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Nafta
The North American Free Trade Agreement -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain took the form of border defenses between the countries of Europe in the middle of the continent. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
Japan surrenders
End of World War II. Japan surrenders to the allied forces. -
Truman Plan
The Truman Doctrine was an relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan officially the European Recovery Program, ERP was the American program to aid Europe. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region. -
Apartheid
A system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party -
Belin Airlift
America brought care packages to the citizens of berlin because they were notallowed to leave. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
USSR explodes its first atomic bomb
Russia launches its firts atomic bomb. -
Domino Therory
Promoted at times by the United States government, and speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism. -
Ayatollah Kaomeini
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korera, supported by the United Nations. -
Containment
A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest. -
Korean War ends
Korean war is ended. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
Opec
Is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It is an oil cartel whose job is to coordinate the policies of the oil-producing countries. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones on the southern coast of Cuba. -
U.S. lands first man on moon
America finaaly got a man to the moon. America was the first to get a manon the moon. -
President Richard Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
President Nixon stretches the war to Cambodia. -
Watergate
The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee. -
1972 Olympics
Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan Summer Olympics, which were held in Munich, West Germany. -
End of the U.S. military draft
America is no longer drafting men into the war. No more men enter the war. -
President Nixon resigns
President Nixon is the first president to resign in U.S history. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. -
Iran Hostage Situation
A diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. -
Perestroika
Was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Ronald Reagan elected President
Ronald Reagan becomes the 40th president of the United States. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, were student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing. Troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted thousands of casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance on Tiananmen Square -
Berlin Wall falls
They remove the wall that boders all the way around berlin.
