Assessment #1: The Cold War by Jack Sawarynski

1947 - Signing of the Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine sought to provide aid to any nation being pressured by communist. Truman hoped this would slow done the spread of communism and keep it from affecting more countries.

1948 - The Marshall Plan

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The Marshall plan was designed to help and aid European nations in the effort to strengthen their economy through trade and other partnerships. This helped boost the European economies and strengthen relations.

1948 - The Berlin Crisis

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The Berlin Crisis was caused by the nations of France, Britain, USA, and the Soviet Union, distributing Berlin into 4 different sections. However Berlin was situated in Soviet territory, and there was never any agreement about free travel into Berlin, which would cross Soviet territory. This allowed Stalin to control Berlin and therefore all of Germany

1961 - The Building Of The Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall was built by the Soviets to cut off the west's influence of east Germany, and made sure people in Berlin could not leave.

1953 - Creation Of The Demilitarized Zone

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The Korean Demilitarized Zone was created near the original 38th parallel, and became the new boarder for North and South Korea, with heavily guarded and fortified stretches of land.

1953 - Armistice

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The Armistice was an agreement between the US and Korea that created a Demilitarized Zone and officially ended the Korean War.

1969 - Apollo 11

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Apollo 11 was the mission launched by the US that put the first humans on the moon. It ended the space race with the Soviets, and crowed the US champions of space.

1954 - McCarthy Hearings

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The McCarthy hearings exposed McCarthy's unjust ways of false accusations to the nation, and was one of the final steps in taking away his power

1953 - The Rosenberg’s execution

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1954 - The Censorship Of McCarthy

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The censorship of McCarthy stripped him of his power put and end to his unjust and abusive use of power towards attacking and accusing people of communism