Cold+War+JB

Jena Bogan Describe the events of the cold war **__ The Cold War __** · __ Truman Doctrine __ - Truman request $400 million in economic and military aid for Greece and Turkey, US would provide money to countries that claimed threatened by Communist expansion; reaction to Soviets in Greece · __ Marshall Plan __ - European Recovery Program, $13 billion for economic recovery of Europe, believe Communist aggression fed off economic turmoil; Soviet view as form of US economic imperialism · __ Berlin Blockade __ - Soviet reaction to Br + Fr + US creation of W Germ gov, not allow trucks or trains enter 3 Western zones of Berlin, try secure economic control and force Western powers halt creation of sep. German state; US respond with Berlin Air Lift (supplies flown) · __ Sputnik __ - Soviet Union first space satellite, Technology race vs. US moon landing · __ NATO __ - North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Belgium, Brit, W Germany, Greece, France, Italy etc sign treaty with US + Canada · __ SEATO __ - To stem Soviet aggression in the East, US, Brit, France, Pakistan, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand formed Southeast Asia Treaty Organization · __ Molotov Plan __ - Soviet Union reject Marshall Plan and form economic union of Eastern Europe · __ Castro __ - left-wing revolutionary, overthrew Cuban dictator Batista and estbl Soviet-supported totalitarian regime __ Vietnam War __ - nationalistic regime in N under Minh receive Soviet aid, Pres. Kennedy aid regime of Diem (autocratic ruler of S Vietnam) but US soon overthrow Diem · __ Stalin-Churchill- FDR Wartime Conferences __ - agree on Allies percentage of political influence, Soviet Union: Romania + Bulgaria, Britain: Greece · __ Warsaw Pact __ - Czechoslovakia, E Germ, Poland, Soviet Union etc. for military alliance · __ Arms Race __ - Soviet Union and U.S. compete in a race for nuclear bombs · __ Cuban Missile Crisis __ - Soviet Union place nuclear missiles in Cuba, Kennedy blockade Cuba, Krushchev agree turn back missiles if US not invade Cuba · __ Bay of Pigs __ - American supported attempt to overthrow Castro’s regime fail · __ Chinese becomes Communist __ - Chiang (Nationalist) vs. Mao (communist) · __ North and South Korea Split __ - 1950-1953 communist N. invade republic S., Americans send aid to south · __ U-2 Spy Plane __ - USSR shot down U.S. spy plane · __ Iron Curtain __ - 1946 iron curtain fall across Eastern and Western Europe · __ Potsdam Conference __ - Truman receive word about tested Atomic Bomb, Truman (for) and Stalin (against) argue about free elections in Eastern Europe http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE53&NewItemID=True http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE53&NewItemID=True