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Suez Canal
That was to promote trade and facilitate communication between the East and the West as the ships came from the Mediterranean. -
Red Scare
The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. -1920 -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine provided political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations. -06/30/1949 -
Marshall Plan
the policy of the United States was not directed “against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. -12/1951 -
Berlin Blockade
Cutting off all land and river transit between West Berlin and West Germany. -05/12/1949 -
Space Race
The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight. -07/17/1975 -
U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. -05/1/1960 -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an abortive invasion of Cuba in April 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. -04/20/1961 -
Berlin Wall
Russia made the wall to prevent East Germans from fleeing and stop an economically disastrous migration of workers. -11/09/1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the Soviet Union began to secretly install missiles in Cuba to launch attacks on U.S. cities. -10/29/1962 -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
They pledged their cooperation in stemming the spread of nuclear technology. -1995 -
Perestroika and Glasnost
It was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -1991