Assessment #1 The Cold War by Ethan Keelick

1947- The Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was created by President Truman. It stated that the United States would provide economic and political aid to countries in need, and military assistance. This affected countries greatly.

1957- The Eisenhower Doctrine

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The Eisenhower Doctrine was used to send a special message to congress about the situation in the Middle East. It allowed countries to request Americas economic or military aid.

1948- The Marshall Plan

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The Marshall Plan was created by President Truman in 1948. It proposed that the U.S. provide economic assistance to help restore the economic infrastructure of Europe after the war. This aid was well needed and positively impacted people and created reliable trade sources.

1948-The Berlin Crisis

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The Berlin Crisis started when Germany was divided into 4 zones, occupied by the U.S, The Soviet Union, Great Britain and France. The 3 western allies (GB, France, and the U.S.) combined which split Germany into two sections. Western and Eastern Germany. In June 1948 Stalin created a blockade into western Germany.

1948- The Berlin Airlifts

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The Berlin Airlift happened when Stalin created the blockade. The blockade created problems with food being transported to West Berlin the people we're starving. So they asked for help, The U.S. and the U.K responded by sending airlifts to West Berlin loaded with supplies, Bombers with cargo capacity. The people in West Berlin would have starved to death if it weren't from the help it greatly impacted the people in West Berlin.

1961- The Berlin Wall

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The Soviet Union created the Berlin wall. It became a symbol of the Cold War and the division of West and East Berlin. The wall was built with no warnings and impacted many people, People we're separated from their families and loved ones and it impacted peoples everyday life's in a harsh way.

1950- The Korean War

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The Korean War started when North Korea launched a surprise attack, North Korea invaded South Korea. President Truman believed the Soviet Union had something to do with the attack. Overall the Korean War had a wild impact in the world, 4 Million people we're killed and many buildings and facilities were destroyed.

1953- End of The Korean War

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After 3 long bloody years the Korean war finally came to an end. 3 million people died during the war, including 36,500 American soldiers who died and 100,000 were wounded.

Many things didn't change politically in Korea though, After the war there was an Armistice and along with that came a new boundary created near the original dividing line of the 38th parallel.

1960- The Election of JFK

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This election is very important in history because it was the first televised election ever. Many Americans thought the Soviets had the edge on us and questioned whether the U.S was losing the cold war. John. F Kennedy, promised active leadership to get America moving again. Other Candidate Vice President Richard Nixon, He was riding off the coattails of Eisenhower's popularity. Kennedy ended up winning the Election gaining the trust of the American people, Kennedy showed the world how to be modern and impacted how things developed.

1961- The Bay of Pigs

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Kennedy chose The Bay of Pigs, which was an invasion of Cuba to stop Fidel Castro, But it failed miserably. It was time to invade Cuba and it wasn't successful when the U.S got to Cuba, they took too long for the troops to get ammunition off the ships. Troops also landed in a swamp, Also Cuba still had planes left to attack the invaders. As a result Soviet Union and Cuba started getting closer and John F. Kennedy receives backlash for The Bay of Pigs.

1962- The Cuban Missile Crisis

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In the summer of 1962 the flow and transport of weapons from the Soviet Union to Cuba has heavily increased, including nuclear weapons. John F. Kennedy answered back with a warning message, Stating that America would not tolerate nuclear weapons in Cuba. In October, American planes took pictures in Cuba that revealed Soviet missile bases. This was a really huge threat to the United States and on Kennedy, They could get to American cities within minutes.

1963- Assassination of John. F Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy was in Dallas campaigning for his re-election. John and his wife Jacqueline we're riding in his limousine, Also in the limo was John Conally. Suddenly 3 shots were fired hitting John. F Kennedy. The driver then sped off to Parkland Memorial Hospital. It was 1:00 pm when John. F Kennedy was pronounced dead, This shocked and scared all of America, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office on the Air Force 1.

1950-Mccarthyism

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Mccarthyism happened during the 1940s and 1950s, McCarthy was most known as a senator. McCarthy started to get a bad name, he stated all this information about individuals who appear to be loyal to a Communist Party, but who are nonetheless still helping to shape our foreign policy. McCarthy left the United States with a red scare.

1947- Hollywood 10

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These 10 men here, known as the Hollywood 10 refused to testify to an anti-communism committee. HUAC had an investigation with the ten men and the members of the Hollywood 10 were sentenced to 1 year, and $1,000 dollar fines. These people were affected also because they were blacklisted because they are involved in unacceptable behaviors.

1950- Anti Communism Propaganda

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Americans started to see Anti-communism propaganda in Newspapers, and even books. This was to stop the spread of Communism throughout the United States and the world. This was very impactful to Americans to make sure to contaminate the spread of Communism.

1950- McCarran Act

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The McCarran Act had an impact on many peoples lives. Allowing the U.S. to be more selective with who they allow to immigrate to the United States. The act allowed people who were willing and able to adapt to the United States economic, social, and political systems to get more accepted.