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House of Un-American Activities Committee
investigating disloyalty and communism -
Truman Doctrine
support with military and economic aid -
National Security Act
department of defense, CIA, and NSC -
Marshall Plan
money to rebuild war-torn Europe -
Berlin Airlift
U.S. sends supplies rather than backing down -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea -
Brinkmanship
pushing to the verge of war -
Warsaw Pact
uniting communist nations of eastern europe -
Interstate Highway System
connect nation for defense -
Eisenhower Doctrine
During the cold war, promised military and economic aid to Middle Eastern countries in need of help resisting communist aggression -- increasing tensions -
Sputnik
artificial satellite, causing competition for a race to the moon -
U-2 Incident
spy plane shot down over USSR -
Bay of Pigs
failed attempt to overthrow Castro -
Berlin Wall
separates east and west, symbol of communism -
Cuban Missile Crisis
direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, closest they'd come to nuclear conflict -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
not testing any weapons above ground