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Pre Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    U.S. aided any nation under the threat of communism (containment)
  • Formation of NATO

    Formation of NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 12 foreign ministers joined in D.C. to sign the treaty that would be a security pact/alliance between them
  • Communist Takeover in China

    Communist Takeover in China

    Mao Zedong became the communist leader of China by defeating the nationalists
  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism

    making allegations without proper evidence
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    war between North and South Korea; UN member, the U.S., helped fight for South Korea to try to contain communism
  • Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

    Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

    convicted and excuted for conspiracy to commit espionage
  • Eisenhower's "Massive Retaliation" Policy

    Eisenhower's "Massive Retaliation" Policy

    a policy that meant an attack much larger than the enemy's initial attack would be the immediate response
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    an alliance/security pact between communist countries in Europe; a sort of response to NATO
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    North vs. South Vietnam; U.S. helped fight with South Vietnam to contain communism once again
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    the communist Castro overthrew Cuban gov't and Eisenhower took action to prevent communism from spreading
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Soviet Union placed missile sites in Cuba and the U.S. took action to prevent a missile strike; the U.S. and Soviet Union came to an agreement to both take down missiles
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination

    JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Glasnost & Perestroika - Gorbachev Takes Over U.S.S.R.

    Glasnost & Perestroika - Gorbachev Takes Over U.S.S.R.

    Gorbachev is elected and uses these policies to dissolve the Soviet Union and put an end to the Communist party... glasnost: openness perestroika: restructuring
  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    Fall of Berlin Wall

    the wall symbolized communism and it kept people from going into
    West Germany; then the fall of the wall meant that people could come and goes as they pleased... marked the end of the cold war
  • Fall of Yugoslavia

    Fall of Yugoslavia

    Yugoslavia split up because of political and ethnic conflicts during the year of 1990