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Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology. Showed the U.S.'s stance against communism. -
Marshall Plan
Introduced by Secretary of State George G. Marshall in 1947. Proposed massive and systematic American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of communism. -
Berlin Blockade
The blockade was a soviet attempt to starve out the allies in Berlin in order to gain supremacy. The blockade was a high point was in the Cold War, and it led to the Berlin Aircraft. -
Berlin Aircraft
Berlin was blocked off by the Soviet Union in order to strangle the allied forces. In order to combat this, the United States began to assist Berlin. The U.S. airlifted supplies into Berlin. -
NATO
The organization formed in 1949 as a military alliance of western European and North American states against the Soviet Union and its east European allies. Was a direct response to the Berlin blockade. -
Mao Zedong's Takeover
Communism is established in china by Mao. The USSR created an alliance with china as a result. They were now both supporters of the idea of communism. -
Korean War
War lasted three years. Was a conflict between Communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea. The United Nations helped South Korea while other communist countries assisted North Korea. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response and a result of the creation of NATO. -
Vietnam War
War between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of south Vietnam who were supported by the United States. Conflicts between capitalism and communism was the main reason for the war. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The construction of the wall separated Germany into East and West Germany. Which formed the boundary of the "Iron Curtain". Further divided the communists and the capitalists. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest approach to nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR. JFK ordered the removal of USSR missiles on Cuba. Caused the first attempts of nuclear disarmament.. -
Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan
Consisted of a nine-year conflict involving the soviet forces and the supporting Marxist People's democratic party of the Afghanistan government against the Mujahideen resistance. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The takedown of the wall was the beginning for the fall of communism and the Soviet Union as a whole. This showed the failure of communism and socialism. Allowed Germany to be a whole rather than completely divided.
