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Yalta Conference
U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain -
Iron Curtain
Imaginary line to divide Europe into two seperate areas during the cold war -
The Cold War
The U.S. competes with U.S.S.R. -
Truman Doctrine
An economic policy that the U.S. gave $400 million in economic & military aid to Greece and Turkey, to fend off communism and stay free -
Marshall Plan
European recovery plan
16 countries to receive aid
$13 billion in aid given to rebuild Western Europe, offered to Eastern Europe but soviets said no! -
Berlin Airlift
Stalin cut off supplies into Western Berlin
The U.S. airlift food and supplies into the city
lasted 11 months
Stalin reopened supply lines -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alliance to support one another military, had to be a democracy -
SEATO
South East Asian treaty organization
The U.S. + 7 other nations
To prevent domino theory -
A divided Vietnam
The Geneva accords temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like Truman doctrine but for the Middle East
Offered economic & military support if communism threatened the military. -
Berlin Wall
Wall divided east and west Germany -
JFK's assassination
JFK is shot and killed in Dallas, Texas -
Gulf on Tonkin
U.S. patrol ships were allegedly attacked by NVA -
My Lai Massacre
Mass murder of 300-500 innocent unarmed citizents in South Vietnam -
Election of Richard Nixon
Nixon is elected in 68' after Johnson decides not to run for re-election -
Nixon re-elected
Nixon was re-elected president -
Amnesty
Pardon given by president Jimmy Carter -
Berlin Wall gets knocked down
Berlin Wall falls; S.U. loses its satellite nations. -
Soviets collapse
Soviet Union collapses -
Presidents during the Cold War
A total of 9 different presidents served during the war.
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagen, Bush Sr.
