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1940-1970
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Truman doctrine
policy set forth by president truman that US would Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the soviet sphere -
The Marshall plan
Process where the U.S. resisted communism by extending financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of World War 2 -
Berlin Airlift
Process of transporting needed supplies to East Berlin -
NATO
Military alliance of 1949 between North American and Western European nations that pledges each will come to the aid of each other if attacked by an outside enemy -
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Korean War
was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), supported by the People's Republic of China. -
Polio vaccine
Eradication tool for a dangerous disease that can cause muscles to stiffen and weaken so much that people can become paralyzed -
Cuban Revolution
an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista -
Sputnik
Russian satellite that initiated the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union -
NASA
Established in 1957 as a direct response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 -
Bay of pigs
an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Berlin wall
Erected to close escape routes for East Germans that were attempting to flee the Communist state -
6 day war
fought between June 5th and June 10th. The Israelis defended the war as a preventative military effort to counter what the Israelis saw as an impending attack by Arab nations that surrounded Israel. The Six-Day War was initiated by General Moshe Dayan, the Israeli’s Defence Minister.
