic tournament since 1954 -
Perestroika & Glasnost
Reforms that occured in Soviet Russia because they didn't have any technological advancements. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev who handed over the Soviet missile launching codes to Boris Yeltsin marked the end of the Soviet union and the Cold War. -
Chernobyl
A horrible nuclear accident that happened in Ukraine. Considered to be one of the worst nuclear disasters ever. It was an explosion that put nuclear particles in the air. -
Tiananmen square Massacre
A protest from some college students in Beijing which led to the chinese leaders to declare martial law. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
It was constructed in 1961 and it seperated west Berlin from east Berlin. The creation of the wall seperated many families. The day that it was tore down people celebrated and some reunited with their family. -
Reunification of Germany
When all the German States came together to form one country -
desert storm
Was a war that was supported by the United Nations because of the invasion of Kuwait from Iraq. Many forces from different countries came together to repel the Iraq troops. -
NAFTA
Treaty signed by the U.S, Mexico, and Canada that allowed for there to be periods of no tariffs.
