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Potsdam Conference
At the Potsdam Conference the big three came together to see how they would split up the Country of Gernany. Also in the meeting of the big three they discussed reparations that the germans would have to pay for. -
Truman Doctrine Passed
The Truman Doctrine was passed because the US wanted to stop communism from spreading. The US policy of containment was the main reason for passing this doctrine. One example would be the US intervening in the VIetnam war to stop communism from spreading. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Soviets placed a blockade on the allied sector of Berlin to starve the population in the Soviet support. So the response to the Soviets doing this the US decided to fly some food over to Berlin to feed the hungry -
NATO Created
NATO was created to contain more countries because the US wanted to help the countries who was not communism and was against it. So they created NATO to stand up for what's theres and go against communist. -
Mao Zedong Takes Over China
Mao Zedong, a communist leader, took over China. When Mao took over China he ran the other leader of China out and he fled out to the small country of Thailand. Now Mao is the leader of China and the country is about to make some changes. -
McCarthy Lauches Witch-hunt
McCarthey started this witch hunt during the Red Scare when the US was looking for communist spies. So McCarthyism was when he went around calling everyone communist. But at the end of the day we believed that he was communist all along. -
The Korean War
The Korean War started when North Korea started to attack the weaker South Korea. When the US heard about North Korea, a communist country, was trying to take over the US ally South Korea they decided to intervene and I believe they still lost the war it was a FAILURE. -
KGB Established
The KGB was a spy group made by the Soviet Union for a security commitee originally. But the KGB ended up spying on other countries kind of like the Soviets version of the CIA. -
H-Bomb Tested
The US created a Hydrogen bomb and wanted to test it out. But while we made ours the Soviets decided to make one just because we made one just because of competition. So the US tested the H Bomb still and it kond of what we wanted it to go. -
Warsaw Pact Created
The Warsaw Pact was the Communist response to West Germany joining NATO in 1955. Members were not allowed to take Marshall Aid and were instead offered Molotov Aid. However, this was bad idea because they did not have the funds and was not very effectual. -
Sputnik Launched
Sputnik was a shocker to the US about what the Soviet Union was capable of. Sputnik was a satellite that the USSR sent over to the US to9 spy over the US. So the US had to keep a close eye on the USSR knowing what they were capable of now. -
U2 Spy Plane Shot Down
The U2 spy plane was sent by the United States CIA and was shot down by the Soviets. The US sent a plane to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down and captured Gary Powers. He told on the US and the US said they did not send him. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs invasion happened when Fidel Castro took over Cuba. The US did not want communism so close to the United States so the US decided to invade Cuba. So the US got some Cuban exiles and trained them up and sent them to Cuba. When the US invaded they came up short and lost the battle. -
Berlin Wall Goes Up
The Berlin Wall is when West Berlin built a wall to stop East Berlin from coming in West Berlin. So West Berlin wanted to be free so they started to try to escape and most would die because guards would kill them. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the US has been to going to WWIII. Cuba and the Soviets became allies and now that the US has tried to attack Cuba the Soviets wanted to help them out. So they wanted to help the Cubans by putting a missile base in the US back yard. But before the Soviets could get the missiles there the US surrounded Cuba and they made a deal with the Soviets that they woud take their missiles out of Turkey if they won't take out theirs out of Cuba. -
JFK Assasinated
One day the president of the US, JFK, was driving through Dallas, Texas and was assasinated. Someone was inside of a building and shot him twice and he died with his wife right beside him. The US believed it had something to do with communism. -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
North Vietnam had and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin that prompted the first large-scale involvement of U.S. armed forces. So the North Vietnamese decided to blow of the USS Maddox with a sneak attack with some torpedoes. -
US Escalates Involvement in Vietnam
The US had to interfere into the war because the Vietcong was taking over. So the US wanted to help out because of their policy of containment. But just like in the Korean War they just had to interfere in the war. -
Tet Offensive Begins
Basically, it's the Tet of 1968 that Vietcong attacked the americans by a great surprise! Meanwhile, the Americans are underestimated of the Vietcong during the vietnam new year celebrations. It was a huge turn around in the Vietnam War. -
Vietnam Conflicts Expands to Cambodia and Laos
The US anxious of taking out the Ho Chi Minh Trail had to take out Cambodia and Laos. The Ho Chi Minh Trail went through Cambodia and Laos so the US invaded Both countries to take out the trail. -
Nixon Visits China
President Nixon was invited to visit China from Mao Zedong. Nixon being invited to China made it seem that it is about to be a turn around in their relationship. So when he went Mao wanted to end the tensions between the two countries. The Soviets does not agree with this but Mao really does not care. -
Iran Takes US Hostages
On November 4, 1979, an angry mob of some people who called themselves "Imam's Disciples," laid siege to the American Embassy in Teheran, Iran, to capture and hold hostage 66 U.S. citizens and diplomats. Although women and African-Americans were released a short time later, 51 hostages remained imprisoned for 444 days. -
USSR Invades Afghanistan
The USSR invades Afghanistan because their communist country was not going the way it was supposed to be going. So the Soviets wanted to make sure that the country stayed communist fighting against the Afghan rebels. -
Lake Placid Winter Olympics
This was a big event for America because they finally had a hockey team and really wanted to be the USSR. The USSR have been the best hockey team and could not be beat. So the Americans beating them would be good for their rival and to beat the best team is really an accoplishment.
