Policy of Containment: To stop the spread of communism
domino effect- When one country falls in to communism others around it follow, was the justification for doing all the things to contain communism to stop spreading world wide.
Iron Curtain Speech- Europe was split between two sides, East side and West side. West would be democratic, and East would be communist.
Marshall Plan,-A plan to help Europe out by U.S giving them monetary support to help Rebuild European Economies After WWII. Also known as the European recovery plan.
- It was offered to the Soviet Union but they declined it and all Eastern countries but Russia did not allow it. -So it all went to western European.
Truman Doctrine- U.S would help Greece and Turkey military support to stop the spread of Communism because there was a mini civil war going in those two countries 4. Senator Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism-
Born november 14th 1908
nickname: tail gunner joe
5. Berlin Blockade and Airlift-Brian-
6. China becoming communist-Mao-
7. NATO(beginning to present), de-Stalinization and peaceful co-existence-massive retaliation, mutual detterence
8. Nuclear Arms race(1945-1970)-
9. Fidel Castro and the Bay of Pigs-
10. The Cuban Missile Crisis-
11. The Berlin Wall--Going Up and Coming Down-
12. Nixon's visit to China-
13. 1970's Peace Attempts-Detente, Salt I, Salt II-
14. Effects of the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan-
15. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-
16. Gorbachev's/Reagan's changing ways-perestroika and glasnost, INF Treaty-
17. The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War-explain how it all went down-
18. The new map of Europe(up to present)-
19. Why the US won the Cold War-
20. Korean Conflict-- 21. Vietnam Conflict
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