-
The Marshall Plan
Created to help aid Europe from damage caused by WWII -
Formation of NATO
North Altlantic Treaty Organization -
Cold War begins
Both the US and Soviet Union both want to be the world's biggest superpower -
Period: to
Cold War
-
Bay of Pigs Invasion Began
Failed US invasion of Cuba by CIA funded military. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion Ends
-
Creation of Berlin Wall
Berlin wall was created to seperate East Germans from West Germans -
Cuban Missle Crisis Began
13-day confrontation between Cuba, USSR, and the US. -
Cuba Missle Crisis Ends
-
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Cold War Ends
Ends after the détente period
