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Marshall Plan
A US program that helped provide aid in Western Europe after WW2. It was also created to cease the spread of communism in Europe. Description Link: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/marshall-plan-1
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Berlin Airlift
British and American efforts to fly food and supplies into Berlin during the Soviet blockade due to the Cold War. (Description from notes)
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Joe McCarthy's Career in the Senate
Joe McCarthy was elected the state Senate in 1946. During his time, he claimed that 205 communists infiltrated the US State Department. He was reelected in 1950 to become the chairman of the sub-committee. Known as the Red Scare, he then investigated various government departments and questioned numerous witnesses. He was then censured by the US Senate on December 2nd, 1954, and died a few years later on May 2nd, 1957. Description Link: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/joseph-mccarthy -
Creation of NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. An alliance of West European nations united for defense against the Soviets. (Description from notes)
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First Successful Soviet Nuclear Weapon Test
Soviet Union conducted their first nuclear bomb called RDS-1 in modern day Kazakhstan, at a test site named Semipalatinsk. Description Link: https://www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/29-august-1949-first-soviet-nuclear-test
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Korean War
It began at the 38th parallel when 75,000 soldiers who were part of the North Korean People's Army invaded South Korea. The South was backed up by the US and North is backed up with the Soviet Union. In the end, both North and South Korea never gained or lost any land, and the war still hasn't ended, but have signed an armistice. Description Link: https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war -
First Hydrogen Bombs Detonated
Ivy Mike was a code name for the first American hydrogen bomb detonated for testing a fully scaled device. The soviets used their hydrogen bomb from an airplane in Siberia. The Americans nicknamed it Joe 4. Description Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike
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The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower has done many great things during his time as presidency. He ceased the Korean war by persuading Americans to accept the peace that was negotiated. He was able to help keep America at peace by remaining calm and rational. He balanced a budget and raise defense spending as well as refusing to cut taxes. He sponsored and signed both the Civil Rights Bill of 1957 and the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Description Link: https://www.nps.gov/features/eise/jrranger/5accompx.htm -
Start of the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of performing espionage and were later executed. They were accused with working with the Soviets via spying. Description Link: https://study.com/academy/lesson/julius-ethel-rosenberg-case-trial-facts-execution.html
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The Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was murdered for saying, "Hey baby" to a white woman who was of the age 21. The murderers who were confirmed by an eyewitness, were put on trail for Emmett Tills murder. The verdict was "not guilty". This was an "early impetus" to the African-American civil rights movement.
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Rosa Parks / Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was an African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was then sparked years after what happened. It was a 13 month mass protest, which was later taken to the US Supreme Court, where the ruling of the segregation on buses was decided as unconstitutional. Description Link: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott
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Start of The Hungarian Uprising
The Hungarian Uprising was a revolution that was nationwide against the people of Hungary's Republic and Soviet policies. Description Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
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Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African Americans who went to a Caucasian school in Little Rock, AK, called Central High School, but were declined entry by the governor named Orval Faubus, and not long after, Eisenhower escorted them into the school. Description Link: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
The Sputnik 1 was the first successful artificial satellite launched by the Soviets in Baikonur, Kazakhstan during the time of the Space Race. The US citizens freaked out and were concerned that they weren't as technologically superior as them anymore. Description Link: https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4397868/Sputnik-1-launches--October-4--1957
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Nikita Khrushchev as the Premier of Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union for some part of the Cold War. He was a statesman who was the first Secretary of the Communist Party. Description Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev -
Cuba Goes Communist (Castro Takes Over)
Cuban Communist Fidel Castro, and self proclaimed Marxist-Leninist took over Cuba in 1959. The Cubans, under a new ruler and rules did not want to stay in Cuba any more. Instead, many went to the United States of America due to the fact that there was restricted political and economic choices under Castro's rule. Information Source: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fidel-castro Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro -
U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
American U2 spy plane is shot down due to espionage in the Soviet Union. Description Link: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down
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John F Kennedy is Elected
JFK was a Democratic president who who the election against Republican Richard Nixon. In 1963, JFK was assassinated. Information source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy -
First Man In Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first man in space, was a Soviet Cosmonaut.He also became the first man to orbit the planet.
Information Source: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-man-in-space
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was when 1,400 Cuban exiles and rebels failed to invade Cuba. Information Source: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs Image Source: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day standoff against the United States and the Soviet Union. Due to the fact that the United States had missiles pointed at the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union pointed their missiles at the United States, and had them set up in Cuba. Information Source: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis Image Source: https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/newarks-history/2014/10/11/dykn-cuban-missile-crisis-remembered/17119433/ -
Birmingham Church Bombing
The Birmingham church bombing was committed by a white supremacist who exploded a bomb right before a Sunday morning service at a Baptist church. The service served for civil rights leaders where the black congregation would meet up. Many people were injured and four colored girls were killed. Description Link: https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/us/1963-birmingham-church-bombing-fast-facts/index.html
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First American troops arrive in South Vietnam
President Lyndon B. Johnson sends 125,000+ troops to Vietnam. People reacted immediately all over the world, and some Communist leaders even attacked Johnson over his decision to send more troops. Information source: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-announces-more-troops-to-vietnam
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