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Vietminh
Ho Chi Minh organized a communist party and declared Vietnam's independence from france, the troops were called Vietminh -
Yalta Conference
United States, Great Britain and Soviet Union -
Truman Doctrine
Gave $400 million in economic and military aid to Greece and turkey. Fend off communism and stay free. ECONOMIC -
Marshall Plan
$13 billion in aid given to rebuild western Europe. Offered to eastern Europe but soviet union said no. ECONOMIC -
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cold war
The cold war is between the soviet union and the united states -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off supplies int w. Berlin. US airlift food and supplies into the city. Lasted 11 months. Stalin reopened supply lines. ECONOMIC -
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization. Collective security. Alliance to support one another militarily. Had to be a democracy. POLITICAL/MILITARY -
US joined NATO
the US joined the North Atlantic Treaty Org. -
Stalin Dies
Stalin's life ended -
SEATO
Southeast Asian treaty organization. US +7 other nations. To prevent the domino theory. POLITICAL/MILITARY -
Free elections
free elections were held to reunify the Vietnams under one elected leader but never happened -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like the Truman Doctrine but for the middle east. Offered economic and military support if communism threatened the middle east. ECONOMIC -
IndoChina
indochina became a french colony -
Peace Corps
Program of volunteer assistance to developing nations of Asia, Africa and Latin america. By 1986 35,000 volunteers had helped in 61 nations. ECONOMIC -
Alliance for Progress
Foreign aid program. Offered economic and technical assistance to Latin America countries. U.S. invested $12 billion. ECONOMIC -
Golf of Tonkin
US patrol ships were allegedly attacked by NVA gun boats in the golf of tonkin causing congress to pass the tonkin gulf resolution -
Moon Landing
NASA wins the space race and lands on the moon -
Bombed the Ho Chi Minh trail
Nixon widened the war into Laos and Cambodia by bombing the Ho Chi Minh trail -
Peace with Honor
Nixon was reelected and a cease fire was negotioated -
Soviet Union Collapses
Russia elects Boris Yeltsin to lead new democracy
