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The Marshall Plan
General george Marshall proposed the United States to provide help to European nations that needed it. After several months the plan was passed when the soviet took over Czechoslovaki -
Creation of Nato
becuase communism was expanding, the U.S and 11 other nations formed the Northa Atlantic Treaty Organization. The eroupeans were looking for military protection for there survival as democratic states -
The Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. Amercia entered the war to help South Korea. When the war was over 5 million people died. -
Rosenberg Spy Case
ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted and excuted on june 19th, 1953 for the conspiracy of helping to build an atomic bomb for the Soviet Union. The spies were caught by the FBI -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
A treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union signed in poland. This treaty was made so each country must help the other if they get into trouble. -
The Vietnam War
Nationalist forces attempted to get Vietnam to become a communist government. The United states was trying to stop the spred of communism. The war lasted 19 years, and te u.S pulled out in 1973. -
Launching of Sputnik
Sputnik was the worlds first artificial satellite, this took about 98 minutes to orbit earth. It was a success for the Soviet Union and marked the beginning of the space race with the U.S -
Bay of Pigs
This was an unseccessul invasion of Cuba. 8 bombers left Nicaragua to bomb Cuba airfileds. The CIA intercepted them, but they bombers knew it was the U.S so President Kennedy cancled the second invasion. -
The Berlin Wall goes up
A division between east and west Germany. This was also a division between democracy and communism. The wall was put up becuase more than 2 million east germans escaped to west germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba against the United States. This almost became a nuclear conflict. After U.S failed to over throw Cuba in the Bay of Pig the Soviet Union decided to plave nuclear missles on Cuba to precent any futher invasions. The missiles were arranged to target several U.S cities. The U.S took several pictures of the construction of these missles with started the 13 day crisis. -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He was appart of the Apollo 11 mission. This made the U.S ahead of the Soviet union in the space race. -
Olympic Hockey Game
The US hockey team beat the Soviet Union in a hockey game in the winter olympics. This was a big event for both the US and Soviet Union. I. It was bad for the Soviet Union because they were the best team, and a huge leap for the U.S becuase of the cold war. -
U.S Invades Grenda
Ronald regan decided to take over Grenda for government use. Regan ordered 2,000 troops into the island where they were faced with Grenda and cuban troops. Grenda's government collapsed and was replaced with Americas. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Man Communis countries started opening up there doors to the West. East Germany did not do this. But protest grew to strong inside the countries wall, and in 1989 they opened there doors at last. -
German Reunification
Germany was divided into two sections after World War 2. People in East Germany wanted to move to West because of better economic issues. Although East Germany became very upset and put of an "Iron Curtain" to seal off the border so East Germans could not move over to the West. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
In December 1991 the Soviet Union separated into 15 countries. The Soviet Union created the Commonwealth of independent States. The soviet Union and communisum had falled
