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Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri. He gave his speech to the people to warn them of the threat of the Soviet Union. -
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The Cold War
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Truman Doctrine Established
re-iniated the US foreign policy, and it also no longer provided military assistance to the greek communists -
Marshall Plan
When the Marshall Plan was announced it restored the infrastructure in Europe, and it prevented famile and political choas -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade tried to limit Great Britain, France, and the United States from entering Soviet Union boundaries -
NATO Ratified
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was started. the goal of the organization was to contain all soviet aggresions -
Mao Zedong Takes Control of China
Mao Zedong was the principal marxist theorist, and he was the leader that led Chinas Cultural Revolution -
Joe McCarthy's Communist Witch Hunt
Joe McCarthy claimed he had a list of about 205 people that were possible communists, he started accusing many innocent people and politicians -
Korean War Begins
The Korean War was a war between the US and Korea with the Soviets. This war was a war against commmunism itself -
Rosenburg Executions
The Rosenberg Couple were executed, because they were spreading US military secrets to the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact Formed
The Warsaw pact put the Soviet Union in command of all the armed forces of the member states -
Soviet Invasion of Hungary
The Soviet Union became frustrated with Hungary, when Hungary left the Warsaw Pact and they decided to go neutral. So the Soviets invaded in 1956. -
The Soviet's "Sputnik" is launched
The Soviets launch the worlds first man-made satellite into orbit. also one of the smallest satellites ever launched, it was about eh size of the beach ball. This event started the "Space Race" between the US and the Soviets. -
Cuba Becomes Communist
Castro joined a revolution for a new Communist government in Cuba, and ultimately took over and became the new Communist leader of cuba in 1959. This worried the US government because a communist country was less than 100 miles from the Florida coast. -
U2 Spyplane Incident
In 1960, a US spy plane was shot down over the Oviet union by Soviet defences , and many people thought that World War 3 was going to break out, but it was avoided. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The US government funded cuban exiles to ivade CUba and try to take back the old governmant, but Castro's forces succeeded in holding back the rebels. The invasion is described a miserable failure. -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was completed in 1961 and it divided Berlin and all of Germany in half so communist governments and capitalist governments apart so they would not clash. -
US Involvement In Vietnam
US troops were deployed in Vietnam in 1962, even though the US had nothing to do with the war. The US wanted to get the Wiet Cong out of VIetnam so it would not become communist. -
Cuban MIssile Crisis
The US put nuclear missiles in Turkey, which is very close to the Soviet Union, so the Soviets tried to put nuclear missile silos in Cuba. The US government told Soviet officials that if they crossed a set line with equipment to build missile silos in Cuba, it would be an act of war and their ships would be sunk. This was the closest point to war communism and capitalism got in the Cold War. -
SALT I signed
This was a five-year agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. This limited nations' numbers of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles. -
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Afghanistan was a supporter of the Soviets. Few rebels were planning on overthrowing the government in Afghanistan but the Soviets sent troops to stop them, who failed. This is because the rebels took advantage of the homeland battle ground. -
President Reagan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative
Scientists are asked by Reagan to come up with a defense system to protect against missiles. But, the defense department estimated that it would take trillions of dollars to put it into place. -
Reagan and Gorbachev remove nuclear missles from Europe
This was to solve and reduce the number of nuclear missles in Europe. Gorbachev sees that relations with the US allows the Soviets to reduce military spending. Many arm-control meetings were held which leads to the INF treaty. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Berlin Wall was opened by East Germany to allow free passage in and out. East Germany had its first free election, which united two German nations. -
End of Soviet Union, Cold War ends
Non-Russan republics declared independence from the Soviet Union. Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union; after 74 years the Soviet Union is gone. The Commonwealth of independ States took place of the Soviet Geogre Bush and Russian predisent Boris Yeltsin which ends the Cold War.
