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Yalta Conference
Representatives from USSR, USA, and Britain met to discuss the post-war world. -
Potsdam Conference
USSR, USA, and Britain met again in the final conference of the war. -
Chinese Civil War begins
War between Communists and Nationalists (Mao vs. Jiang)
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Truman Doctrine
Support for countries that reject Communism. -
The Marshall Plan
Provided $12.5 billion to help rebuild Western Europe. -
North American Treaty Organization(NATO)
"Attack on any member nation will be met with a response of physical force" -
Soviets successfully test an atom bomb
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China falls to Communism
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Berlin Blockade
one of the first acts of Cold War aggression -
Start of Korean War
NK attacks SK to unite Korea under Communism -
General MacArthur
US General MacArthur appointed by the UN to take the UN force to help SK out -
Arms Race Starts
Competition regarding arms between US and USSR -
US develops hydrogen bomb
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USSR tests its first hydrogen bomb
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Cease fire of Korean War
CEASE FIRE, not an official end to the war. -
The Warsaw Pact
USSR's defence pact with its allies in Eastern Europe -
The Space War
Competition between US and USSR regarding space science
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US launches their own satellite
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Soviet Yuri Gargarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth
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John Glenn becomes first American to travel outer space
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles were being set up in Cuba by the Communists. USSR's reaction to Marshall Plan -
Vietnam War
War between North and South Vietnams, each supported by USSR and USA; north wins
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US lands on the moon
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Berlin Wall falls
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Cold War ends