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The Marshall Plan
set up because the economy of Europe had been destroyed by WWII and because this as well as the coldest winter, had lead the people of Europe to starvation. -
Creation of NATO
basically NATO was formed to coordinate the military defenses of member nations against possible Soviet aggression -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
America was surprised by the fact that the soviets had nuclear weapons, soon americans began to fear their own safety -
The Korean War
started as a civil war between north and south korea when soon the U.S and china poured troops to prevent defeat of our allies. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev avoided the war, however. -
Creation of the Warsaw Pact
a military treaty stating that if in need, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union would aide each other when in time of need -
Vietnam War
The communist North Koreans and capitalist South Koreans were in the midst of civil war when the USSR began to assist the North, and the U.S. assisted the South, creating one of the longest and bloodiest wars in history, -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S and Cuba attempted, though unsuccessful, to overthrow the Cuban dictator, entering the country on the Bay of Pigs. -
Berlin Wall goes up
during the war, Berlin was split in two. The socialists ordered a wall to be built for "protection" -
The Six Day War
Israel had taken control of the “wailing wall”, which is the holiest Jewish landmark, for the first time in 2000 years. It was clear that Israel was a dominating force after only the third day. Israel was able to defeat all of its rivals by the sixth day when it signed cease-fire agreements with Syria and Jordan. -
President Nixon Goes to China
He was the first U.S. president to visit the People's Republic of China since it was established in 1949. This was an important event because the U.S. was seeking to improve relations with a Communist country during the Cold War -
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
100 times more powerful than that of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, radiation began to affect the citizens by causing mutations. -
German Reunification
When Berlin was united as one city once again, Germany was officiatlly reunited. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union broke into 15 different countries, were capitalism overruled socialism
