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Second Red Scare
The Second Red Scare was a political campaign in the late 1940’s through the 1950’s that focused on the persecution and political suppression of left-wing political activists, as well as a campaign to instill fear of communist and Soviet infiltration of American institutions, as well as Soviet espionage activities in the United States. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War -
Creation of Nato
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance that was established in 1949 between the United States, Canada, and a number of Western European countries in order to provide collective protection against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first post-war military alliance that the United States joined outside the Western Hemisphere. -
Berlin Blockade
One of the first big Cold War crises was the Berlin Blockade. During the occupation of Germany by the international powers following the Second World War, the Soviet union blocked the Western allies rail roads and canal routes to the Western-controlled areas of Berlin. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea, which resulted in the death of an estimated 2.5 million people. In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, aided and abetted by the Soviet Union. The United Nations and the United States joined the war in support of South Korea, while the People's Republic of China intervened on North Korea's side. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization, also known as the Warsaw Pact was a military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. The Warsaw Pact was established as a way to balance the scale of power against the west with the NATO alliance. -
Space Race
One of major events on The Cold War was the space race, a race between the US and Soviet Union to develop technologies that could be used to explore outer space, with President John F Kennedy eventually aiming for the Moon. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a conflict that took place between 1 November 1955 and 30 April 1975 in the countries of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It was one of the most significant conflicts of the entire Cold War. The United States Entered Vietnam with intentions of stopping communistic ideas from spreading. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The Suez Crisis was the result of the Egyptian Government's takeover of the British and French-controlled Suez Canal, which had a significant impact on the United States' relationship with both the Middle East and Europe. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba on the southwest coast in 1961 by the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front, a group of Cuban exiles opposed to the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro. The invasion was secretly funded and directed by the United States. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
East German forces with the help of the Soviet Union began constructing a barrier between East and West Berlin. At the time, the United States did not intervene in the construction of the barrier because the Soviet Union controlled its sector. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis is a 13-day conflict between the United States and Soviet Union over the deployment of nuclear missiles by the US in Italy and Turkey and by the Soviet Union in Cuba. -
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
On August 20, 1968, the entire territory of Czechoslovakia was invaded by the four Warsaw Pact countries; the Soviet Union, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Bulgaria, and the Republic of Hungary. -
Chernobyl Disaster
The Chernobyl disaster occurred on April 26, 1986, when the No.4 reactor of the Nuclear Power Plant at Pripyat, located in the northern part of the territory of the Soviet Union of Ukraine, exploded near the border of the former Soviet Republic of Byelorussia. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was high-security concrete wall that divided West Berlin, a part of the federal state of West Germany, from East Berlin, which was a part of the East German federal state. The Wall stood between West Berlin and East Berlin from 1961 until November 9,1989 day in which the wall fell.