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The Marshall Plan
The US plan to aid Europe and build their economies back up and gave 13 billion to them after World War 2. eventually made Eurpoe a more prosperous nation -
the Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman asked for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and. This would also guide U.S. diplomacy for the next 40 years. -
Creation of NATO
The first military alliance that the US entered outside of the western hemesphere. It was formed to build an alliance against Russia -
The Korean War
Started when North Korea launched a surprise attack on South Korea which claimed more than 3,000,000 lives. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of central and eastern Europe. It was the soviet military reaction to te integration of West Germany into NATO, and it prevented a large scaled invasion from the west. -
Soviets Launch Sputnik
It was the first man-made satellite that orbited the earth once every 98 minutes. it was a new age of space exploration and a huge step towards the future. -
Bay Of Pigs
This was an unsuccessful attempt by the US to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro. About 1300 exiles who were all armed with U.S. weapons, landed at the Bay of Pigs and by April 19th when the fighting ended, 90 of the exiles had been killed while the rest were taken as prisoners. -
US Sends a Man to the Moon
The Space Race initiated the US and the Soviet Union to compete for technological advancement, and when the US was the country to win by sending man to the moon first, it concluded the end of the space race. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
East Germans were fleeing to West Berlin, which threatened to destroy the economy of the East German state due to skilled workers, professionals and intellectuals leaving. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Photographs revealing missiles under construction in Cuba caused President Kennedy to organize the EX-COMM and concluded to impose a naval quarantine around Cuba. -
The Vietnam War
Conflict between the government of North Vietnam and The government of South Vietnam. This conflict started when North Vietnam desired to unify the entire country under a single communist regime, when South Vietnam fought to preserve a the country under westernized ideas. -
Six Day War
Israel was fighting against Syria, Jordan, and Egypt because israelies thought that these three Arab countries would organize a massive attack on their country of Israel.The air forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq were almost completely destroyed as well as many Egyptian tanks in the Sinai Desert. -
Nixon Visits China
This was a key factor to formally normalizing and de-sensitizing the relationship between China and the US. it allowed americans to see images of China for the first time in decades and it created an open-trade policy with China, which allowed goods to be traded freely between the two countries. -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased. Citizens brought hammers and picks and began manually tearing the wall down. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union fell when it was dissolved by the declaration N 142-H which acknowledged the independance of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.
