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Truman Doctrine
U.S. aided any nation under the threat of communism (containment) -
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
Mao Zedong became the communist leader of China by defeating the nationalists -
McCarthyism
making allegations without proper evidence -
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
convicted and excuted for conspiracy to commit espionage -
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
an alliance/security pact between communist countries in Europe; a sort of response to NATO -
Vietnam War
North vs. South Vietnam; U.S. helped fight with South Vietnam to contain communism once again -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
the communist Castro overthrew Cuban gov't and Eisenhower took action to prevent communism from spreading -
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 was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -
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
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
Yugoslavia split up because of political and ethnic conflicts during the year of 1990
