Cold War and Beyond

Harry S Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

United Nations formed

Oct 24, 1945

Red Scare

Period: Jul 30, 1947 to Jul 30, 1957

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

NATO founded

Apr 4, 1949

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Vietnam War

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Bay of Pigs invasion

Apr 17, 1961

Cuban Missle Crisis

Oct 14, 1962

Kennedy's Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Richard M. Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Gerald R. Ford

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Ronald Reagan

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Collapse of the U.S.S.R.

Mar 11, 1985

Gearge H.W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

Persian Gulf War

Aug 2, 1990

Bill Clinton

Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

NAFTA

Jan 1, 1994

George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

9/11 terrorist Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

War in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001

War in Iraq

Mar 20, 2003