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Marshall Plan
Truman signed the economic Recovery act named for secretary of state, George Marshall. Econiomic support to help rebuild Weastern European. -
Berlin Airlift
end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
Soviet Union gets the Atomic Bomb
Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. The United States was not expecting the Soviet Union to possess nuclear weapon knowledge so soon -
Communist Revolution of China
Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic . -
Korean War
Between North and South Korea. -
Execution of the Rosenbergs
Were convicted of conspiracy. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
And June 1954. series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations. -
Warsaw Pact
The tready of friendship. Forms the comunist countries that we fight in the war. -
Launch of Sputnik
First Earth Satalite. Launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit -
The Kitchen Debate
series of impromptu exchanges between US Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park. -
U-2 Incident
US byplain that was shot down that was shot down in soviet air space -
Building of the Berlin Wall
After sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall–to permanently close off access to the West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confritation between Sovient union and US. Closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war -
SALT Treaty
First time during the cold war, the US and Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of missiles in their arsenals. -
Miracle on Ice
American popular culture for medal round mens hockey game during the 1980's winter olympics in Lake Placid, New York. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. The Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic -
The Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony. First announced by Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey.
