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Communist Manifesto
Inspiration for Soviets -
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenin is father of. Nicholas II= Last czar. Lenin+Stalin+Trotsky. Russis becomes Soviet Union (USSR) -
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World War II
Allows for division of Gemany/Berlin which sparks contempt b/w Soviet Union and West -
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Truman
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COLD WAR PHASE 1, Centered on Europe
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'Containment'
George Kennan long telegram to Truman -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill -
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Greek Civil War
Trigger for Truman Doctrine -
Truman DOctrine
containment, triggered by Greek Civil War -
Marshall Plan (George Marshall)
Proposed at Harvard. Economic Aid for Europe, very successful. Russia refuses aid -
America's First Test- Berlin Blockade/Airlift
mobilization of airforce by US -
Chinese Communists (Mao Zedong) topple Nationalists
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NATO formed
NATO vs USSR; Capitalism/Democracy vs Communism
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Soviets get Atomic Bomb
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Korean War Begins
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COLD WAR PHASE 2, Goes Global
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Korean War
Stalin invades S. Korea with N. Korean armyy, real or fake?
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Ike Replaces Truman
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IKE
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Domino Theory
Ike, JFK, LBJ -
Geneva Conference
Splits Vietnam into N. and S. -
French defeat at Dien Vien Phu
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Third Cold War Test: Indochina
Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, ending with Ford -
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Vietnam War
IKE, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford -
Sputnik
Wake up call, space race, worried that Soviets were ahead -
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JFK
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JFK TEST #1: BERLIN WALL
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JFK TEST #2: CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
Closest we've ever been to Nuclear War; DEFCON 2 -
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LBJ
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
US "Blank Check", turning point in war. Covert amphibious raids, N. Vietnam shoots US destroyers -
The Hammer Drops
troops + bombs into N. Vietnam
Moves to the "dark" 60s -
First Teach-in
University of Michingan
To teach about "immoral war', spread movement and made people believe the anti-war mvmt could make a change -
March Against Vietnam War
Paul POtter, SDS "This Incredible War" -
Largest Teach-in
Universitty of California @ Berkeley, what are we doing in 'nam? Jerry Rubin, SDS -
SNCC "Statement on Vietnam"
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Year of Popularity and support
LBJ high resolve -
MLK "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" Speech
Civil rights to anti-war -
Birth of "The MOBE"
Spring Mobilization to End the war in Vietnam
James Bevel -
Tet Offensive
Proved to US citizens that we wouldn't be winning anytime soon, prowar rhetoric was lies -
My Lai Massacre
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MLK assassinated
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Bobby Kennedy Assassinated
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Democratic Convention Riot
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Nixon
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Draft Lottery
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Peace Treaty
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Fall of Saigon
End of Vietnam war