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Marshall Plan
European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II -
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Berlin Blockade
Russians–who wanted Berlin all for themselves–closed all highways, railroads, and canals from western-occupied Germany into western-occupied Berlin. This, they believed, would make it impossible for the people who lived there to get food or any other supplies and would eventually drive Britain, France, and the U.S. out of the city for good. The U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. This effort was known as the Berlin Airlift. -
Hydrogen Bomb
World War II's end signified the beginning of the race to develop a weapon even more potent than the atomic bomb: the hydrogen bomb. The hydrogen bomb has never been used in battle by any country, but experts say it has the power to wipe out entire cities and kill significantly more people than the already powerful atomic bomb. -
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Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall was built by the German Democratic Republic during the Cold War to prevent its population from escaping Soviet-controlled East Berlin to West Berlin, which was controlled by the major Western Allies. It divided the city of Berlin into two physically and ideologically contrasting zones. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. ... Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey. -
Election of Ronald Reagan
American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became a highly influential voice of modern conservatism.
