Assessment #1: The Cold War by Abigail Alvarez

1947: Signing of the Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine signed a security act to help Greece and Turkey after armed minorities were pressured to take over Turkey, this helped not only Greece and Turkey but helped not to spread throughout the entire Middle East if Greece and Turkey had fallen. Truman's plan was economic goals and the United States would help Greece and Turkey by giving them financial and economic aid.

1948- Signing of the Marshall Plan

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The Marshall Plan led Truman to sign the Economic Recovery Act because they wanted to help Europe from a long-suffering, this was a huge breakdown for Europe during the war. For example, their machinery had fallen into disrepair, and they lost absorption through nationalization and simple destruction. Towns and cities were not producing adequate goods to exchange with food-producing farmers.

1961- The building of the Berlin Wall

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The Berlin Wall was built to keep their population from escaping, the Soviets controlled East Berlin citizens and West Berlin citizens. If they were to leave or escape they would be considered dissenters, or be killed. Many of the East German citizens have said that behind the wall they developed claustrophobia and were plagued by shortages, it was hard to purchase any goods, also many people struggled to cope with the impact of the division in Germany.

1957- The creation of sputnik

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On October 4, 1957, The USSR surprised everyone by launching Sputnik, it was more powerful than the atomic bomb. It was the first ever satellite to be able to send satellites to the United States. The United States was very alarmed because the USSR was able to send satellites and have nuclear weapons as well making them stronger and scared to fight. This made the United States create a satellite

1953- Signing of Armistice

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In July 1953, the U.S. and North Korean Chinese signed an armistice to end the fighting. It established a border between North Korea and South Korea, this demilitarized zone forbids military forces within the area. They were protected and it was also filled with armed troops.

1950- Korean war begins

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North Korean troops launched a surprise invasion of South Korea starting the Korean War. President Truman decided that he wanted to help South Korea, and said that the soviet union had a doing in the invasion and refused to allow communism to spread. Truman asked the United Nations for help on the Korean peninsula, so Truman could help restore peace and the UN sent their troops so they were able to restore the peace for Korea.

1952- USA Hydrogen bomb first success

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On November 1, 1952, the USA tested the first hydrogen bomb to ever be made and tested in the Marshall Islands. This bomb exploded about 1 million tons of TNT, which gave the U.S. be able to have control over the Marshall Islands taking over their territory.

1935- Hollywood attack

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American communists launched a furtive attack on Hollywood in 1935 for a concentration in Hollywood. They called to action and wanted to take order over them to infiltrate the labor unions and infiltrate the so-called intellectual and creative fields. Americans were scared and started to do protests of peace or free Hollywood, they were feared.

1946- The election

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McCarthy won his first election to the Senate oh his famous 1950 speech. This led Americans to fear communism and fall deeply into anxiety and fear of communism spreading.

1953- Rosenburg execution

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In 1953, the Rosenbergs were executed for giving Russians secrets of the atomic bomb that the U.S. created. This led American citizens to fear communism and doing political actions, and voting for McCarthy feared communists would come for them.