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The Truman Doctrine Pt. 2
The Truman Doctrine marked the American policy of "containment." Truman's speech is sometimes called "Truman's containment speech," and in this speech Communism could keep what they already had, but could not expand anymore. During the process of it becoming a law, Truman made comments that suggested he wanted to even go beyond "containment." -
The Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman, President of the United States at the time, established the Truman Doctrine, which stated that the United States would provide military, political, and economic aid to all of the democratic nations under the threat from authoritarian forces, internal or external. It was created from a speech by Truman before a join session of Congress. The speech was announced by the British governement stating that it would not provide military or economic aid to the Greek government. -
The Marshall Plan
From 1958 through 1951, for financial and economic recovery aid, the United States sent $13 billion, also known as the Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program. The plan was named after Secretary of State George Marshall. He announced it publically in his speech at HArvard University on June 5th, 1947. The plan ended up helping Europe financially immensely, but stirred up some issues with the Soviet Union. -
The Marshall Plan Pt. 2
It promoted economic integration and federalism in Europe, and also created organization of the economy to be just like the United States. It could be seen as a decisive moment of the Cold War. The Cold War could've helped the gap between the West and the East. Also, it can be seen as either a defensive reaction or an indirect offensive action against communism. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the United States and some others from the Allies Nation sending in planes to drop food and supplies off in Berlin. Berlin, being Germany's biggest city, was fought over. The agreement they came to was that the Allied Nations would control the east side of Berlin, while the Soviet Union controlled the West. Then, the Soviet Union decided to block off West Berlin from the outside world and the influences of Democracy. -
The Korean War
SourceThe Korean War began on June 25th, 1950 when North Korea sent in 75,000 soldiers across the 38th parallel into South Korea. The Soviet Union entered through North Korea, encouraging the spread of communism. The United States aided South Korea by sending troops there to help push North Korea back across the 38th parallel. The Korean War is related to the Cold War because they both are a fight between Communism and Democracy. -
The Korean War Pt. 2
When the United States forced the Soviet Union and North Koreans back into North Korea, they were doing the act of containment. Containment means to prevent something dangerous or harmful from spreading. After the United State's success in pushing them back, no true victor was declared. -
The Rosenberg Spy Case
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of committing espionage, and for passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. The two were executed on June 19th, 1953. In 2008, Sobell admitted that Ethel Rosenberg had no involvement in the spying that Julius Rosenberg had been doing. Ethel's brother David Greenglass had to serve 15 years, but only served 10. He was convicted for supplying documents to Julius from Los Alamos. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Pt. 2
After a very long time of disagreeing, Kennedy and Khrushchev came to an agreement. The terms of the agreement were that the Soviet Union would publically take it's missiles out of Cuba, and the United States would secretly take theirs out of Turkey and Italy. Also, the United States agreed to never invade Cuba without direct provocation. On November 20, 1962 the blockade was officially ended, but the Cuban Missile Crisis had only lasted until October 28, 1962. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
SourceIt was a 13 day long confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles. Because of the presence of the United States' nuclear missiles in Turkey and Italy towards the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union agreed to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to let America know the game is on. The United States placed a military blockade to stop them from bringing in more missiles to Cuba. They demanded that all missiles already made be dismantled and returned back to the U.S.S.R. -
U.S. Sends Man to the Moon
SourceThe Space Race took place over the years of 1955-1972. It was between the United States and the Soviet Union, and who would earn supremacy in spaceflight capability. The competition started on August 2nd, 1955 when the Soviet Union declared they were sending a satellite into space in the near future. The Soviet Union then beat the U.S. on October 4th, 1957 when Sputnik 1 was orbiting in space. It then peaked when the U.S. beat them to the moon with Apollo 11. -
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
SourceIn 1991, the world watched as the Soviet Union broke apart into fifteen seperate countries. It was caused by a victory for Democracy in the west. The fall of the Soviet Union created an official end to the Cold War. Also, it left the United States standing as the one and only superpower. The breakup of the Soviet Union would change the political situation, which would lead to new political, economical and military alliances all over the world.
