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United Nations Charter
Charter was signed Jan, 26 1945. Forum for discussion and descion, syndicate of action. Help develop non-foricble measures to improve the world and spread moral values/higher standards throughtout international relations. -
Yalta Conference
Declaration on liberated Europe, reparation, Dismemberment of Geremany, Zone of occupation for the French & Russia entering war against japan -
Potsdam Conference
After FDR dies Truman is in office discussing with Churchill and Stalin on joining the U.S. to defeat Japan -
Marshall Plan
A plan to help stop the spread of communism by repairing post World War 2 eastern europe. It helped fix U.S economy and increase U.S influence on europe and gain support -
Creation of Israel
Since the Jewish population was abused during WW2, most didn't want to live in Europe in fear of being reminded of Hitler's wrath. So the U.S picked a spot in the Middle East and renamed in Israel. After they had pushed out the Muslim people who lived there. -
Operation Vittles (Berlin Blockade)
During the active Berlin blockade the U.S. launch a operation to get supplies including food, fuel, and consumer goods to the blocked off western berlin. This was a move to gain support from the west communist side of Berlin. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
A collective sercurity system signed 10 east european countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal). The United States and Canada -
USSR's First Lightning
The USSR detonates their first atomic bomb, this was the start to the arms race that the USSR and USA would be in for the next 20 years or so -
Sino-Soviet Pact
SIgned to create a bilateral defense commitment and settle boundary issues. And send aid China after their civil war -
Korean War (!950-1953)
A political war turned physical between the north and south korea which eventually divided korea. The war would end with the signing of a armistance on July 27, 1953 but all of that didn't become realiality until Stalin's death in 1953 -
USA's Hydrogen Bomb
To step up their game in the arms race the USA developed and tested a hydrogen bomb, that was more powerful and better than the atomic bomb, the soviets would respond to this by building another one the following year -
Domino Theory
The theory that if one country falls to communism the ones around it will follow -
SEATO (South Esat Asia Treaty Organization)
Defense pact to defend nations against communist attack (Disbands After 1975) -
Warsaw Pact
The communist version to counter act NATO which has the same idea just a communist base in it. It also a defense treaty signed by USSR, Bulgaria, Hungaria, Germany, Poland, Rumania, Czecholovia -
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
The war between North and South vietnam over political views. North was communist and South was democratic, The U.S didn't get involed until 1963 when it was made clear after the Battle of AP Bac they would need to go in to save Vietnam -
Space Age Begins
Russia lainches sputink the first artifical satellite to orbit earth, the USA couldn't replicate this lauch until a year later (that's after many failed attempts) -
Cuban Revolution
The revolution overthrows the government, and Castro takes power -
Berlin Wall
The wall was built to divide a politically confused berlin city. The east was a democratic side and the west was communist. the wall was eventually torn down in 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union placed nuclear warheads in Cuba, after Castro and USSR became friends. The warheads were 50 times stronger than the Atomic Bomb. Closest the world came to a nuclear war -
Cuban Quarantine Proclamation
This stated that United States would use a naval blockade to block soviet shipments to cuba. One soviet ship crossed the line where it was restricted from only to be stopped by the naval fleet. Khrushchev eventually pulls the missiles out of cuba -
JFK takes office
JFK becomes 35th President of United States of America, In his inaugural speech Kennedy challenges america to a grand and global alliance to fight tyranny, proevrty, disease and war -
Richard Nixon
Nixon becomes the 37th President of the United States, and promised to end the Vietnam war with policies such as Vietnamization and Cambosian Invasion -
Cease Fire agreement
Vietnam, USSR, China reached agreement to cease fire. Which allowed the U.S to withdraw troops and also allowed North Vietnam to inavade South Vietnam and capture their capital city Saigon. Which ended the war
