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Cold War Begins
The Cold war began over the differences between the United States and the Soviet Union's way of running their government. Communism vs. Capitalism -
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Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
This was the principle that the U.S. would intervene worldwide in order to prevent the spread of communism. It is often said that this statement was the opening to the start of the cold war. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was created around April in 1948 as the European Recovery Program. It was created to help Europe get back on their feet after the devastation. -
NATO
NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization was an alliance between ten European Nations, the United States and Canada to deter the Soviet Union Expansion in Europe. It was signed in April of 1949. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a time when Japan had taken over Korea. It was between the Republic of Korea and the Democracy's Republic of Korea. There was a great political division between North and South Korea. -
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Vietnam War
This was a time during the Cold War with Vietnam fighting alongside North Vietnam for communism and South Vietnam with the U.S. fighting against communism. -
Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite that the Soviet Union launched into orbit and it lead to the American Sputnik Crisis and triggered the Space Race. -
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Space Race
A larger part of the Cold War this event was triggered by the launching of the Sputnik Satellite. It lead to new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. It was a competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to see who would launch into space first. -
Arms Race
This race was a competion between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in a nuclear warfare. It opened room for new weapon improvements on each side of the war such as the Atomic Bomb. -
Bay of Pigs
As a result of the Cuban Revolution, this was an invasion on Cuba from the U.S. It took place over three days. The U.S. was defeated against Cuba under the power Fidel Castro. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the U.S. on the other. It turned into a nuclear conflict and the U.S. would not tolerate the attack of nuclear weapons. The U.S. wanted to plan an attack on Cuba but instead created a blockade. The end of the Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in the removal of nuclear weapons from Cuba as well as the United States removal of nuclear weapons from Turkey and Italy.
