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Declaraction of the Cold War
A speech given by Stalin. Stalin wants to defeat Capitalism because he's a against them. -
"Iron Curtain"
Symbolizes "fighting" between Communist and Capitalists. Seperating Europe from East and West. -
Truman Doctrine
Speech given by Harry Truman, President of the United States, helping to stop communism from spreading toward the United States, on a global basis. -
Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program. United States helped Europe rebuild after World War 2. -
JFK becomes president.
On January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy was elected as president. -
Berlin Wall
A barrier which blocked East and West Europe. Seperating families and no access to cross one another. -
Chernobyl Disaster
A Soviet nuclear power plant in the Ukraine explodes, resulting in the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. -
Iraq invades Kuwait
Iraq invades Kuwait beginning the Gulf War. -
Announce end of Cold War.
US President George H. W. Bush, after receiving a phone call from Boris Yeltsin, delivers a Christmas Day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War. -
Mikhail resigns.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the USSR. The hammer and sickle is lowered for the last time over the Kremlin.
