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The Cold War by Lidia Castillo
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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, from 17 July to 2 August 1945 to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. After the Yalta Conference of February 1945, Stalin, Churchill, and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had agreed to meet following the surrender of Germany to determine the postwar borders in Europe. -
Iron Curtain descends on Europe
the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. The term Iron Curtain came to prominence only after it was used by the former British prime minister Winston Churchill in a speech at Fulton, Missouri, U.S., on March 5, 1946. -
Truman Doctrine
It was an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. This was the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion. -
Marshall Plan
was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.The plan last four years. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-devastated regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. -
Creation of Israel
On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. U.S. President Harry S. Truman recognized the new nation on the same day. -
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Schuman Declaration
Robert Schuman describes his ambition of a united Europe. Known as the Schuman Declaration, it marks the beginning of the creation of the European Community. -
Japan become a sovereign state
Japan signs the Treaty of San Francisco and the Treaty of Taipei, formally ending its period of occupation and isolation, and becoming a sovereign state. -
Foundation of the SEATO
Foundation of the South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) by Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. it is founded to resist Communist expansion, this time in the Philippines and Indochina. -
Suez Crisis
was a military confrontation between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. -
Sputnik I & sputnik II
the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite. It marked the start of the sapace age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. -
NASA is formed
is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 with a distinctly civilian orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. -
Berlin Wall construction
was a barrier constructed as a way of separating the three zones controlled by France, Britain and America from the zone controlled by the Soviet Union.starting on 13 August 1961. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Paris Peace Accords
The Paris Peace Accords of 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War, ended the military involvement, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981). -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Afghan War quickly settled down into a stalemate, with more than 100,000 Soviet troops controlling the cities. -
Korean Airline Lines Flight 007
also known as KAL007 and KE007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Lawrence McDonald, representative from Georgia in the United States House of Representatives. -
U.S. invades Grenada
Operation Urgent Fury was a 1983 United States-led invasion of Grenada,that resulted in a U.S. victory within a matter of weeks. The invasion resulted in a restoration of constitutional government. -
Dissolving of the Soviet Union
this end with the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union, and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States
