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The Red Scare
The House Un-American Activities Committee began having a series of hearings designed to show that communist subversion in the United States was alive and well. The anti-communist hysteria spread through the country and many people lost their jobs.
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Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman provided assistance in means of political, military, and economic ways to any democratic country in threat of external or internal authoritarian forces. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine -
Marshall Plan
Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act which approved funding that would reach $12 billion for the rebuilding of Western Europe. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/marshall-plan -
Soviets Sign Friendship policy with China
The two largest communist countries sign a mutual defense and assistance treaty. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ussr-and-prc-sign-mutual-defense-treaty https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJ6552buOx2zEETrJ7R9NH7G-Lsqw8stlyn33yPq_osdjyBYv8ag -
US test First H Bomb
The United States detonates the first hydrogent bomb in Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific. This put the US in lead of the Arms Race. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-tests-first-hydrogen-bomb
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The Warsaw Pact
Many communist countries signed the Warsaw Pact which was the “treaty of mutual friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance." This was signed in response to NATO. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/TheWarsawPact.asp data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxMTEhUUExQVFhUXFhobFhgVFyEaHRsdGhsbHSAYGBgYHCggGB4lHBYaIjEhJSksLi4vGB8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGxAQGzUkICYsNDQ0LzI3NDg0NC8uNywtLDQ3NCw0LCwsNyw0MCwsLCw0LCwsLC80LCwsLCw0LCwsL//AABEIAOAA4AMBEQACEQEDEQH/xAAbAAEAAwEBAQEAAAA -
Sputnik Launched
The Soviets put the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object in earths orbit. The R-7 missle that put it there showed that they were capable of putting a nuclear bomb in US airspace.
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The Bay of Pigs
The US attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro was the Premier of Cuba. The US used 1300 exiles to invade but they quickly were defeated by Casto's army. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/60s/bay_of_pigs.asp https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfPijQ6xBEln26c7LJhH5bHPNHhmX3jxuWN4OpEvzTPcuVIj4zCw -
Cuban Blockade
President Kennedy announced that the Soviet Union was hiding missiles in Cuba and so the US put a blockade up around Cuba to prevent any other weapons from entering Cuba. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-announces-blockade-of-cuba-during-the-missile-crisis https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuXdhqePKPrtqW_955kur3VUkFZcxZbGXNqZvfOv6VqAjDCJjA -
SALT I
President Nixon and Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. The treaty would help contain the Arms Race.
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SALT II
Brezhnev and President Jimmy Carter signed the SALT II treaty. Since the USSR and the US focused on different weapons, they needed to put more speifications and regulations.
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USSR Invades Afghanistan
The Soviets sent thousands of troops into the Afghan country taking control of Kabul and other large portions of the country.
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1980 Olympic Games
The United States and 61 other countries boycott the Olympics because the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/olympic_games.asp
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Star Wars
President Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative. They were to construct a space-based anti-missile system to intercept any Soviet missiles.
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The Fall of the Soviet Union
The Cold War ended when the USSR broke up into 15 different countries. http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp
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