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The Cold War Begins
Began after the aftermath of ww2 when tensions between the Allies and the Soviets that lasted from 1947 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 -
Marshall Plan
It was $12 billion in aid and economic relief that the U.S gave over to western Europe to help them get back on their feet after ww2 -
Berlin Airlift begins
After their railways and roadways were blocked, the Allies had to fly in supplies to the west Berliners, over two million people -
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Joe McCarthy's Career in the Senate
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N.A.T.O is founded
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a coalition of nations that united against the U.S.S.R -
Soviet's first nuke, RDS-1 is detonated
At 7 in the morning of August 29 1949, the first soviet nuke was a success, a shadow of what was to come -
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Korean War
The war, a product of the cold war rivalries between the U.S and the U.S.S.R, begun when the north invaded the south. The North was backed by communist China and Russia, the south was backed by the U.S. The war was responsible for the deaths of nearly 5 million people. -
Rosenburg Trial Begins
After being arrested for "espionoge", the Rosenburgs where later convicted with "conspiricy to commit espionoge" and were sentenced to death in April of that same year. All on the grounds of very little, very untrustworthy evidence. -
U.S drops their first Hydrogen Bomb
Under Operation Ivy, the U.S was the first to succesfully test a hydrogen bomb. It was tested on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean -
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Nikita Khrushchev is Premier of The Soviet Union
Following Stalin's death, He was responsible for the "De-Stalinization" that took place and that eased up on the people the Soviets were controlling. He was also much more easier to work with than Stalin -
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The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
His presidency was responsible for the construction of 41,000 miles of highway. He was also responsible for ending McCarthyism, the belief system that had plauged thousands of people -
Cuba Becomes Communist
Overthrown by Fidel Castro, Cuba obtained him as their new leader, a leader that was fearless and was communist, one that hated America, and made friends with the U.S.S.R
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First Soviet Hydrogen Bomb dropped
Dubbed RDS-37, the First Soviet Hydrogen Bomb, though having a lower max yeld of megatons, it was still a very powerful weapon -
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Due to their anger against the puppet state of the Hungarian government, the Hungarian people decided to revolt and overthrow the government and to fight the soviets that had controlled their country. The revolt lasted until Nov. 10 1956 when Soviet forces moved in to crush the revolt -
Little Rock Nine
They were a group a black students that enrolled into a all-white school. They had to fearlessly stand up to the intollerant people of the area. They have become somewhat of folk heros for their people. -
Launch of Sputnik 1
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Greensboro Four
Four university men decided to sit-in, in protest, in a resterant well-known for there refusal in serving blacks. There protest kick started a chain of similar protests all throughout the south.
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U-2 spy plane shot down
While taking aerial reconnaissance photos deep into soviet territory, an American U-2 plane was shot down by Soviet Air Defense. The Pilot, Gary Powers, was imprisoned for espionoge and sentanced to jail time and hard labor -
John F. Kennedy is elected president
JFK was a confident and negotiating president that led America through some very close calls. During his presidency, the Events leading up to, and the event of the Cuban Missile Crisis took place. He Was Able to keep a Nuclear Armageddon from happening by negotiating with the U.S.S.R to back down.
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First Man in Space
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the fist human ever to travel into space and orbit the planet in 89 min. This ment that the Soviets were the in the lead of the space race, which only heated up the Cold War.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
1,400 Cuban Refugees attempted to storm their homeland, and over through the communist leader, Fidel Castro. The assult was planed by American forces and the refugees where trained by americans. Due to the lack of support, the invasion failed. The failed invasion only heated up the Cold War to escelade to become what is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile Crisis was the one event that heated up the cold war so much that it almost became a hot war, One that wold spell destruction for the world with nuclear arms. It all began when a U2 spy plane captured pics of Cuba with soviet offensive missiles. The chaos ended when both sides decided to back off with their nuclear arms aimed at each other.
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First American troops land in Vietnam
The first American troops land in Vietnam as 3500 marines to defend the American air base at Da Nang, on China Beach. They had joined 23,000 troops already in Vietnam
www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1965.html
