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House Un-American Activities Commitee Formed
The organization of the U.S. House of Representatives, created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations. -
Yalta Conference
Strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. -
Potsdam Conference
One of the most controversial matters at the Potsdam Conference was the revision of the German-Soviet-Polish borders and the expulsion of several million Germans from the disputed territories. -
United Nations Formation
An organization to promote peace to nations. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's promise to help nations struggling against communist movements. -
Marshall Plan
A foreign policy that offered economic aid to Western European countries after World War II. -
Berin Airlift
Program in which the United States and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade. -
NATO Formation
Military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion. -
Era of McCarthyism begins
Named after Senator Joseph McCarthy. He made a public accusation that more than two hundred “card-carrying” communists had infiltrated the United States government. This was not true. -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
North Korean forces attacked across the 38th parallel. They overtook the South Korean capital city and set out after the retresting South Korean army. -
Rosenberg Execution
Ethel Rosenberg was found guilty of relaying U.S. military secrets to the Soviets. -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
The two sides ceased their firing because Eisenhower hinted that he might bring nuclear weapons into the war. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Launched by the Soviet Union. The Sputnik 1 is a 184 pound steel ball containing a small transmitter. -
Warsaw Pact Formation
The military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states. -
First Man In Space
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space and is from the Soviet Union. He completed one orbit around Earth. -
First American In Space
Alan Shepard was the first American to go to space. He rode in a Mercury-Redstone rocket. The flight was fifteen minutes. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. -
First Man On The Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first man to go on the moon. The Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
