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What it was- the struggle between free nations, such as the United States, and the communist nations, such as the Soviet Union, for world influence following the second world war. The Soviets and the United States never actually went to war.
It was between the United States and the Soviet Union for world influence.
It started because the Soviets were spreading communism around the globe after the second world war and the United States wanted to protect democracy by use of containment.

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The term used for describing the United States foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism. The Soviets tried influence the whole globe to follow their way of government, but the US was determined to contain the spread of communism.

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This was the name for the boundary line dividing Europe into two separate areas, the west side democratic and supported by the US and the east side communist with support of the Soviets. This term was first said by Winston Churchill the British Prime Minister.

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The president Harry S. Truman in a speech stated the idea that the US would help, aid, and support any country threatened by the Soviets and communism. Truman wanted to tell American people that the spread of communism would not be allowed by the United States government.

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After the Soviets blockaded West Berlin, the United States responded by massive airlifts to provide food, medical equipment, and other necessities to the West Berliners and was a successful campaign which ended the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.

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The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a plan to overthrow Fidel Castro of Cuba. This was the Bay of Pigs invasion in which US invaders were captured and outnumbered by Cuban forces as the mission failed.

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This was a 13 day period when the United States and the Soviets were very close to waging a full scale nuclear war. It started when the Soviets put nuclear weapons in Cuba. American U-2 spy planes spotted the nuclear weapons and President Kennedy issued a quarantine on Cuba, not a blockade because a blockade is used in times of war.  The Soviets in the end removed the nuclear weapons from Cuba in an agreement in which the United States has to remove their weapons in Turkey.

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This stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an alliance between European and North American countries to protect each other in case of a possible attack.

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North Korea which was backed by the Peoples Republic of China (communist) and the Soviet Union was a communist area of Korea. South Korea backed by the United States was a democratic area. North Koreans attacked the South in 1950 resulting in war. The war ended with a treaty that divided Korea at the 38th parallel. US did a good job containing the spread of communism in Korea.

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A plan to help rebuild Europe in which $13 billion was spent. this was a plan by the US to make communism less appealing in western Europe.

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This term was used repeatedly during the Cold War, this is the practice of pushing a policy to its limit before stopping. This is best exemplified when Soviet Union pushed the limits by putting nuclear weapons in Cuba, very close to the United States, before removing them

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This was a US foreign policy stated by former president Dwight D. Eisenhower which promised military and or economic aid to countries in the Middle East against communism.

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On May 1, 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets as the pilot Francis Gary Powers was taken prisoner. His mission was to take photos of Soviet Unions military sites.

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After the Soviets had launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, Americans believed they were falling behind in the Space Race. In America, the space movement was led by NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvaEvCNZymo

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/353321533244349872/

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/

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Joseph McCarthy was a senator who made wild accusations at US government employees stating they were communist spies. Since then, this term is used to describe the making of accusations without hard evidence.

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The first regular television broadcast began in 1949 just 4 years after the end of the war. In addition to the TV other technologies brought Americans closer together than ever before. The landing of a man on moon and information about the cold war were all portrayed on TV during this time period.