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The VIetnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era and had a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It was fought between North Vietnam, with the communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, with the allies of United States and other anti-communist countries. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy from the U.S. President Harry Truman. It said that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling, into the Soviet. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was the American program to aid Europe. The United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Creation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.It was the first peacetime military alliance the United States had in the outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
China became Communist
The Communist Chinese Party was founded by Mao Zedong.This became very moving because they could influence other nearby countries to become communist. -
Korean War
The Korean War was between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea.The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea and the Republic of South Korea brought on this conflict that turned into the war. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was an organization of communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. It was a military treaty, which bound its signatories to come to the aid of the others, should any one of them be the victim of foreign aggression. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
An unsuccessful attempt by the United States backing Cuban extiles to overthrow the Government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. -
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Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was when the United States invaded Cuba and overthrow premier Fidel Castro. Which they were defeated by Castro's army. -
The Berlin Wall Goes Up
It was built by the German Democratic Republic. They built it so that the East Germans could not escape from the Solviet Union. -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union had ballistic missiles, armed with nuclear warheads in Cuba, 90 miles from the United States. Then President Kennedy established a blockade around Cuba to prevent a future Soviet buildup to happen. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was between the United States and the Soviet Union. They brought the world to the edge of a nuclear war. -
US sends man to the Moon
It was the First Moon Landing and the First Man to Walk on the Moon. The crew aboard Apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins. Armstrong took the first step on the moon. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
It was between the United States and the Soviet union on the issue of armament control. It consisted of talks and agreements called SALT 1 and SALT 2. -
Olympic Hockey Game
The team USA team defeated the Soviet team, who had won every world championship and Olympic tournament since 1954.
The United States won gold and it was called a miracle on ice. -
German Reunification/ Fall of Berlin Wall
Hungary decided to take it down and open the borders which made thousands of East Germans go to West Germany. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Failed attempts at reform, a standstill economy, and the success of the United States against the Soviet Union's forces in the war in Afghanistan.
