Cold war

Cold War and Beyond

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The Red Scare was a period of time when the United States was in great fear of the spread of communism into the US. During this time the president was Harry S. Truman.
  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism
    During the red scare there was the practice ofaccusing people of being communists without proper evidence, this became known as McCarthyism.This was named based on senator Joseph McCarthy and his actions during the red scare.
  • United Nations

    United Nations
    The United Nations were formed as a means to increase cooperation politically and economically between member countries. The UN was formed by president Roosevelt between the Soviet Union, US, and Britain .
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    The Truman Doctrine was created in order to provide, political, economical, and financial aid to democratic countries under threat from other forces and supported the US. This doctrine was created by Harry S. Truman
  • Marshal Plan

    Marshal Plan
    This plan was made to aid western European countries with reconstruction with $13 billion. Turkey and Greece were aided with military. This plan was formed under the presidency of Harry Truman.
  • NATO

    NATO
    NATO, the North atlantic trade organization was formed in order to form an alliance between Europe and America in order to build international ties.
  • Korean War with President Truman

    Korean War with President Truman
    The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance.
  • Bay of pigs invasion. JFK

    Bay of pigs invasion. JFK
    Cuban exiles formed a group and invaded cuba in an effort to overthrow fidel castro
  • Cuban Missle crisis. JFk

    Cuban Missle crisis. JFk
    During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.
  • Kennedys Assasination. JFK and LBJ

    Kennedys Assasination. JFK and LBJ
    President John F. Kennedy was riding in his limo when he was sot in the arm ad ten the head and killed. Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office shortly after and also shot at.
  • The Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War
    The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.
  • Fall of communism in east europe

    Fall of communism in east europe
    Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, 1989. On November 9, 1989, thousands of jubilant Germans brought down the most visible symbol of division at the heart of Europe,the Berlin Wall. By 1990, the former communist leaders were out of power, free elections were held, and Germany was whole again
  • Persian gulf war. Regan

    Persian gulf war.  Regan
    The Persian gulf war was a response to the annexation and invasion of kuait.
  • Collaps of the Soviat Union. George H. W Bush

    Collaps of the Soviat Union. George H. W  Bush
    On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. , Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.
  • NAFTA. Regan

    NAFTA. Regan
    The North American Free Trade Agreement was an agreement between Canada.mexico, and the US to create a trade triangle between them.
  • September 11 terrorist attacks. George W. Bush

    September 11 terrorist attacks. George W. Bush
    On September 11, 2001 a group of terrorists hijacked three planes in n effort to destroy the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. All tree succeded and the twin towers were destroyed. The pentagon had sustained massive damage.
  • Afghanistan war. Gerge W. Bush

    Afghanistan war. Gerge W. Bush
    The Afghanistan war started in 2001 between the US and Afghanistan The war wa intended to bring down the terrorist organization known as al-Qaida, and their leader Osama bin laden. The war carried on until 2014 when the navy seals team 6 shot and killed Osama.
  • Iraq war. George H. Bush

    Iraq war. George H. Bush
    The Iraq war wa an effort to eliminate Saddam Hussein from Iraq.Th attacks were from 2003 till 2011
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