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-The idea of the Bay of Pugs Invasion was to spark outrage over Fidel Cstro, instead he got a victory.
-Kennedy did not think the previous President did enough about Castro, so Eisenhower gave Kennedy his plan to combat what he was saying.

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-Brinkmanship was a foreign policy where countries would push something to the extreme and hope for the best outcome
-This was used during The Cold War.
-One example is the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviets had placed Missiles in Cuba, and this almost brought the United States and the Soviet Union into a war. So, the United States put a blockade around Cuba. So the Soviets removed the Missiles.

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-The Eisenhower Doctrine was approved in March of 1957.
-It said that a Coutry could request American help if it felt like it was being threatened
-A big part of it was making sure other nations didn't feel threatened by the spread of Communisn and the Soviet Union

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-An American spy was shot down in Soviet territory on May 1st, 1960
-IN 1954, Eisenhower passed AQUATONE for the CIA. That let them try to go undetected in Soviet territory.
-The first U-2 started flight in 1955

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-This was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in spaceflight
-The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in 1958.
-When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into space, the United Sates began to get worried about their own technological achievements.
-NASA wanted to launch a man into space as soon as possible to beat the Soviets.
-In February 1962, John Glenn became the frist man to go into earth's orbit.

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-A time in America where we were incredibly Anti-Communist. Everybody was ratting out everybody else just so they could keep their jobs.

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-Before 1948, Korea was divided into two. The Soviet Union had north of the 38th parallel and the United states had south of that.
-After 1948 that all changed. The Republic of Korea and The Democratic People's Republic of Korea were established.
-The Democratic People's Republic wanted to become Communist, so a war broke out.
-Since a peace treaty was never signed, the war is not technically over.

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-NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
-It helped to stop the spread of communism in 1949.
-Today it is about coming together to make sure that other countries Governments are on the same page.

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-Because the Soviets blockaded going into West Berlin, the Americans perform an airlift on the city
-For almost a year, the people of West Berline were sustained from the supples from American planes
-On June 24, 1948, the Soviet Union stopped all transport to and from West Berlin
-President Truman ordered an airlift of supplies into West Berlin

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-This was introduced by the Secretary of State at the time George C. MArshall
-WWII had absolutely destryoed Europe and Marshall wanted a plan to fix it
-It helped European and American economic growth
-General Marshall went on to receive a Nobel peace Prize for his contribution

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-The Truman Doctrine was where America gave Military and financial support to Greece and Turkey. In return, Turkey and Greece would help fight the war against the Soviet Union.
-The Doctrine itself came from a speech delivered by President Harry Truman.
-Before this, Greece was in a civil war with its own Communist party. America believed that the Greek Communist party and the Soviet Union were working together.

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https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
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https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/eisenhower-doctrine
https://thecoldwarexperience.weebly.com/brinkmanship.html

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-Winston Churchill coined the term in a speech. Winston said that an “iron curtain has descended” in Europe.
-He was talking about how the the two sides were on opposing political sides. Western Europe had oppressive political power while eastern Europe had political freedom.