https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz By Sierra Vickery en-us 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC 2019-03-20 20:00:21 UTC hello@padlet.com sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058582 The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058582 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058584 The term McCarthyism refers to a Second Red Scare that occurred in the 1950's. It refers to when Senator Joseph McCarthy often accused people in government of being communist when he had little to no evidence to support his accusations.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058584 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058585 From 1950-1953, the U.S and other nations came to the aid of South Korea when they were invaded by communist North Korea. This saved South Korea but, the war wasn't successful in dislodging the communist regime from the North.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058585 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058586 NATO (North Atlantic Trading Organization) was established to defend its 29 member states from the possibility of thecommunist Soviet Union taking control of their nation.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058586 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058587 In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States began to fly in a massive supply of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. ]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058587 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058588 This plan provided billions for rebuilding Europe from World WWII. The plan also worked to make communism less appealing in western Europe.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058588 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058589 The Truman doctrine was President Truman's application of the containment policy. The doctrine called U.S citizens to " support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" ]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058589 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058590 The Iron Curtain was the name for the physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058590 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058592 tha baisis ]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058592 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058593 The Cold war, some would say was inevitable. Right after WWII a conflict began between the U.S and their former allies the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union began to spread communism.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058593 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058594 The Cold War was a conflict of government between the U.S and their western allies and the Soviet Union and their allies. The U.S supported anti communism and the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism across the world.]]> 2019-03-19 19:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343058594 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098552 The U-2 incident refers to when the U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down by the Soviets and crashed in their territory. Causing the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.]]> 2019-03-19 21:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098552 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098592 Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened and could also receive economic assistance.]]> 2019-03-19 21:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098592 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098659 Brinkmanship is a term referring to when someone "teases" the other side to fight then backing down at the last minuet. ]]> 2019-03-19 21:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098659 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098726 President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba when they found out that the Soviet Union was placing nuclear missiles there. The standoff came close to nuclear war and evidently the end of the world, but the Soviet  eventually backed down. ]]> 2019-03-19 21:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098726 sierrasuper7 https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098763 In 1961 a force of 1,500 U.S trained Cuban exiles landed in Cuba to try to overthrow the Castro regime. The invasion ended in disaster, was quickly crushed, and many attackers were held for ransom.]]> 2019-03-19 21:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sierrasuper7/jfyljuwy7qqz/wish/343098763