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Truman Doctrine Announced
The Truman Doctrine was a principal that the U.S. would give support to people and countries threatened by soviet forces or communist insurrection -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
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Korean War Begins
The Korean war began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The U.S. and the U.N. came to help South Korea while China Helped North Korea -
The Warsaw Pact Formed
In response to the creation of NATO, The Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact. Based on total equality of each nation and mutual non-interference in one another's internal affairs, the Pact quickly became a powerful political tool for the Soviet Union -
Soviets Launch First Man Made Satellite
In 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, The first man made satellite. This shattered the American propaganda view that the Soviets had inferior technology. The launch of Sputnik 1 also triggered the "space race" between the Soviets and the U.S.. -
U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down
On may 1960 the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane and captured the pilot Francis Gary Powers. The U.S. now had no choice but admit it had been flying spy missions over the USSR for years. Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to prison for 10 years for accounts of espionage, but he was released just after 2 years. They released him after 2 years because they traded him for a captured Soviet agent that the U.S. had. The U-2 incident raised the already high tensions even more -
Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In response of American Jupiter Ballistic Missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. This scared the U.S.. After a long period of Tense negotiations, the U.S. and the Soviet Union came to an agreement. Their agreement was that if the Soviets removed their Missiles from Cuba, then the U.S. wouldn't invade Cuba. -
China explodes its first atomic bomb
China explodes Its first Atomic bomb. This concerned the Soviets because they were seemingly pointed at the Soviet Union, also China And Soviet Russia share different ideology about communism. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was the attack on protesters by the Chinese Government. The protesters were protesting against the current Chinese Government, They wanted Democracy instead of Communism. China declared Marshall law against them and forcibly silenced them with armed soldiers and tanks. -
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union
He launched the Soviet Union on a dramatic new course. His dual program of “perestroika” (“restructuring”) and “glasnost” (“openness”) introduced changes in economic practice, internal affairs, and international relations. Ultimately this caused the downfall of the Soviet Union -
Soviet Union Abolished, End of Cold War
Representatives from 11 soviet states met in Alma-Ata and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. Instead, they declared they would establish a Commonwealth of Independent States. The Soviet Union had fallen largely due to Mikhail Gorbachev's radical reforms. Disappointed in his dying nation he resigned peacefully.
