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United nations
the United Nations Charter, which was adopted and signed on June 26, 1945, is now effective and ready to be enforced. -
When did ww2 end?
World war two was one of the most brutal conflicts in recent history, wreaked havoc for 6 years. -
Churchills iron curtain speech
Churchill adresses the "Iron curtain" that the soviet union created to separate themselves from the rest of the continent. -
Truman doctrine
Truman doctrine was the principle that the US should help to stop the spread of communism. -
Berlin Airlift
U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. -
NATO
Intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
USSR's first atomic bomb test
Greatly aided by its successful Soviet Alsos and the atomic spy ring, the Soviet Union conducted its first weapon test of an implosion-type nuclear device, RDS-1, codename First Lightning, on 29 August 1949, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR. With the success of this test, the Soviet Union became the second nation after the United States to detonate a nuclear device. -
Chinas first civil war
China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang , led government of the Republic of China, and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China -
End of Korean War
USA uses its nuclear arsenal to break the stalemate. -
H-Bomb
After the soviets successfully create an atomic bomb, the usa followed. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. -
Stalin's death
Suffered a brain hemorrhage and died at 9:50 p.m. on March 5, 1953. -
Sputnik
The first artificial earth satellite -
SEATO
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was an international organization for defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty that was signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. -
Vietnam War
The North Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam. -
Warsaw pact
a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Francis Gary Powers
American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in russian airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Foreign policy pronouncement by President Eisenhower promising military and or economic aid to any middle eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. -
Fidel castro takes over cuba
Overthrew the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. -
President JFK
JFK won the presidental race against Richard Nixon. -
Bay of pigs
CIA failed invasion of cuba -
Berlin Wall
a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic. -
Cuban Missle crisis
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. -
Cuban missle crisis
Conflict between usa and russia. Russia planned to have missiles in cuba. -
JFK assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
LBJ
36th president of the united states after JFK was assassinated. He was the vice president, so naturally he was next in line for the presidency. -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States. He was the only U.S. president to resign the office. -
NASA's first moon landing
Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. they were the first men on the moon. -
SALT
international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union-the Cold War superpowers-on the issue of armament control. -
Gerald Ford
American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. -
Jimmy Carter
American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. -
Soviets invade afghanistan
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. -
U.S boycott of the summer olympics
if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month, the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics in summer 1980. -
Miracle on ice
the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York. -
Ronald Reagan
an American politician and actor who was 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. -
STAR WARS
The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Gorbachev
he general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. -
George H. W. Bush
American politician who was 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. -
Soviets leave Afghanistan
the Soviet Union signed the Geneva Accords with the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan that created a timetable for withdrawal. -
Tiananmen Square
Student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing which took place in the first half of 1989 and received broad support from city residents, exposing deep splits within China’s political leadership. -
Berlin Wall falls
The East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. -
Borris Yelsin
Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had implemented during his six years as the leader of the USSR, the soviet union collapsed and russia was born. -
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