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Long Telegraph
Grew out of George Kennan's 1946 "Long Telegram" which argued that the US should follow a policy of containment to stop Russian expansion.
Supports monarchy in Greece and stops Soviet involvement in Turkey.
Truman Doctrine was a containment strategy in preventing any further expansion of Soviet power and influence. -
The Suez Canal
Cost 1.3million pounds
Built by Egyptian, French money
British used it the most
Mediterranean- Red Sea canal
1882 canal was operating capacity
1887 electric headlight allowed night travel -
The Rosenbergs
Convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage
Espionage by spying or surveillance
Rosenberger were giving atomic bomb plans to the Russians
They were executed in June 19, 1953 -
The Red Scare
Period in US when there as a suspicion of communism and fear of wide spread infiltration of communism in US.
Death were caused by the fear of the revolt because they were anarchists.
Americans felt a deep hatred for foreigners Feared reds and radicals. -
End of World War II
was the most widespread and deadliest war in the history
it was the end of German Third Reich
United States and Russia became global superpowers -
The Creation of the United Nations
Representatives of 26 nations pledged their Government to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.
Replaced the ineffective League of Nations.
Failed to prevent the outbreak of the second World War. -
The Yalta Conference
Meeting of British prime minister in the early February 1945 -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into 2 separate areas from he end of World War 2 until the end of the Cold War. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
1952 presidential election
Send U-2 aircraft over USSR to inspect their military facilities
Declared the right of the US to help, on request, any nation in the Middle East trying to resist armed communist aggression
Send US troops to Lebanon to fight against their government -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
Further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
An Act to promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic. -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
Crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union, it force the Western Allied powers.
Was one of the first major crisis f the cold war -
The Creation of NATO
Prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
Duck and Cover
Psychological approach to controlling reactions to nuclear threat, hoping the nuke wont get them -
McCarthyism
Historical period coined in1950 in reference to McCarthy's practice, which was soon applied to similar anti-communist activities -
The Korean War
Aka "The Forgotten War'
1949 communist secure control of China
"Survival of Free World" is at stake
Korea divided after WW2
June 1950 North invades the South
Korea war ends in a state mate -
The Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of European satellites sign a treaty.
It was named this because it was signed in Warsaw.
Was a political and military alliance. -
U-2 Incident
Incident when an American U-2 sly plane was shot down over the Soviet Union
Worsened East-West relations during the cold war and was a great embarrassment for the U.S -
Presidents in Office
Dwight Eisenhower, John F, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Ricard Nixon and Gerald Ford
