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The creation of the HUAC
the HUAC was created on is May 26,1938 to investiagte alleged disloyality on the part of private citizens -
Yalta Conference
U.S presdient Franklin D. Roosevelt , british prime minister WInston Churchill , and Soveit Union leader Joesph Stalin discussed Europe's reorganization -
Postdam Conference
where the big three , Joesph Stalin, WInston Churchill, U.S president Truman met to discuss terms of Germany for the end of WW2 -
The Iron Curtian Speech
When Wiston Churchill said on March 5, 1946 gave a speech about bewteen Western Europe and the area Soviet Union -
The Truman Doctrine
When president Harry Truman on March 12,1947 gave a speech about how the Untied States would provide military and economic help Turkey and Greece from falling to communism -
Berlin Airlift
On June 24,1948The United States made a military operation that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by airforce for almost a year -
Berlin Blockcade
On June 24, 1948 the Soveit Union blocked the western allies from sending supplies to western berlin so they can take over and spread communism -
Creation of Nato
Nato was created on April4,1949 which stands for North Altanic treaty Organization a military alliance bewteen Western Europe , Canada and the U.S -
Joeshph Mccarthy "witch hunts"
McCarthy investigated since he believed people were communist he would search thrigh peroples house without permission to see if someone is communist or not , just another Red Scare -
The Korean War
The Korean war began when 75,000 soldiers from North Korea army poured across the 38th parallel, invading South Korea trying to make it communist, it came to be a stalement. -
U.S first successful H-bomb Test
On Novemember 1,1952 the United States detonates the worlds first thermonculear weapon ,the hydrogen on Eniwtok a toll in the Pacific. This help the U.S in the arms race with the Soviet Union -
Soviets first successful H-bomb Test
On August 20,1954 the Soviet Union tested its first hydrogen bomb and occured at the semipalatinsk test site on the Kazakhstan steppe , allowed the Soviets to draw even in the arms race again. -
Creation of Domino Theory
On April 7,1954 a communist victory in one nation would quickly lead to a chain reaction of communist take overs in neiboring states. The U.S government used the domino theory to justify its support of non-communist regine in South Vietnam -
Creation of SEATO
On September 8,1954 the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was estbalished to prevent communism from gaining ground in South Asia in general. -
Creation of Warsaw Pact
On May 14,1955 the Soviet Union and seven of its European satellies sign a treaty established a mutal defense oranization which put the Soivet Union in commad of its armed forces. -
The Launch of Sputnik
On October 4,1957, the Soviet Union launched the earths first artificial satelliete ,it was about the size of a beach ball , weighed only 83.6kg. The United States military feared that they had generally fallen behind in developin technology. -
The Creation of NASA
On July 29,1958 President Dwiht D Eisenhower sihsan act that creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Nasa was created to win the space race against the Soviet Union. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (April 17, 1961) began when a CIA-Finaced trained group of cuban refuses land in Cuba and attepmts to topple the communist government and assinate Fidel Castro. The invasion did not go well and the invaders were badly out numbered by Castros troop , it embrassed the U.S -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was bulit August 13 1961 , to prevent people from east Germany try to escape and go to West Berlin. It was made sure that those people stay communist and made sure they wont run away. It also prevented the U.S from trying to help East Berlin -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union started to support Cuba after the Bay of Pigs attack , the Soviet Union gave Cuba Missile which could cause painc for the U.S , it was a intense 13 day battle but Preisdent JFK surrouned Cuba with navel ships which caused The missiles o back to The Soviet Union and The U.S gets rid of their missiles from Turkey. -
The Moon Landing
On July 20, 1969 , american Niel Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the moon. Their accomplsihment placed the United States ahead of the Soviet Union in the space race. -
Kent State Protest Incident
On May 4 1970 , students protested the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forcesin the Kent State University campus. Guards men shot and killed four students , the Kent State shooting became the fvocal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam war began (April 30 1975) , small among peace activist and leftist intellevtuals on college campuses , but gained national promince. The United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnst , it ened up with the withdraw of the United States. More than 3 million people including 58,000 Americans were killed in war. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall happened nearly as suddenly as its rise. East Germans tentatively approached the border and indeed founf that the border guards were letting people cross. Some began chipping at the Berlin wall with hammers and chisles , the berlin wall was eventually chipped away.
