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The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the boundary that separated Communist East Europe from Democratic West Europe. -
Yalta Confrence
The post-WWII conference that took place between the Allies to divide up Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
Gave $400 million in economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
$13 billion in aid given to rebuild Western Europe -
Berlin Airlift
US airlifted food and supplies into West Berlin. -
N.A.T.O.
N.A.T.O. is created to offset the Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. -
The Korea Conflict
The Korean conflict begins and as a result United Nations police action begins to defend South Korea. -
The United Nations
The United Nations is created. -
S.E.A.T.O.
An alliance formed to prevent the Domino Theory in Asia. -
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The Vietnam War
The civil war between communist North Vietnam and the democratic South Vietnam. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Offered economic and military support if communism threatened the Middle East. -
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The Space Race
The United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a race to see who could reach space first and then eventually the moon. -
The Gulf of Tonkin
An American Navy ship was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin by North Vietnamese Navy gun boats. -
Election of Nixon
Nixon is elected President of the United States and promises to bring American troops home. -
Napalm
Napalm was a gelatin-based chemical that was sprayed of NVA and Vietcong forces by US soldiers in an attempt to kill them. -
Tet Offensive
The surprise attack on South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. -
My Lai Massacre
The mass murder of 300 to 500 innocent South Vietnamese civilians by US soldiers. -
Moon Landing
NASA archives a lunar landing on the moon -
The Fall of South Vietnam
The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to NVA forces and was later renamed Ho Chi Minh city. -
The Fall of The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union flag that flew over the Kremlin was lowered and replaced with the tri-color flag of the newly indepedent Russian state.
