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Iron Curtain Speech: This speech was given by Churchill to the people at west minister college. In the speech it contained the "Sinews of peace"."Long Telegram": George Kennan Sends a 8000 word telegram to Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union. This dealt with the spread of communism after the WWII.Truman Doctrine: The Truman Doctrine was an Soviet foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter American geopolitical expansion during the Cold WarMarshall Plan: American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.Korean War: As a result of the Cold war, The Korean war started between South and North Korea. South was against communism and North was pro-communism.Sputnik: Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite and it died in orbit 3 weeks after because of battery problems.1st Man in Space: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin1st US Man in Space: Alan Shepard1st Space Walk: Alexei Leonov1st Man on Moon: Neil ArmstrongCastro Revolution in Cuba: was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.Bay of Pigs: The Bay of Pigs was an unsuccessful invasion by Cuban exiles supported by the US gov.Embargo of Cuba: Embargo place on Cuba to reduce their communist threats.Cuban missile crisis: During this time frame, it was a battle between US and the Soviet Union. It lasted 13 days and no one was killed. This was about US and Cuba.Domino Theory: It was the theory that if one country falls into communism then the surrounding countries will fall with them.Berlin Airlift: U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade.Building of the Berlin Wall: Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany. It symbolized that communism had no freedom.Gulf of Tonkin Incident: The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War.Vietnam War: also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: The United States Congress overwhelming approves the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson nearly unlimited powers to oppose “communist aggression” in Southeast Asia.
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