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Chinese Civil War
Civil war in China -
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House Un-American Activities Committee
an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. -
McCarthy Trials
A series of trials against people acused of being communists -
End of WWII
World War 2 ends -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill makes his iron curtain speech -
Marshal plan
The plan to help the war torn Europe out of economic struggles -
Berlin Airlift
During the time that the soviets blockaided West Berlin, the U.S. brought in supplies to the city by airdrop. -
Rosenberg Execution
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed for espionage -
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro revolts against the Cuban dictator. -
Hungarian Revolution
Nationwide revolt against the Soviet controll over the country of Hungary. -
U2 Incident
A United States U2 plane is shot down by Soviets -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Soviets built a wall separating East and West Berlin to keep people from going to Democratic West Berlin. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR sneaks nuclear missiles in cuba -
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Treaty banning the testing of Nuclear weapons -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The name of two different confrontations in Vietnam. One real, one not real. -
Tet Offensive
Suprise attack after a holiday and funeral for dead vietcong which were really live vietcong hiding. -
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union and her main sattelite states invaded Czechoslovakia -
Nixon Visits China
Richard Nixon goes to Bejing -
SALT 1 Treaty
Strategic Missile treaty -
Fall of Saigon
U.S. troops leave Vietnam -
Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
The USSR invades Afganistan in the middle east -
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
The President's plan to launch laser sattelites into space to attack balistic misslies launched by the Soviets -
1980 Olympic Boycott
Many countries boycotted the 1980 olympic games in Moscow. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin wall is torn down -
Break up of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union is separated