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WW2 Ends
After years of conflict, in one of the biggest wars in history, WW2 was officially over. -
The UN was formed
The United Nations is still around today and they help solve issues and differences between nations to avoid conflict. -
Churchill's Iron curtain speech
Churchill delivered a speech to people in the US and he warned us of the iron curtain that the soviet union formed along with their intentions to spread communism. This was a wake up call for the US and we later got more involved in stopping the spread of communism -
Truman Doctine
The Truman doctrine was made to stop communist from spreading in turkey and greece -
Marshall Plan
US money to rebuild Europe after WW2 -
Berlift Airlift
The US started the Berlin Airlift to provide germans with supplies they needed when the Soviets cut off all supply lines to Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to ally Capalistic countries against communist. -
USSR's first Atomic Bomb test
The USSR tested their first Atomic Bomb. -
China's Civil War
Chinese Communist and Nationalist party fought and the commies prevailed -
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Korean War
Communist north backed by china against democratic south backed by US. -
H- Bomb
The US tested the first H-BOMB which was many times stronger than an atomic bomb. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower elected US president until 1961. -
Stalin kicked the bucket
Stalin DIed. -
End of the Korean War
Korean war ended in a split between north and south korea -
SEATO
A Southeast Asian alliance like NATO to contain communism. -
Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact was an alliance of communist countries to oppose NATO. -
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The Vietnam War
The US fought a war in Vietnam that ended in the US withdrawing troops. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
We would assist the Middle East against communist. -
Sputnik
Russian's launched the first satellite into space and began the Space race with the US. -
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Fidel Castro's reign in Cuba
Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba in 1959. -
Gary Powers
US pilot gary powers' U-2 spy plane was shot down in soviet airspace during a reconnasance mission -
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was elected president and served until he was assassinated. -
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs was a failed US backed invasion of Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Soviets built the berlin wall to separate East and West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US came the closer than ever before to a nuclear war when we learned that the Soviets supplied Cuba with a Nuke pointed at the US. -
JFK shot and killed
While taking part in a parade President Kennedy was shot in the head and killed. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson became President after the assassination of JFK. In 1963. -
MAD plan
mass destruction by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon became President in 1969 and is the only president to resign. -
NASA's First moon landing
The US beat the USSR having the first man on the moon -
SALT
The US and USSR agreed to limiting anti- missile defenses to keep nuclear war a threat and a deter. -
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford became president in 1974. -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy became President of the US in 1977. -
Soviets Invade Afghanistan
The USSR sent in 1000 troops into Afghanistan and asumed control over a large portion of the country. -
Miracle on ice
US beat USSR in hockey. -
U.S. boycott of the summer olympics
The US said that we would boycott the 1980 summer olympics in moscow if they did not remove troops in Afghanistan within one month. -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan became the US president. -
STAR WARS
We wanted to build sophisticated anti-ballistic defenses for the country. -
Gorbachev comes into power
Gorachev was the last leader of the USSR before it fell apart. -
George Bush Sr.
George Bush Sr. became the 41st US president. -
Soviets leave Afghanistan
The USSR announced that they officially left Afghanistan -
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Tianamen Square
Chinese forces massacred thousands of protesters. -
Berlin wall falls
The wall that separated West and East Berlin was torn down. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
On this day the hammer and sickle flag was replaced by the russian tri color flag and Gorbachev resigned. The USSR fall apart. -
Boris Yeltsin
First president of the Russian Federation.
