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House Un-American Activities Committee formed
HUAC, they would look at people with German back grounds and then started looking for people in communist party. lasted 40 years then abolished. -
Yalta conference
President Roosevelt, churchhill and stalin were at the yalta conference. They discussed what would happen with Germany and how to end the war in the pacific. -
Potsdam conference
the last meeting, the discussed the war , and Germany. -
United nations formation
When conflicts threaten international security, it provides a forum
for negotiation; it can also send peace-keepers to stabilize a crisis. -
truman doctrine
the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
Marshall Plan
A program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after World War II -
Berlin airlift
Cargo planes delivered all food, fuel, and other essential goods to the people living in West Berlin during an eleven-month period of the 'Cold War' -
NATO Formation
the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
north korea invaded south korea. within days the south was defeated. -
Rosenberg Execution
julius and ethel rosenburg both were executed because found guilty of relaying US military information to the soviets. -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
this was signed between the northern korea and southern korea saying war was over. -
Warsaw formation
agreement between several Communist states of Europe. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Was the first artificial satellite. it was launch by a R-7 russian rocket. -
first man in space
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. -
first american in space
Alan shepard was the first american in space. -
Creation of the Berlin wall
the East German government erected the Berlin Wall in order to keep its citizens from fleeing to the West. For 28 years, the Berlin Wall was there. -
first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon -
era of McCarthyism begins
United States Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected Communists in the United States government - era of McCarthyism begins.
