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POTSDAM CONFERENCE
The potsdam conference was a discussion about what the appropiate punishment for Nazi Germany would be. The conference included Truman, Stalin, and Churchil. -
FORMATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Established on Oct-24-1945. The languages include: Arabic, English, French, mandarin, Russian, and Spanish -
IRON CURTAIN DESENDS ON EUROPE
Europe was divided into 2 seperate places after the end of the World war 2. This was called the Iron curtain. -
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
The truman doctrine, was a speach regarding the relationships of the international policy's. The speech was spoken by the U.S president, Harry Truman. -
MARSHALL PLAN
The Marshall plan was an aid from the United States, where the united states helped Europe with the economics. The goals weere to rebuild the damage, and make Europe prosper again. -
CREATION OF ISRAEL
In 1948, the state of israel was made by Jewish terrorists. they did not do this alone, however. They were helped by te Members of the Soviet, and United states of merica. -
BERLIN AIR LIFT
After World war 2, the Allies decided to split Berlin as well. The east were called Soviets, and the west, were called democratic nations. The soviets made a wall around the city, so that the democratic nations could not send supplies. -
FORMATION OF NATO
NATO (North atlantic treaty organization) created by the United states. 12 countries, including United States, italy Belgium, canada, france, and much more aggreed to aid any member who was attacked -
KOREAN WAR
The US got involved, due to the Truman doctrine. In the speech, the U.S said that the United States had to support contries that are fighting communism. Korea was a communist, therefore the United States had to act. -
WARSAW PACT
A military alliance. The alliance was Soviet Union, and eastern europe countries. -
Suez-Crisis
The Suez-Crisis, also known as Tripartite Agression, was a war between Egypt, Britain, France, and Isreal. This war was started when Egypt's nationalization strategic waterway triggered the doplomatic intervention. It ended on November-7-1956 -
SPUTNIK 1 AND SPUTNIK 2
Sputnik 1, was the first satelitite. It was launched on October, 4 1957, the purpose for sputnik 1, was to broadcast radio pulses.
Sputnik 2, however, was the second spacecraft launched into space. It carried a dog! Yes a dog, his name was Laika. -
NASA
NASA, also called The NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. Before July-29-1958, the human species looked up in the sky, far beyond that, they saw the moon, stars, and planets. It was a mysterious, yet beautiful sight. On July-29-1958, NASA was founded, and was the United States first space program. Once NASA was founded, there has been numerous, successful trips to space. -
BAY OF PIGS INVASION
the bay of pigs invasion, was a failed attempt attack on Cuba. The intentions were to overthrow Fidel Castro. But failed. -
BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTED
The Berlin wall. This wall in East Germany streches an amazing 96 miles! But that isn't all. In fact, the reason this long wall was built was because East-Germany wanted to cut off West Berlin. The East-Germany wanted to protect its population and keep it stable. But a wall, would surely not keep people away. In fact, the wall had guns, yes guns. The Berlin wall had also included guard towers placed along the wall so they can ensure no riots would occur, and no one would pass by. -
CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
The Cuban missle crisis started on October-14-1962, and lasted for 13 days. So exactly what was the Cuban Missile crisis? The cuban missle crisis was the most dangerous passage of the cold war. It was a dangerous time, because the Soviet Unions placed Nuclear warheads in Cuba. It was suppose to be a secret, but it was soon discovered. President Kennedy quickly took action, and established a blockade around Cuba. -
KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
One of the greatest presidents of the United States, died on November-22-1963. He died on Dealey Plaza, where he was having a motorcade. He was killed by Lee Harvey -
USS PUEBLO INCIDENT
On January 23, 1968, Pueblo (a navy ship) was attacked. The Koreans were attacking the USS PUEBLO. The koreans boarded the ship, and captured the people who were on the ship, and took them to POW camps, where they were beaten, and interrogated. On December 23, 1968, the prisoners were released, and let back into the United States. However, the Koreans still have the USS PUEBLO to this day. -
NIXON VIST TO CHINA
President Richard Nixon. Was the first president to visit china on February 21, 1972. It was a very important event, because it was a sign of friendship. -
VIETNAM WAR
The united states was involved in the vietnam war, because they wanted to end the spread of communism. So they decided to help the South. -
SOUTH VIETNAM FALLS
The fall of saigon, was when saigon was captured. Saigon is the capital of the south. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4, 1979, 52 American citizens were kidnapped by Iranian students outside the U.S embassy in Tehran. The United States had tried to rescue the hostages, but failed multiple times. At one point during a rescue, 8 servicemen died in a helicopter crash. On 1-19-1981, the United States and Iran signed an agreement to have the hostages be released. The following day, the hostages were released. The event took 444 days. -
U.S AND SOVIET BOYCOOTS OF THE OLYMPICS
In the summer of 1984, when the olympics were coming to Rome, the soviet and United States boycott it. -
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
It was a arrangement to give money for Nicarguan contra rebls. -
CHERNOBYL DISASTER
On April 26, 1986, a plant in Europe blew up, and chemicals spread throughout the air. The country had radioactive particles in the air. It was a dangerous time. People had to wear protective gear so they would not get harmed -
TIANAMEN SQUARE MASSACRE
After weeks of protests, the Chinese government sent troops to enter Tianamen square, and killed civilians. Thousands died, and arrested.
