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Truman Doctrine
American forigen policy created to counter Soviet politics during the Civil War. -
The Marshall Plan
After WW2 where US gave money to Europe to recover after war -
Berlin Airlift
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War. After WW2, Germany and the Soviet Union blocked the Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the parts of Berlin under Western control -
Soviet Union gets the Atomic Bomb
Soviet Union's first bomb test, shocked all countries, no one knew the Soviet Union was working with atomic materials. -
Communist Revolution in China
Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China in a time of fighting and conflict. This began the communist rule in China. -
Korean War
wWar between North and South Korea, with United Nations and United States fought for the South, and China and Soviet Union fought for the North. -
Execution of the Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a couple convicted of conspiracy of being spies in 1951, are put to death in the electric chair -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty was an alliance between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries made during the Cold War. It was a communist treaty. -
Launch of Sputnik
Launch of the first artificial Earth satellite by Soviet Union. Led to Americans racing to made advancements in space technology to beat them. -
The Kitchen Debate
Multiple ipromptu exchanges between then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev -
U-2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
German authorities begin building wall to permanently close off access to the West -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the US and Soviet Union because of Soviet missiles in Cuba -
SALT Treaty
Treaty in which the US and Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals -
Miracle on Ice
When the US team beat the Soviet Union team in hockey during the 1980 Winter Olympics -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began, East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West and therefore the fall of the wall
