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The United Nations: Peace and Security
The United Nations was founded in 1945 after the World War2, committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. -
The Creation of "Iron Speech"
The Iron Curtain Speech was delivered by Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill; he criticized the Soviet Union's policies in Europe. The purpose of the speech was to solidify the U.S and Great Britain relationship and to warn against the expansionistic policies of the Soviet Union, or Communism. The Soviet Union criticized the speech, and argued it was racist, and war propaganda. This event was a big deal because it created the division between capitalism and communism. -
The Marshall Plan:The European Recovery Program
It improved European industrialization, stimulated the U.S. economy by establishing a market for American goods, and institutionalized U.S. foreign aid programs. This was in response to failing European economy. This event was a big deal because it reshaped Europe's economy to match the U.S. . -
The Truman Election
Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884, in the farm community of Lamar, Missouri. Truman was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States. Democratic party Harry S. Truman defeats his Republican challenger, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, by two million votes. He served president during the final months of World War II, and approved the plan to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, constitutes a peace agreement to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. The Soviet Union responded by forming WARSAW PACT. An agreement among Soviet Countries that an attack on one of them would be considered an attack on all of them.This event was important because after the destruction of WW2, the nations of Europe struggled to rebuild their economies. Also, was the first military alliance the United States entered. -
China: New Communist country
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). China became a communist country because meanwhile, the Soviet Union occupied Manchuria and only pulled out when Chinese Communist forces were in place to claim that territory. -
Anti-communists
McCarthyism is a campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy from 1950-1954. -
Rosenberg Trial:Most controversial espionage
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. The trial lasted nearly a month, finally ending on April 4 and were sentenced to death row. Due to the prosecution it intensified Red Scare. This event was a big deal because it was top-secret military technology, which were of considerable value to the Soviet nuclear weapons Program. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower: New President In Town
Dwight David Eisenhower born on October 14,1890, was an American politician and was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. On Tuesday, November 4, 1952, Republican Eisenhower won the Presidential election by a landslide. -
The death of Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Stalin prosecuted a reign of terror, purges, executions, and persecution in the postwar USSR, suppressing all dissent and anything that got in the way of foreign, especially Western European, influence. He died of a massive heart attack on March 5, 1953, in Moscow. He is remembered as the man who helped save his nation from Nazi domination. -
Rosenberg Execution
On June 19, 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. It was the most controversial espionage case of the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact: A mutual defense organization
The Warsaw Pact formed by the Soviet Union on May 14, 1955;is a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. The Soviet Union created Warsar Pact in response to NATO. This event is important because it provided stablity between both conflicting forces and was a form of non-nuclear confrontation between the allied Soviet and the United States -
Eisenhower Here To Stay
The popular and well-loved, Dwight D. Eisenhower re-ran for president in 1956. When Eisenhower was president for his first four years, he ended the Korean War and economic growth. Many doubted a win for his re-election, but won the election. Eisenhower was then president from 1953-1961 -
Joseph McCarthy: Key Figure Dies
Joseph McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. McCarthy was born in 1908 in Grand Chute Township Wisconsin, and died in Bethesda Naval Hospital on May 2, 1957, at the age of 48. The official cause of death was widely accepted that this was caused by alcoholism. McCarthy's death was a big deal because he had been a key figure from “Red Scare”. -
Sputnik: A Polished Metal Sphere
Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, that the Soviet Union launched into an Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a about 58 cm with a metal sphere, with four external radio antennae. Sputnik supplied scientist with information, by tracking and studying the satellite from Earth. -
Khrushchev: Visiting the U.S.
On September 25, 1959 Khrushchev visited the United States for 12 days. Khrushchev, his wife, and President Dwight Eisenhower spent the days camps, and traveled across America. -
John F. Kennedy: Youngest Elected President
John F. Kennedy born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts,was an American politician and served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.. On November 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected president and the first Catholic and served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. -
Soviet Union: A New Worldwide Celebrity
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space, he launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft. Gagarin said, “Flight is proceeding normally; I am well.” during his one hour and 48 minutes in space. -
Berlin Wall: The End of the Border
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.Constructed by the German Democratic Republic,the Wall completely cut off, West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. As the Cold War began to unfold across Eastern Europe,the head of the East German Communist Party announced that the citizens could cross the border whenever they pleased. This event was important because it kept Western “racist” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. -
"Thirteen Days"
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis , is a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was over the use of nuclear weapons Soviet missiles on Cuba. President John Kennedy stated that he wanted ti put a blockade around Cuba and prepared to use military force if necessary, it was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. -
John F. Kennedy: The Assassination
John F. Kennedy born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts,was an American politician and the 35th president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, he was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. The news shocked the nation.Many gathered in public places to watch the television coverage. His death was important to many because he was such a significant president of our time and was really, truly for the people.
