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UN Created
On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue a declaration, signed by representatives of 26 countries, called the "United Nations. -
Yelta conference
In February, 1945, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met again. This time the conference was held in Yalta in the Crimea. thre conferance was about how the great powers wouldwork together to take down the enemy. -
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Leaders of the cold war
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Potsdam conference
the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. In this, the last of the World War II heads of state conferences, President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Ministers Churchill and Atlee discussed post-war arrangements in Europe,The meeting concluded early in the morning of 2 August. -
UN Created
The United Nations was created in order to provide a global forum for all nations to come together and discuss issues and global problems, as well as attempt to solve these issues through global cooperation. -
Truman Doctrine
a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry S Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet hands -
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the red scare
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HUAC
. The HUAC members considered it their duty to purge the country of any Communist influences. While numerous industries were investigated by HUAC, because of Hollywoods high profile, it became the best known target of this infamous committee. and it ended around 1957 -
Marshall Plan
George C. Marshall, Truman's Secretary of State, announced details of what became known as the Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program (ERP). -
Hollywood Ten
These men had refused to cooperate at hearings dealing with communism in the movie industry held by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The "Hollywood 10," as the men were known, are sentenced to one year in jail. -
Berlin Wall airlift
The americans and british react by ordering transport planes from all over the world to germany. They are to fly cargo into West Berlin. they deliverd 2 million tons of supplies -
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Berlin Blockade/Berlin airlift
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO and its a member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. The alliance includes 28 members in North America and Europe. -
CIA
Central Intelligences Agency -
Nuclear arms race
The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War. Many feared where the Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were. Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. -
Korean War
the korean war was when north korea invaded south korea to make them commmunist, meanwhile, the united states helped south korea fight back to stop communism. -
U2 Crisis
President Dwight Eisenhower gave permission for the U-2 to fly over Moscow and Leningrad for the first time on 4th July, 1956. The U-2 was a great success and within two years Richard Bissell was able to say that 90% of all hard intelligence about the Soviet Union coming into the CIA was "funneled through the lens of the U-2's aerial cameras -
joseph McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy is infamous for having exploited the specter of Communist infiltration in the government for his own aggrandizement. The man claimed to possess a list of 57 State Department employees who were known Communist moles. -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact, was formed in 1955 as a counterweight to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), created in 1949. During much of its early existence, the Warsaw Pact essentially functioned as part of the Soviet Ministry of Defense. At the same time, the Soviet Union also used the Warsaw Pact to develop East European socialist armies and harness them to its military strategy and security policy. -
Vietnam War
The United States help fight along side with south vietnam to stop the north of invading the south top make it communist. The United states pulls out of vietnam on may 14 1975 -
Sputnik
Sputnik was first artificial satellite in history. It was bulid by the USSR, and change the competion aginist U.S. in space . -
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space race
A race between the U.S. and the USSR to be the first ones in space. -
NASA
NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA is the First U.S space headQuarters to help get the U.S into space. -
Bay of Pigs
President Kennedy Tried to invaded cuba ton take out Castro, But the United States Failed In action. -
berlin wall
At the end of World War II, the Allied powers divided conquered Germany into four zones, each occupied by either the United States, Great Britain, France, or the Soviet Union. The same was done with Germany's capital city, Berlin.The Berlin Wall stretched over a hundred miles. It ran not only through the center of Berlin, but also wrapped around West Berlin, entirely cutting West Berlin off from the rest of East Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a conflict when the USSR move nuclear missiles into cuba that pointed to the united states of america. The U.S. made the USSR surrender and also made them take the planes out of cuba. -
Man On The moon
The U.S. lunched a space craft in space to the moon. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, with 3 astronuts in it. one astronut steped out the space craft first, His name was Neil Armstrong.
