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Lyndon Johnson
36th U.S. President -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the U.S. -
Richard Nixon
37th President -
Gerald Ford
The 38th U.S president. -
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President -
Jimmy Carter
The 39th U.S president. -
China's Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of china, and forces loyal to the communist party of china. -
Fransis Gary Powers
He was an American pilot whose central intelligence agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying. -
When did WW2 end?
September 2, 1945 -
United Nations
Organization was established on October 24, 1945. -
Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
To describe the difference between the division between western powers and the area controlled by the SU. -
Truman Doctrine
American Foreign Policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony. -
Marshall Plan
Was an American initiative to aid western Europe. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S, British and SU military forces divided and occupied Germany. -
NATO
NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the US entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere. -
USSR's first atomic bomb test
On August 29, 1949 the SU conducted its first nuclear test. -
Korean War
North and South Korea had war and it led United Nations force led by the US fought for the south and china fought for the north. -
H-Bomb
Hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes. -
Stalin's death
Stalin died of a massive heart attack. -
End of the Korean War
Korea and South Korea agree to an armistice bringing the korean war to an end. -
SEATO
The SEATO was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia. -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty among the SU and 7 soviet satellite states in central and eastern europe in existence during the cold war -
Vietnam War
Started on November 1, 1955 and ended on April 30, 1975 -
Eisenhower Doctrine
County could request American economic assistance. -
Sputnik
the first artificial earth satellite. -
When did Fidel Castro take over Cuba?
He ruled over Cuba nearly 5 decades. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as invasion de playa Giron, was failed military invasion of cuba. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a 13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the SU concerning the SU ballistic missiles deployment in China. -
When was JFK shot and killed?
Shortly after noon on Nov. 22, 1963 JFK was shot when he was riding his motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. -
NASA's first moon landing
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon. -
SALT- First strategic plan limitations treaty
SALT agreement on May 26, 1972 in Moscow. -
Soviets invades afghanistan
Soviets invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979 -
Miracle on Ice
American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980's winter olympics at lake placid. -
US boycott of the summer olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the moscow olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the US to protest the Soviet invasion. -
STAR WARS strategic defence initative
set up in 1984 within the US department of defense to oversee the strategic defense initiative.
