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UN formed
the UN is created and ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories -
Truman doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." gave aid too greece and turkey -
marshall plan
gave aid to warstricken countries in europe to fix there economy so they wouldn’t default to communism -
Nato created
Signing of the washington treaty marked the start of the north american treaty organization -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten was a group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era. The Second Red Scare was a time period marked by the fear of a communism takeover during the initial phases of the Cold War Era. -
Korean war
Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S. Truman committed United States air, ground, and naval forces to the combined United Nations forces assisting the Republic of Korea in its defense. -
Space race
The Space Race played a significant part in the Cold War as the Americans and Soviets competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space. From beginning to end, the world's attention was captivated by this contest for dominance. -
bay of pigs
the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy administration to push Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Since 1959, officials at the U.S. State Department and the CIA had attempted to remove Castro. -
Berlin wall goes up
the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete wall. -
Us joins vietnam war
The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government. -
Soviet’s in afghan
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen, foreign fighters, and smaller groups of anti-Soviet Maoists. -
Fall of the berlin wall
The wall started coming down during the peaceful revolution and was a pivotal mark in the end of the cold war