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Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to allied controlled areas of Berlin. -
the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces -
Plan was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after World War II and secure US geopolitical influence over Western Europe -
created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations -
Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel -
an armistice was signed, ending organized combat operations and leaving the Korean Peninsula divided much as it had been since the close of World War II at the 38th parallel -
formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, -
U.S. foreign-policy promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression -
an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space -
the Soviet Union announced that they had placed a satellite called Sputnik into orbit around the Earth, inaugurating the Space Age