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red scare
The end of the fighting in Europe did not bring peace and security to the United States. Hatred of the brutal Huns was quickly replaced by a fear of anarchist communists and immigrants The word Red has long been associated with the Communists and Socialists while White has been associated with the conservatives. For instance in the aftermath of World War I control of Russia was contested between the Red Army of the Bolsheviks and various White armies The entire prospect of growing -
Un created
The name united Nation scoined by United States President Franklin D Roosevelt was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942 during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers States first established international organizations to cooperate on specific matters. The International Telecommunication Union was founded in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union and the Unive -
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
Potsdam Conference July 17 to August 2 1945 the last meeting of heads of state of the United States, the Soviet Union and Great Britain in World War II It was held at Potsdam near Berlin The participants were President Harry S Truman Premier Joseph Stalin and Prime Minister Winston S Churchill who was replaced after a British election, by Clement R. Attlee Germany had surrendered and the conference provided for zones of occupation in Germany to be administered by the Allied Contro -
yalt conference
The Yalta War Conference was held between February 4th and February 11th 1945 Yalta is on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea and a war meeting here in February 1945 was safe for those participating The Big Three were at this meeting Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill and F D Roosevelt -
N.KOREA
MAY 10,2009 THE NORTH KOREAN SOAP OPERA CONTINUES TO TAKE ODD TURN. THE MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT IS AN SNARP JUMP IN NORTH KOREAN DEMANDS -
truman doctrine
The gravity of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates my appearance before a joint session of the Congress The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved One aspect of the present situation which I wish to present to you at this time for your consideration and decision concerns Greece and Turkey
The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance Preliminary reports from the American -
CIA
THE UNITED STATES HAS CARRIED ON FOREIGH IN TELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES SINCE THE DAYS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON BUT OMLY SINCE WORLD WAR 2 HAVE THEY BEEN COODINATED ON GOVERNMENT WIDE BASIC -
BERLIN BLOCK/BERLIN AIRLIFT
ON THIS DAY IN 1945 U.S AND BIRTISH PILOTS BEGIN DELIVERING FOOD AND SUPPLIES BY AIRPLANE TO BERLIN AFTER THE CITY IS ISOLATED BY A SOVIET UNION -
CHINA COMMUNIST TAKEOVER
OCT1,1949 MAO PROCIAIMED THE BIRTH OF THE PEOPLES KEPUBLIC OF CHINA WITH THE STATEMENT "THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES RUPUBLIC OF THE CHINA IS ESTABLISHED WHEN MAO AND THE COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER CHINA IN 1949 AFTER DECADES OF THE CIVAL WAR -
KOREAN WAR
THE KOREAN WAR WAS AN EPISODE IN THE COLD WR IT SEEMED TO BE A WAR BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN BUT AMERICAN AND RUSSIA WERE USING IT TO FIGHT WITHOUT HAVING A "HOT WAR THE USA WANT TO WAR IN KOREAN FOR THREE REASONS THE FIRST REASON WAS DOMINO THEPRS CHINA TURNED COMMUNIST IN 1949 AND TRUMAN FEARED THAT THE NEXT DOMINO WOULD BE JAPAN THE SECOND WAS IN 1950 THE AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUCIL RECOMMENDED THAT AMERICA ATAR ROLLING BACK COMMUNISM THRIRD TRUMAN REALLISED THE USA WAS IN COMPETIN -
MARSHALL PLAN
US SUPPHED ECOMICAID TO EUROPEAN NATION TO HELKP THEN ROBUILED AFTER WW 1 -
hollywood 10
Known as the Hollywood Ten, they claimed that the one Amendment of the United States Constitution gave them the right to do this. The House of Un-American Activities Committee and the courts during appeals disagreed and all were found guilty of contempt of congress and each was sentenced to between six and twelve months in prison. -
nuclear arms race
The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War Many feared where the Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had he more powerful you were. Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons The world greatly changed when USA exploded the H-bomb in 1953 This one bomb was smaller in size than the Hiroshima atomic bomb but 2500 times more powerful The Russians produced an H-bomb in 1953 and the world became a much more dangerous pl -
VIETNAMIZATION
THE PLAN WAS TO ENCOURAGE THESOUTH VIETHAMESE TO TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIGHTING THE WAR IT WAS HOPED THAT THIS -
NATO
Visitors to NATO Headquarters often spend the day in rooms bearing the names Lange Martino and Pearson These briefing rooms were named after Halvard Lange, Gaetano Martino and Lester B Pearson foreign ministers of Norway Italy and Canada respectively in recognition of their work in preparing in 1956 the Report -
joseph mcCarthy
Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion He was noted for Making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United States federal government and elsewhere. Ultimately McCarthy's tactics and his inability to substantiate his claims led him to be censured by the United States Senate. -
NASA
SINCE ITA INCEPTION IN 1958,NASANAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY GREAT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEATS IN AIR AND SPACE NASA TECHNOLOGY ALSO HAS BEEN ADAPLED FOR MANY NONARROSPACE USE BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR -
CUBA COMMUNIST TAKEOVER
IN 1934,FULEGENCIO BATISTA HAD OVERTHROW THE GOVERMENT OF CUBA WHICH HAMPRED THE SOCIAL REFORM THAT HAD BEEN BEGUN BY FOUR SEPARATE PRESIDENTS,IN 1952 HE ESTABLISHED A DICTATATORSHIP AFTER BEING ASKED TO AND ICATE BY EISEN HOWER,BATISTA LEFT OFFICE ON DECEMBER 31,1958AND CASTRO TOOK CONTROL OF THE COUNTRY IN JAN,1959 LATE THAT YEAR HE ADD ROSSED A METTING OF THE CER AT THEIR NEW YORK HEADQUARTTERS -
SPUTNIK
THE STORY BEGINS IN 1952 WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL COUCIL OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS DECIDED TO ESTABLISH JULY 1,1957 TO DECEMBER 31,1958 AS THE INTERNATINAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR -
BAY OF PIGS
ON OCTOBER 20,1960 KENNEDY SAID WE MUST ATTEMPT TO STRENGTHEN THE NON-BATISTA DEMOCRATICANT CASTRO FORCE IN EXILE AND IN CUBA IT SELF WHO OFFER ERENTUAL HOPE OF OVER THROWING CASTRO IN APRIL 17,1964 AND ANTI-CASTRO FORCE OF 1,400 LANDED AT THE BAY OF PIGS IN CUBA THE INVASION -
BERLIN WALL
many east berliners go into the cinema or discos in the west they even workin the west or they go shopping in the west women get the first seamless panty nose in the west tropical fru are only avalitable there -
THE CUBA MISSILE CRISIS(1962)
RUSSIA,IN MAY OF THE 1962,REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF CUBAS LOCATION TRIED TO BULD MISS,LE SITES ON THE ISLAND,BUT THE U.S CONSIDERING,THEM TO BE A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.THREALENED RUSSIA WITH POSSIBLE MILLTARY ACTION IF THEY WERENT REMOVED,AFTER A BLOCKADE WAS IMPOSED,THE MISSILES WERE REMOVED;THE SOVIETS WE STILL ABLETO BOISTER THE CUBAN MILITARY BY PROVIDING ADVISOR TROOPS,AIRCRAFT,SUBMARINE,AND MILITARY,BASE -
u2 crisis
On October 22 1962 after reviewing newly acquired intelligence President John F Kennedy informed the world that the Soviet Union was building secret missile bases in Cuba a mere 90 miles off the shores of Florida After weighing such options as an armed invasion of Cuba and air strikes against the missiles, Kennedy decided on a less dangerous response. In addition to demanding that Russian Premier Nikita S Khrushchev remove all the missile bases and their deadly -
TET OFFENSIVE
ON JANUARY 31,1968 SOM 70,000 NORTH VIETHAMESE AND VIET CONG FORCE LAUNCHED THE TET OFFENSIVE CHAME FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY CALLED TET A COORDINATED SERIES OF FIRCE ATTACKS ON MORE THAN 100 CITIES AND TOWN IN SOUTH VIERGAM -
MAN ON THE MOON
THOUSANDS OF YERA MAN HAD LOOK TO THE HEAVENS ARE DREAMED OF WALKING ON THE MOON IN 1969 AS PART OF THE APOLLO 11 MISSION NEIT ARMSTRONG BECAME THE VERY FIRST TO ACCOMPLISH THAT DREAM FOLLOWED ONLY MINUTES LATER BY BOZZ ALDRIN -
Kent state
twenty-five ago this month, student came out on the kent state campus and scores of others to protest the bombing of camdodia a decision of president nixons that appeared to expand the vietnam war. somr rocks were throw, some broken and an attempt was made to burn the rotc building govemor james rhodes sent i the national guard. -
VIETNAM
NO CHI MINH WAS FIGHTING FOR WHAT NORTH VIETHAN IMMEDITELY AFTER WW2 WHEN THE FRENCH TRED TO KEEP INDO CHINA AS PART OF THIR EMPIRE AS THE"FREE SOUTH THIS WAS IN APRILL 1975 -
VIETHAM WAR
THE WAR WAS THE PROLONGED STRUGGLE BETWEEN NATIONALIST FORCE ATTEMPTION TO UNIFY THE COUTRY OF VIETNAM UNDER A COMMUNIST GOVERMENT AND THE UNITED STATES ES WITH THE AID OF THE SOUTH VIETHAMESE DATE OF THE VIETHAN WAR 1959-APRIL 30,1975 -
ESCALATION
I DEVELOPED ESCALATIOM FOR MY US HISTORY CAUSE STARTING IN 1984 THE IDEA CAME FROM SOME WRRICULUM MATERIAS ON THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -
Warsaw pact
in april 1985 the general secretaries of the communist and workers parties of the Soviet Union Bulgaria Czechoslovakia the German Democratic Republic East Germany Hungary Poland and Romania gathered in Warsaw to sign a protocol extending the effective term of the 1955 Treaty on Friendship Cooperation and Mutual Assistance which originally established the Soviet-led political-military alliance in Eastern Europe Their action ensured that the Warsaw Pact as it is commonly known will
