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yalta conference
Who:Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin,FDR
Where:yalta, ukraine
What:Redraw the borders of Europe
How it effected liberalism: they promised more and Stalin agreed to free fair elections. But it did not go through. -
Potsdam Conference
Who: Truman, Athlee, Stalin
Where: Potsdam, Germany
What:Truman informs Stalin that the Us has nuclear weapons, and truman finds out stalin lied and was the start of the cold war
How it effected liberalism: the world will change forever because of everything that happened in the cold war -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing
When: August 6, 1945
Where: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Who: The USA
What Happened: The US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This increased liberalism because it made japan surrender and was officially the end of WW2. -
molotov plan
When: 1947
Where:Soviet Union
Who: Communist countries
What Happened: The Soviet Union created the Molotov plan as a way to provide aid and assistance to other communist countries. this effected liberalism. because it meant that communist countries were forming alliances. -
Truman Doctrine
Who: Truman
Where: Turkey, and Greece
What: Pledged to contain the communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey.
How it effected liberalism: it was fighting against communism -
Brussels Treaty
When: March 17, 1948
Where: Europe
Who: Britain, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium.
What Happened: A treaty was signed between these 5 countries so that if one was attacked by the Soviet Union all member countries would assist one another. The US joined later and then it was renamed as NATO.
It affected liberalism because it was a way to defeat the communist and stay protected by other countries in case of an attack. -
Marshall plan
Who: George Marshall Where: White house, Washington DC, USA What: A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe How it affected liberalism: The Marshall Plan encouraged the development of liberal-democratic systems of government in Europe. -
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Berlin Blockade
When: June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949
Where: West Berlin, Germany
What Happened: The soviet Union blocked all resources into allied-controlled Berlin. The US and Britain helped by airlifting food and fuel to west Berlin.
This decreased and increased liberalism because Berlin was attacked by the soviets and that decreased liberalism but by the US and Britain helping it showed that they had Berlins back and that increased liberalism. -
NATO
Who: the United States, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom Where: Signed in, Washington Dc, USA What: Aim of guaranteeing the freedom and security of its members through political and military means. How it effected liberalism: Nato introduced a pre-existing liberal-democratic western security community -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear weapons
When: August 29, 1949
Where: Semipalatinsk Test
Who: The Soviet Union
What Happened: The Soviet Union Started to create nuclear weapons in order to compete against the US
This affected liberalism because it meant that the communist powers had the same weapons as the capitalist -
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Korean war
When: June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953
Where: Korea
Who: Korea
What happened: The USSR had pushed the 38th parallel and therefore started the Korean war.
This affected liberalism because even though the USSR wanted to take over all of Korea the US fought back and put things back how they were before. -
stalins death
who: stalin
where: soviet russia
what happened: stalin died -
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vietnam war
When:November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975
Where: Vietnam
Who: Capitalist countries and communist countries
What Happened: The USA and communist vietnam got into war in order to stop communism in Vietnam, but Vietnam ended up driving the USA out of Vietnam. Vietnam was later named socialist Vietnam.
This affected liberalism because capitalist USA was defeated trying to stop communism. -
NORAD
hen:September 12, 1957 Where: Colorado Spring, Colorado, USA
Who: USA and Canada
What Happened: Canada and the US created an Aerospace Defence Command to help with missile warnings in case of an attack by the communist.
it affected liberalism because it helped keeping people feel and stay safe and protected. -
take over fidel castro
When: 1959
Where: Cuba
Who: Fidel Castro
What Happened: Because Cuba was socialist now the US decided to not lend Cuba anymore money and buy their sugar so the USSR decided to step in and join Cuba.
This affected liberalism because the communist now had cole proximity to the US by having Cuba join them and that could have started a nuclear war. -
bay of pigs
When: April, 1961
Where: South Coast of Cuba
Who: The US and Cuba
What Happened: 1500 cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs and as soon as they set foot in Cuba they were all killed or taken prisoners.
This affected liberalism because a very critical mission for the US was instantly defeated. -
Creation of the berlin wall
When: August 12, 1961 Where: Berlin, Germany
Who: The German Democratic Republic
What Happened: The communist built a wall in the heart of belin to divide the east.
This affected liberalism because it divided people and contained people too almost as if they were prisoners. -
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the cuban missile crisis
when: oct 16, 1962- oct 28, 1962
where: cuba
what happened: the capitalist countries and the communist countries were all pointing their missiles at each other performing brinkmanship
how this affected liberalism: citizens around the world were worried that there was no security stopping the world from ending -
nuclear arms treaty
When: July 1, 1969
Where:Moscow, Russia, London, UK, Washington DC, United States
Who:Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and 40 other signatory states.
What Happened: A treaty was signed between these nation to limit the amount of nuclear bombs allowed by each nation
This affected liberalism because in menat that each nation had a limit to their weapons and that maint every nation had containment. -
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Solidarity in Poland
When: August 31, 1980-December 28,1981 Where: Poland
Who: Poland
What Happened: People in Poland decided to make a protest about solidarity to the point when the countrie went on strike.
This affected liberalism because Poland finally stood up and fought for their rights and freedoms and ended up being independent after the protest. -
berlin wall falling
When: November 9, 1989 Where: Berlin, Germany
Who: Berlin
What Happened: a group of protestors decided to bring the wall down and when it finally did it symbolized the end of the war.
This affected liberalism because when the wall came down it symbolized the the communist had been beaten and communism was over. -
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afghanistan war
who: USA, Taliban
where: Afghanistan
what happened: The US invaded Afghanistan to avenge the al-Qaida-orchestrated September 11 terrorist attacks. The primary aim of the US invasion was to hunt down Osama bin Laden and punish the Taliban for providing safe haven to al-Qaida