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Period: to
Cold War
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Germany Surrenders
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Japan Surrenders
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Truman Doctrine Speech
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Marshall Plan is proposed
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NATO is established
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Soviets gain nuclear weapons
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China becomes Communist
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South Korea is invaded by North Korea
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Truman fires General MAcArthur
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg execution
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Warsaw PAct is established
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Bay of Pigs attack
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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President John F. Kenneyd is assassinated
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Gulf of Tonkin Attack
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Nixon becomes President
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North Vietnam captures Saigon