Cold War

By SFahey
  • United Nation Formed

    United Nation Formed
    4 months after the San Fransisco conference ended the United Nations officially started.
  • Hollywood 10

    Hollywood 10
    The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. Most of them where given a $1000 fine and 1 year in a prison for contempt of congress
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    President Harry S. Truman presented this before a joint session of Congress. His message (The Truman Doctrine) asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and turkey.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Congress overwhelmingly passed the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, President Truman signed the act that became known as the Marshall Plan. Over the next four years, Congress appropriated $13.3 billion for European recovery.
  • NATO formed

    NATO formed
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
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    Korean War

    when the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel. there was a line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic
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    Space Race/Sputnik

    The Space Race became a race to the Moon. Both countries made announcements to launch the first artificial satellite into space, but it was the Soviet Union that brought humanity into the Space Age with their Sputnik satellite, which was successfully launched on October 4, 1957.
  • The Bay of pigs

    The Bay of pigs
    The Bay of Pigs plan had three phases: preparation, invasion, and aftermath. The first phase involved training and equipping Cuban exiles, the second phase was the actual invasion, and the third phase focused on dealing with the aftermath of the failed mission.
  • Berlin Wall Goes Up

    Berlin Wall Goes Up
    The 155km Berlin Wall, which cut through the middle of the city center surrounded West Berlin from August 13, 1961, to November 9, 1989. The Wall was designed to prevent people from escaping to the West from East Berlin.
  • U.S. official enters Vietnam War

    U.S. official enters Vietnam War
    A major factor that led President Lyndon B. Johnson to intervene into Vietnam militarily was the fear of communism due to Cold War tensions with communist countries such as China and the Soviet Union.
  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan
    These uprisings, along with internal fighting and coups within the government between the People's and Banner factions, prompted the Soviets to invade the country on the night of December 24, sending in some 30,000 troops and toppling the short-lived presidency of People's leader Hafizullah Amin.
  • Berlin Wall Comes Down

    Berlin Wall Comes Down
    The Berlin Wall came down on the evening of November 9, 1989, during a hastily arranged international press conference in East Berlin. Günter Schabowski, an official in East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party, slowed to the podium clutching some papers.