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China's Civil War
The Chinese Civil War (1927–1950) was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the government of the Republic of China -
United Natoins
organization founded in 1945 to promote peace -
Marshall Plan
Economic and foreign policy that offered aid to Western European countries after World War II Early 1948 -
Trumen Doctirne
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements March 12, 1947 -
NATO
North Alantic Treaty Organization April 4, 1949 -
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Korean War
The Korean War between North Korea and U.S.-backed South Korea, which lasted from 1950 to 1953 and was the first Cold War military action. -
Senator McCarthy
On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to censure Senator McCarthy by a vote to be lead troops in Korea -
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Start and end of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1959-1975) was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government -
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The Guatemalan Civil War
The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960 to 1996. It was mostly fought between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups -
Bay of pigs/Berlin wall is built and falls
1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles -
Cuban Missle Crisis
1962 conflict bewteen the U.S and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1963 nuclear- weapons agreement, which prohibited aboveground nuclear tests -
Gulf of Tonkin
1964 Congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit U.S troops to South Vietnam and fight a war against North Vietnam -
Tet Offense
Coorinated communist assualt on a large number of South Vietnamesse cities in early 1968 -
Nixon Visit China
On February 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon arrived in China for an official trip. He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China -
Cold War Ends
The end of the Cold War. When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. -
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Gorbachev
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, -
Reagan and Gorbachev sign treaty
In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty.
