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Yalta Conference
cited as the start of Cold War -
UN First Meeting
At San Francisco and New York was permanent headquarters -
Truman Doctrine
USA would provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism -
Marshall Plan
U.S. economic recovery for war-torn -
Berlin Airlift
U.S. and British airplanes fly supplies into West Berlin -
Berlin Blockade
Soviets block entrances to Berlin -
Arms Race
USA and USSR compete in building nuclear weapons -
Korean War
US forces sent in to stop Communist aggression and expansion -
Joseph Stalin Dies
Removal of harsh policies of Stalin's death -
Space Race
Sputnik- first satellite to orbit Earth -
U-2 Incident
American spy plane shot down by USSR -
Russian Cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin- first man to travel to space -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban exiles would invade Cuba and lead against Castro -
Nakita Khrushchev Comes to Power
Agreed to turn ships around Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba -
Vietnam War
Vietnam divided into 2 states: North Vietnam-Communist
South Vietnam-Democratic -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
USSR 10 year war against Afghanistan -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany opened to the West -
Cold War Officially Ends
Gorbachev and Pres. George Bush met declaring end to Cold War -
Reunification
When the Berlin wall fell, East Germany was reunited with West Germany
