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Cold War
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Korean War begin
Korean War begins. Stalin helps North Korea and America and UN assist South. -
Federal Civil Defense Administration started
America is afriad of nucular war. The administration set up by Truman helps build fall out centers and evacuation routes. -
A-Bombs made in Britain
Britain creates th A-Bomb. Tensions rise. -
The Cuban Revolution begins
The Cuban Revolution overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista with the 26th of July Movement and established a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s. The term "Cuban Revolution" is refering to the social revolution after the overthrow of the Batista government and the adoption of Marxist principles by the new Cuban Government. -
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin passed a away in March of 1953 and Khrushchev had positioned himself as a possible successor; 6 months later he became head of the Communist Party and one of the most powerful people in the USSR. Although he pursued a policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. At home, he initiated a process of “de-Stalinization” that made Soviet society less repressive. -
Geneva Conference begins
It took place in Geneva, Switzerland and its purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. The conference came up with a set of documents known as the Geneva Accords. These agreements temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern communist zone, and a southern anti-communist zone. -
Warsaw Pact is formed
The Soviet Union and seven of its European allies sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, which was a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. It called on the member states to come to the defense of any member who was attacked by an outside source. -
Vostok rocket launched
Soviets first ICBM. Space race is started. -
Sputnik launched
America launches Sputnik. It is the first American satilite. -
Sputnik II launched
First living think from America is in space. The dog, Laika, died out in space. -
Explorer 1 launched
It was the first satellite launched by the U.S. after the launch of the Soviet Sputnik the year before. It remained in orbit until 1970, and has been followed by more than 90 spacecraft in the Explorer series. -
Fidel Castro takes over Cuba
Fidel Castro successfully takes over Cuba.U.S. has a very close enemy. -
Atomic Bomb made by France
Sucessful atomic bomb in France.Opens up playing field and hightens mania. -
South Vietnam falls to communism
On April 25, 1975, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned his power to Vice President Tran Van Huong. This act left the south with basically no leader. With no support from American forces, the south was left almost completely defenseless. On the morning of April 30, northern tanks had crashed though the Presidential Palace gates in Saigon. -
John F. Kennedy elected
John F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man to become president, and narrowly beat Vice President Richard Nixon. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs, the Civil Rights Movement, the "New Frontier" domestic program, and abolition of the federal death penalty in the District of Columbia took place in his presidency. -
Cuba+Soviets
Cuba declares that it and the Soviets are allies. The Cold War is closer to home. -
Bay Of Pigs
Fidel Castro had taken over Cuba in 1959 and had converted it to communism. In 1961, the U.S. C.I.A. finally launched a strike to which they believed would be definite. It was a full-scale invasion with 1,400 American-trained Cubans who were greatly outnumbered in the end. -
Berlin Wall started
Soviets are splitting Berlin. They build a wall between and West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This sparked a major confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The United States founs out that the Soviets had missiles stationed in Cuba, just 90 miles off of the shores of the Unites States. It was a 13-day debate in which the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles if the U.S. promised to not invade Cuba. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Ratified
The test ban treaty was ratified. All countries are trying to stay alive and keep tensions from mounting. -
Kennedy Assasination
Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Texas by Mr. Oswald. His death was covered in comspiracy. He did sign a Nucular Ban Treaty and led the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave congressional approval for expansion of the Vietnam War. This meant that President Johnson had the authority to send troops into South Vietnam. -
Atomic Bomb made by China
China finally builds an atomic bomb. West and East further divide. -
U.S. mrines sent to Dominican Republic
The Marines were sent to fight communism in the Dominican Republic.The US was afraid that Castro was behind the violence in the Dominican. -
U.S.S. Pueblo captured
In 1968 the U.S.S. Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, was doing a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when they were engage by North Korean patrol boats. The crew was taken to 2 comounds and were charged with spying within North Korea’s 12-mile territorial limit and imprisoned. On December 23, 1968 the U.S. and North Korea came to an agreement and the crew was released to South Korea where they were sent back to the U.S. -
Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Apollo 11 was the first landing that brought humans to the moon with Neil Armstrong being the first human to ever step foot on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission occurred eight years after President John Kennedy announced a national goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. It would spark a new race for the coutnries of the world to get to space. -
President Nixon visits China
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SALT 1 signed
During that meeting the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the first agreements to place limits and restraints on some of their armaments. Negotiations lasted from November 17, 1969, until May 1972 in a series of meetings. -
Cease fire in Vietnam
The United States seperated North and South Vietnam through warfare because they were aftraid of the North making the South communist. They cease fine finally came between North Vietnam and the United States January 28, 1973. -
North Vietnam wins war
North Vietnam wins over South Vietnam. Communism sets in.
