Iron Curtain:
The iron curtain was one of the large factors causing the cold war. Because of the separation of communism and capitalism, Europe was divided in half. On March 5th, 1946, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a speech regarding the iron curtain in Fulton Missouri in the United States. |
Truman Doctrine:The Truman doctrine stated that the United states would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under thread from external or internal authoritarian forces.
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Marshall Plan:The Marshall Plan provides a big finger pointing to the USA for starting the Cold war. This is because they provided aide to all non-communist countries in Europe. However, the US also offered aide to Russia and they denied it.
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NATO Treaty and Warsaw Pact:NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the western hemisphere. After the destruction caused by the Second World War, the nations of Europe struggled to rebuild their economies and ensure their Security. Because of this, Russia created the Warsaw Pact to unite all of the communist countries of Europe.
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