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The Cold War
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Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" speech
This speech was delivered by Winston Churchill and stood for the division of Europe into East and West. Joseph Stalin took this as Churchill saying this was a "call to war". This marked the beginning of the Cold War. i would give this a 7 becasue this speech did end up being the start of the COld War, and without ti speech given tthe war may or may not have been preventd. -
Truman Doctrine established
Truman asked Congress for $400 million in econmic and military aid. This decared that the U.S. must suppport free people resisting attempted subjugation. This doctrine was essential for the U.S to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism. I would give this a 4 becasue this didnt have an effect on the U.S going into actual war, it was just a step in stopping the Soviet Union from spreading beliefs. -
Marshall Plan is announced
Secretary of State George Marshall suggested that the U.S provide aid to all European nations that needed it. This revived Europeans hopes, and 16 countries recieved $13 billion in aid. This was put into action to try and prevent the spread of communism. I would give this a 2 becasue this didnt put the U. S and Soviets in any kind of trouble it was just a way for the U.S to get on good terms with Euro countries and try and help them out. -
Berlin Blockade begins
American and Britain officials started Berlin airlift to fly food and supplies into West Berlin. This happened for 327 days, and planes took off and landed 2.3 million tons of supplies. The blockade was the first international crisis of the Cold War, where the Soviets blocked Allies access into parts of Berlin. I would give this a 6 becasue this was a bold move by the Soviets in trying to stop Americans from entrance into some of their land, when the Maericans wanted to just help them. -
NATO ratified
NATO stood for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization where the countries of Belgium, Denmark, Fance, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal joined in a defensive military alliance with Canada and U.S. against the Soviets. I would give this a 4 becasue this did join the U.S with countries in Europe, and rised tensions with the SOviets, but didnt casue them to go to full out war. -
Mao Zedong, a communist, takes control of China
Mao was a communist who came into power in China and wanted communists to work to win peasant support. He encouraged peasants to read, learn, and to help with food production, by 1945 most of china was under communist control. I would give this a 5 becasue this was yet another country that went into communist control which the Maericans didnt like and was one of the main reasons for the Soviets and U.S to be in fueds. -
Senator Joe McCarthy begins communist witch hunt
Communism was feared in the United States and when McCarthy found out that 205 of the people in the State Department were part of the American Communist Party, he was appalled and immedietly took action with which hunts. Where he would question people and hunt through many different government departments to seek all people who were part of the Communist Party. I would give this a 1 becasue this didnt really involve the Soviets so there were no disagreements other than us not liking communists -
Korean War begins continued
i would give this a 5 because even though Soviets and U.S. not directly involved the U.S. was helping the South an dthe Soviets were helping the North. -
Korean War begins
This was started becasue of the political division of Korea, and was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The penisula was diviided over the 38th parallel. The North held a communist government, while the South held a "right-wing govenment'. Soviets helped in the north while U.S helped in the South. THe United States had 88% of the soldiers fighting in Korea repelling the invasion. the disputes ended and a barrier was then built seperating the two Koreas. -
Rosenburg Executions
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were convicted of comitting espionage during the war and leaking information about the atomic bombs to the Soviets. They leaked informarion to the Soviets about the secrets to the making of the bombs. i would give this a 2 because it wasnt a big factor, the atomic bombs were already dropped years earlier and the Soviets werent going to drop a bomb on us, this didnt really lead to any further conflicts on the topic. -
Warsaw Pact formed
The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty between the Soviets and seven other commnist nations. The soviets grew fearful when West Germany joined NATO, because of the war with u.s and soviets agiainst Germany a few years before. Warsaw and NATO wer waged aginast each other. i would give this a 3 because this didnt have much to do with anything other than the U.S having part of Germany in an alliance, the Soviets feared this but didnt do much to stop it. -
Soviet Invasion of Hungary
Hungary was revolting against the Soviets and communism government, after wanting to get removed from Soviet force, the Soviets turned and tried to crush their revolution. Soviet tanks invaded Hungary and in the end over 2,500 hungarians and 750 Soviets were wounded or killed. i would give this a 5 becasue this was a minor battle but it was involved with the United States, only between the SOviets and Hungar, but this ocould have provoked Soviets to go to war with Americans but didnt. -
Sputnik launched into orbit
SPutnik was the first Earth satellite,this began the Space Age. the success of the satellite provided for new political, military, and scientific developments. i would give this a 1 becasue this was reallt something that just the u.s was involved in and didnt have much to do with the Soviets. -
Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro forcefully took over Cuba after just getting out of law school, him and 130 skilled army men took over. He leads cuba under a dicatorship. He made changed with the industry and agriculture along with all American-owned bussinesses. i would give this a 1 because it didnt really have an effect to the Soviets and U.S except a new leader in cuba, but this could cause future problems with the United States and Soviets in the Cuban-missile crisis.. -
Soviet Union reveals the U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
The U-2 spy plane of the United States was supposed to fly over Soviet Union to take photographs of sites, and Soviets were aware of the plane coming. SOviets were called to atack the plane but becasue of the high altitude failed. THe Soviets were told to attack the plane but failed, could have been threatening. i would give this a 7 because even though it didnt get to war, the soviets were still under comandment to shoot down the aircraft, which could have led to a war. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful U.S. invasion of Cuba, the failed invasion stregthened the Cuban government under Fridel Castro's control. U.S. wanted to overthrow Cuban regime, Cubans dominated the air, and with Am. planes disguised as Cuban ones, they failed and were reconied. The CUbans dominated and Am. couldnt enter to set up in Cuba. I would give this a 3 because this was between Cubans and Americans no tthe Soviets -
Construction of Berlin Wall begins
was a barrier constrsted by East germany to completely block off West Berlin from East germany and rest of Berlin. The wall was built to protect citizens from fascist elements, the wall prevented emigration from Germany and communist countries. i would give this a 4 beasue this didnt have naything to do with the united States or the Soviets other then the CItizens blocking themselves off from surrounding countries. -
U.S. involvement in Vietnam increased
THe U.S. wanted to provide aid but instead got into a fued, and Kennedy sent over 5,000 troops and 50 lanes to respond to a communist attack. We didnt want to be involved anymore and finally signed a neutrality aggreement. this leads to the Americans finding of missiles in Cuba. i would give this a 4 becasue the Soviets werent involved but the U.S. was close to land and something couldve broken out but nothing did. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Continued
i would give this event a 9 because although we didnt go into full out war we came very close with the threats of nuclear weapons being used. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 13 day confrontation between the Soviets and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other, it was the major confrontation during the Cold War. The Cubans egan to set up missiles, U.S wanted to take CUba by air or sea but instead used a military blockade. Cubans threatened to have a nuclear-missile war, but the confrontatione ended U.S agreeing to stop and Soviets removing missiles from Cuban land.
i would give this a 9 becasue this was almost the reach of full out war, but we avoid -
SALT I signed
SALT stood for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, which was created to control nuclear weapons. It was a meeting in Moscow between SOviet president and U.S. president Richard Nixon. This agreement adressed 2 major issues; the limitation of each countries missile sites, and the intercontinenal missiles for each country. This agreement was a tremendous achievement between the Soviets and Americans. -
SALT I signed continued
i would give this a 1 because both the Soviets and the Americans wanted to try to end the war. ANd this agrrement brought them one step closer to finally ending war. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviets invade Afghanistan, the Afghans were anticommunist and the Soviets wanted to change this. This innvasion quickley lef to the Soviets controlling cities, larger towns, and they started to bombs some towns. the invasion ended in the 80's witht he fall of the Soivets. I would give this a 4 becasue this only dealt with the Soviets and the Afghans, the Americans didnt have much involvement, so this didnt lead to a full out war. -
President Ronald Reagan propose Strategic Defense Initiative Initiative
Ronald Reagan made this speech to protect the United States against any missile attacks. Reagan gave this speech to answer to to the Soviets threat of missile attacks. He wanted to get rid of the threats from the Soviets and to end the war. i would give this a 1 because Reagan gave this speech to try to end the war, so this wouldnt have casued war with the Soviets. -
Removal of Nuclear Missiles
Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev resolve to remove all intermediate nuclar missiles from Europe. General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev announced the Soviet proposal for a ban of all nuclear weapons. The U.S. dismissed this but got rid of some of their launchers in Europe. I would give this a 4 because the Soviets were trying tot get rid of the nuclear weapons and the U.S, ignored it but it didnt cause war. -
Berlin Wall falls
The communist party in East Berlin announced that they had a change in relations with the West. East and West Berlin citizens went to the wall on Novenber 9 drinking beer and champagne to see the destruction of the wall. This was a celebration to the people. i would give this a 1 because this didnt have much to do with the Soviets and the Americans it just provided peace with the people of Berlin -
End of the Soviet Union, Cold War ends
The Sovet Union over the time of the Cold War was discinigrating, and their communist government was coming to an end. the negative aspects of life in the Soviet Union were brought out, this tarnished the COmmunist Partys power base. the upheaval in Eastern Europe spread within the USSR.Their government lost control on econmic conditions, and because of all the problems within the government, the war ends I would give this a 1 because this was the end of the war and Soviet Union was banishing.
