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Warsaw pact
A defense treaty established by the soviet union -
Truman doctrine
The US would give political , military , and economic assistance to all democratic nations. -
Marshall plan introduced
The policy of the US was not directed " against " any country or doctrine , but against hunger , poverty , desperation and chaos. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin -
NATO
a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe -
Starting Korean War
The Soviet Union, which backed North Korea, called for armistice talks -
End of Korean War
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. -
eisenhower
a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
Sputnik Launched
metal sphere the size of a basketball, was launched on a huge rocket and orbited Earth at 29,000 kilometers per hour -
U-2 Indecent
The U-2 incident was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union in 1960 and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.