The cold war

The Cold War Timeline

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    The Suez Canal

    The canal is an artificial waterway in Egypt. The canal connects the mediterrianian sea to the red sea through the isthmus of suez
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    The Red Scare

    The fear of Russia's revolution would s
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    President in Office

    Franklin Roosevelt served during ww2 and his term was up after ww2 was coming to an end
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    World War II

    World War II was a big war with a lot of chained events that happened. Many years before the war was over and many places destroyed.
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    The Yalta conference

    The Yalta Conference is also known as the Crimea Conference and code named Argonaut Conference held from the 4-11 of febuary in 1945. This was a meeting For all head leaders.
  • The Creation Of The United Nations

    The Creation Of The United Nations
    The united nations replaced the league of nations to become a bigger greater nation.
  • The Long Telegram

    The Long Telegram
    George Kenann sends an 8,000 word telegram to The Department Of State detailling his views on The Soviet Union and the US policy towards communists
  • Iron Curtain

    Iron Curtain
    It was a speech to seal off the soviet union and let be a dependent eastern and central european allies with open contact.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    This act was to counter Soviet Union Geopolitical expansion during The cold War.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    The Marshall plan is an aid to help western europe. The united States gave 13 billion to help western europe rebuild after ww2.
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    Berlin Blockade/Airlift

    The Berlin Blockade is an international crisis that arose from an attempted by the Soviet union in !948. It was to force western allies to abandon there post in ww2.
  • The creation of Nato

    The creation of Nato
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was made up of the united states, canada, and many european countrys. Nato was to provide collective security against the soviet union.
  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism
    Joseph Carthy is doing practices of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard of evidence
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    The Korean War

    The north remained affiliated with the soviet union while south korea stayed affiliated with the united states
  • Duck And Cover

    Duck And Cover
    Duck and cover is a civil defense video for schoolchildren. The video showed adults and children what to do in case of a nuclear attack.
  • The Rosenbergs

    The Rosenbergs
    Julius And Ethel Rosenberg were US citizens that were convicted of committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
  • The Warsaw pact

    The Warsaw pact
    The Warsaw pact was a treaty of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance. It was a defence treaty against satellite states like the soviet union.
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine
    The doctrine states that a MIddle eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from US military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression.
  • U-2 Incidents

    U-2 Incidents
    A United States spy plane was shot down in Soviet Union airspace.
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    Berlin Wall

    The build and fall Of the Berlin Wall.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis
    President Kennedy set up a naval blockade and demanded missile removals.