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Spies

  • CIA secret agents
  • focused on Communist secrets
  • Communist spies
  • focused on American weaponry and beneficial information
  • Espionage is the heart of the Cold War
  • Gain for information was the primary battle
  • Spies that were caught were tortured for information
  • Spies committed suicide to avoid captivity

Satellite States

  • Definition: A Satellite State is a political term that refers to a country or nation that was formally independent, but is now politically and economically influenced by another country.
  • Soviet Union had control over Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

U-2 Incident

  • 1 May 1960
  • USSR shot down American U-2 spy plane
  • Captured its pilot, Francis Powers
  • Eisenhower admitted the CIA had been flying spy mission planes over the USSR for years

The Marshall Plan

  • 1948
  • Economic Cooperation Act
  • gave over $12 billion to rebuild Europe after the war
  • Brought extensive investment into the region
  • Was a stimulate for the US economy
  • established markets for American goods
  • Great humanitarian effort

Korean War

NORAD

Truman Doctrine

  • On June 25, 1950 North Korean forces invaded US occupied South Korea.
  • The war ended in a stalemate when chinese forces stoped the UN forces counter attack on July 27, 1953.
  • 12 September 1957
  • North American Aerospace defense command
  • Between Canada and North America
  • Led to race to the moon
  • Established by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947
  • Created so the US would provide assistance to all democratic nations under the threat of Communism.
  • Initialy created for Greece and Turkey.
  • Did not end up helping Turkey.
  • Led to the creation of NATO.

Communist Revoltion In China

  • Started October 1, 1949
  • Communist forces led by Mao Zedong.
  • Nationalist forces led by Jiang Jieshi
  • Communist forces won in May 1950
  • 40,000 Nationalist soldiers fled to the island of Taiwan

Cuban Missile Crisis

  • October 14, 1962 to October 28, 1962
  • 13 day military stand off between Cuba and America
  • Cuba had just gained nucular- armed missiles
  • Cuba is allied with the Soviet Union
  • John F. Kennedy orders a navel blockade on Cuba to keep them from getting more missiles

PB Success

  • 18 June 1954
  • CIA sponsored military coup
  • Overthrew the Guatemalan democracy
  • Why? The Guatemalan revolution was seen as a communism

Cold War Hot Spots Map

By: Bianca, Tayler, Nathan, and Cailleen

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