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Creation of the UN
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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is a metaphor for the border between countries in the Soviet east and the countries in Western Europe. The phrase was first used on March 5, 1946 by Winston Churchill in a speech at Westminster College. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, and further developed on 12, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, and further developed on July 12, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Berlin Airlift
An early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin's two million citizens. -
Chinese Civil War (after WWII)
The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920's. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
Warsaw Pact Signed
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. -
Sputnik
On October 4, 1957 Russia launched its first satellite into space called Sputnik. It set off the Space Race, a race between America and Russia to get to the moon. -
Cuban Revolution
Jul 26, 1953 – Jan 1, 1959. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies against the authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. -
U-2 Incident
On May 5, 1960, USSR forces shot down an American U-2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Afterwards, the American president Dwight Eisenhower admitted to the USSR that American forces from the CIA had been spying on the USSR for many years. This incident raised tension between the Soviets and the U.S. -
Bay of Pigs
On April 17, 1961, Cuba was invaded by 1400 Cuban troops trained by Americans. The invasion was ultimately a failure because the American-trained Cubans were outnumbered by Castro’s troops and they surrendered. -
War in Vietnam
March 8, 1965 The U.S joins the fight in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. The U.S wanted to stop the domino effect from happening. -
SALT I: Strategic Arms Limitation Talk
Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and interim SALT agreement on May 26, 1972, in Moscow. For the first time during the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals. -
Berlin Wall
Built on August 13, 1965 Destroyed November 9, 1989
