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V.E. Day
Victory in Europe -
VJ Day
Emperor surrender broadcast -
Stalin hostile speech
communism & capitalism were incompatible -
"Sinews of Peace"
Iron Curtain Speech by Winston Churchill - "an "iron curtain" has descended on Europe" -
Operation Crossroads
first public demonstration of America's atomic arsenal -
Turman Doctrine
international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere -
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Marhsall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II -
NATO created
the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. -
USSR Atom Bomb
tested its first atomic bomb -
Cina's Communist
Mao Zedong takes control of China -
Alger Hiss imprisonment
imprisoned because of treason and trading secrets with the Soviet Union -
US H-Bomb
Truman approved H-bomb development -
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Korean War
a war between (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, (North Korea), supported bySoviet Union. -
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg arrested
They were arrested for giving US bomb secrets to the Soviet Union -
Rosenbergs sentenced to death
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Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president
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Split of Korea
split at the 38th parallel -
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McCarthy's hearing
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John F. Kennedy Elected
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Bay of Pigs invasion
a failed military invasion of Cuba -
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The Berlin Wall
The seberation between Communist western Berlin and Capitalist eastern Berlin -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict -
John F. Kennedy Assasinated
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Lydon B. Johnson becomes president
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States -
Richard Nixion becomes president
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Kent State Protest
Students protesting against the Cambodian Campaign. which lead to a shooting -
Ronald Reagan becomes president
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Mikhail Gorbachev elected
Wanted to revive the Soviet economy after the stagnant years -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Due to internal/ external pressures and weak economy the Soviet Union fell