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 * The cold war expands**

What methods did the united use in its global struggle against the soviet union?

We used a lot of different methods to try to stop the soviets. One way was the Truman Doctrine. What this did was aid countries that were in need of help because of communism. The method we used was the Marshall plan. This was put into effect in 1948. This plan gave about $13 billion in grants and loans to western European nations, to try to help them help us by fighting communism. Next came the Warsaw pact. This was a pact that all communist states of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia promised to defend one another if attacked.



vocab words

__A​rms Race__- competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms

__Mutually assured destruction__- nuclear deterrence holding that neither side will attack the other if both sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed in the conflict

__John Foster Dulles__- Secretary of state

__Brinkmanship__- maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage

__Nikita Khrushehev__- Leader of the soviet union in 1953

__Nationalized__- to bring under the owership or control of a nation

__Suez Crisis__- international crisis that arose when egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the suez canal

__Eisenhower Doctrine__- used in 1958 to put down a revolt against a proamerican government in Lebanon

__CIA__- federal agency that coordinates governmental intelligence activities outside the United States.

__NASA-__ Government that deals with aeronautical research and the development of launch vehicles and spacecraft