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Yalta Conference
The U.S, Soviet Union, and Great Britain decided Germany’s future -
The Cold War began
The Cold War (the U.S VS the Soviet Union) began -
Truman Doctrine
Gave 400 million$ in economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey -
Marshall Plan
European recovery plan
16 countries received aid
13 billion$ where given to rebuild Western Europe -
Berlin Airlift
When Stalin cut off supplies into Western Berlin
The US airlift flew food and supplies into the city
It lasted 11 months -
Desegregation of The Military
Harry S. Truman decided to abolish the racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces -
Desegregation in The Military
Harry S. Truman decided to abolish the racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alliance to support one another militarity -
Stalin dies
The long time leader of Russia, Joseph Stalin, dies -
SEATO
South East Asian Treaty
Include the US and 7 other nations
(To prevent the domino theory) -
The United Nations is created
The United Nations is a global organization that brings together its member states to confront common challenges -
Eisenhower Doctrine
Like the Truman doctrine but for the Middle East
Offered economic and military support -
Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall so that no one from east Germany could flee -
JFK Dies
The, at that time, loved American president, JFK, was shot and killed -
My Lai Massacre
The Mỹ Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. -
Nixon's Election
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
The 26th amendment
The 26th amendment was passed, which lowered the voting age to 18 -
The Draft ends
The U.S. Draft millitary ends -
Saigon fell
Saigon fell to the NVA - the communist. -
President Carter, amnesty
President Jimmy Carter, in his first day in office, fulfilled a campaign promise by granting unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of me -
The Vietnam Wall
The Vietnam Wall was completed in Washington D.C. -
President Clinton, Normalization
President Clinton Normalized U.S. relations with communist Vietnam
