The United States was involved in the Red scare. The Red scare was a promotion for the possible spread of Communism. The name refers to the red that was part of the communist flag. The United States was scared that the communist would influence the united states. The Red Scare happened two times but the second time happened during the time of the Cold War.
Berlin Airlift: June 24,1948 |
Korean War: June 25,1950The war was fought between South and North Korea. The Soviet Union supported the North and the United States supported the South. The war Started when North Korea invaded South Korea. South Korea was pushed all the way back and slowly gained back land with the help of the United Nations. A treaty was signed which ended the war in 1953. Both the South and North stayed there own countries and kept their own independence.
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Vietnam War: November 1,1955The war was fought between the southern government of Vietnam and the communist north of Vietnam. The United States didn't want the north to win because they wanted to end Communism so they worked with the South to get Ngo Dinh Diem elected. The Vietnam war was considered a proxy during the Cold war. 58,220 United States Soldiers were killed during the Vietnam War. This Image is of the Vietnam Refugees.
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Suez Crisis: 1956This happened in the Middle East when Egypt took control of the Suez Canal and Israel, France, and Great Britain took military action. The canal was important for ships traveling through Europe the the Middle East. The president of Egypt decided to charge people to use their canal which gave Israel, Great Britain, and France a reason to attack. They planned for Israel to attack and then the French and the British would act as peace makers. The crisis ends when the United States forces France, Israel and Great Britain to withdraw.
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Bay of Pigs: April 17,1961 |
In 1961, the United States sent trained exiles to Cuba to overthrow the government there. However, they failed and the invasion is considered part of the Cold War because the US was trying to prevent the spread of communism to the Americas. Due to the attack, Cuba looked to the Soviet Union for a military alliance. The bad turn out caused the United States Government to look horrible.
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Berlin Wall: August 12,1961The Berlin wall is located in the middle of Berlin and was used to divide the West and East Berlin. The communist government built it to try and stop people from escaping East Berlin. It separated the Democratic government from the Communist Government. At first, the Berlin Wall was just a wired fence before being turned into a 12 feet cement wall. The wall was taken down after Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Berlin asking them to take down the wall. In November of 1989 the wall was finally destroyed and Germany reunited as one country.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962The Cuban Missile Crisis happened when the Soviet Union started to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. The United States negotiated with the Soviet Union for 13 days. This was the closest that the US and the Soviet Union came to a Nuclear War between one another during the Cold War. The Soviet Union agreed to remove the Nuclear Weapons.
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