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Marshall Plan
On this date Truman signs the Marshall Plan. It helps Europe recover from the war by sending money to 16 nations. As these countries improve, communism weakens. -
Berlin Blockade Starts
Soviets cut off electrical power and transportation to West Berlin to starve the Allies out of it. -
NATO founded
Alliance with US, Canada, and 10 other nations so that they would protect each other. If any one of them got attacked, it would mean an attack against them all -
Berlin Airlift Ends
When Stalin cut of power and trasportation to the West side of Berlin, The US started to have a airlift to give the west side the necessities like food and water. -
Testing the Bomb
The Soviets test their atomic bomb, Joe 1, and it is a success. They are now a huge threat to the US -
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the president of the United States. -
The Korean War ends
The Korean War was a proxy war, North vs South, 53,000 Americans were killed. -
The Warsaw Pact
Called for military cooperation among the soviet union, any of the listed nations attacked, others had to help defend them. -
Sputnik
Sputnik, the first ever satelite to be launched, was launched by the soviets -
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy becomes the president of the US. -
Bay of Pigs
1400 Cuban exiles landed on a Cuban Beach, most were killed or captured .
