AP U.S. History / Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
8.2 The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
Notes
Containment: the Truman Doctrine (1947), Marshall Plan, NATO (1949), the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War (1950–1953), the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the arms race, and détente in the 1970s.
Practice
The Truman Doctrine pledged to:
Greece and Turkey, 1947.
The Marshall Plan:
Contain communism through recovery.
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) ended when:
Thirteen days.
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