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1945 BCE
Race for the H-bomb
many who had witnessed the destruction of the atomic bomb opposed the H-bomb's development, others felt it was the only way to protect the lives of innocent people from another power's nuclear attack. -
1938 BCE
HUAC
to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
Marshall Plan
the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Korean War
The war started when North Korea attacked South Korea. It did not end until now because they never signed a peace treaty. They are still divided by the 38th parellal -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defence treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. -
Start Of Vietnam War
The cause of the Vietnam war was the belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over South-east Asia. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Election of Nixon
Nixon ended the U.S involvement in the Vietnam war in 1973. -
End of Vietnam War
In 1973, Nixon ended the U.S involvement in Vietnam war. 1975, South Vietnam lost the war. -
Berlin Wall
the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that had marked East Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period.
