Cold War

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  • Marshall plan

    Marshall plan
    This is the to rebuild Western Europe after World War II. United States gave $13 billion aid to Western Europe.

  • NATO

    NATO
    Ten European countries, the United States and Canada established North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

  • Atomic bombs

    Atomic bombs
    Soviet Union tested their first atomic bombs.

  • Korean war

    Korean war
    North Korea invaded South Korea and U.S supported South. Its end in 1953.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Soviet Union launched the first stallite. Space race began.

  • OPEC

    OPEC
    Iran , Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela created the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

  • Civil Rights movement of 1964

    Civil Rights movement of 1964
    It ended unequal application of voter register requirements and racial segregation in schools , at the work place and in public.

  • Salt I

    Salt I
    President Nixon visited China and Soviet Union and salt I treaty signed.

  • Cold War ends

    Cold War ends
    Soviet Union fall and cold war end.

  • NAFTA

    NAFTA
    The United States ,Canada and Mexico signed North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement.

  • 9/11

    9/11
    The Islamic terrorist group Al-Queda attracted the United States. Four passenger airplane were hijacked and were crashed into World Trade Centre.