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Cold War

TermDefinition
Containment to stop the spread of Soviet influence.
Truman doctrine The Truman Doctrine was the plan put in place by President Truman to send aid to Greece and Turkey when they were threatened by a communist takeover.
Marshall plan Marshall believed that countries that accepted money from the US would 1.Improve political stability(non-communists) 2.become strong allies 3 Create trading partners with the US. The Marshall Plan was different recovery than after WWI because it even offe
Berlin airlift The United States Air Force and the British Royal Air Force flew over 200,000 flights to Berlin in 1948. They delivered more than 4700 tons of food and supplies every day
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Formed to unite Western Europe in response to the threat of Communist aggression.
Sputnik Sputnik was a satellite launched by the Soviets in 1957
HUAC The House Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigated those accused of Communist sympathies and were disloyal to the U.S.
Mcarthyism McCarthyism-making harsh accusations without evidence. Created a widespread fear of Communism in America
Great migration The Great Migration, sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration, was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred between 1916 and 1
Cuban missile crisis In 1962 a US spy plane took pictures of missile silos in Cuba. The missiles were not in Cuba yet, but the Soviet Union planned to install them there.Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade in Cuba to prevent the missiles from arriving.
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