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The Iron Curtain Speech 1946
former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union's policies in Europe -
The Truman Doctrine (1947)
American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War. This was first announced to Congress by the current president, Harry S. Truman, in March of 1947. On July 12, 1948 he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. -
The Molotov Plan 1947
provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood Ten hearings 1947
refused to cooperate with the investigation but denounced the HUAC anti-communist hearings -
The Marshall Plan (1948)
This was an American initiative to aid Western Europe. The United States gave over $120 billion in current dollar. This money was used to help rebuild Western European countries after the end of ww2. -
The Berlin Airlift (1948)
Via airplane, we began delivering food and supplies to Berlin. This was after the Soviets isolated the city in a blockade. When Germany was defeated, it was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. -
The Berlin Blockade 1948-1949
During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
Alger Hiss case 1948
when Whittaker Chambers, an admitted ex-communist and an editor with Time magazine, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee and charged that Hiss was a communist in the 1930s and 1940s. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test of 1949
At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” To see what damage this did, they essentially created a fake city around it, with buildings, bridges, etc. They even had animals put in cages around the city, so they could test the effects of nuclear radiation. -
NATO 1949
one of the world's major international institutions. It is a political and military Alliance of 28 member countries from Europe and North America. -
China & Soviet nuclear test 1949
The Soviet Union explodes a nuclear weapon code-named “First Lightning” in Semipalatinsk, ... China explodes its first atomic bomb at the Lop Nor testing site in Sinkiang Province. -
Korean War
began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea -
Rosenburg case, 1950
He was executed, along with his wife, Ethel, on June 19, 1953, a few weeks before it ended. The legal charge of which the Rosenbergs were convicted was vague: “Conspiracy to Commit Espionage.” -
Army-McCarthy hearings 1954
held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy -
Geneva Conference April-July 1954
whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
The battle of Dien Bien Phu may 1954
Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War -
The Warsaw Pact (1955)
This is a mutual defense organization. It put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. It included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. The treaty called on the member states to come to the defense of any member attacked by an outside force. -
U2 incident 1960
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
The Invasion of Hungary (1956)
A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. This lasted from 23 October until 10 November 1956. This became a major threat to soviet control. -
Bay of Pigs 1961
President Eisenhower authorized the CIA to recruit 1,400 Cuban exiles living in Miami and begin training them to overthrow Castro -
The Berlin Wall 1961
the defining symbol of the cold war, separating East Berlin from West Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores -
Assassination of Diem Nov. 2 1963
The brutal murder of the president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, and his powerful brother and adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, on November 2, 1963, was a major turning point in the war in Vietnam. -
Assassination of JFK Nov. 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution Aug 4 1964
two days earlier, U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson dispatched U.S. planes against the attackers and asked Congress to pass a resolution to support his actions. -
Tet Offensive Jan. 31, 1968
70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched the Tet Offensive (named for the lunar new year holiday called Tet), a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder Feb 1965
as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from March 1965 to October 1968. -
Assassination of MLK April 4th, 1968
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Assassination of RFK
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The Invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia. This was to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although this was a success, it had consequences for the unity of the communist bloc. -
Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Aug 28 1968, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Kent State shooting
May 4 1970 The Kent State shootings occurred at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in the United States and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio -
Nixon visits China
Feb 21 1972
President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States -
Election of Richard Nixon
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Ceasefire in Vietnam
Jan 28th 1973
resident Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
April 30 1975
he capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam -
Election of Ronad Reagan
The contest was between incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, former California Governor Ronald Reagan -
Election of Ronad Reagan
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Announcment of SDI
roposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons .... lasers from space to lock onto and shoot down enemy nukes (star wars) -
Announcement of SDI 1983
proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons -
1st Geneva Conference 1864
The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea -
Tear Down This Wall' speech
Reagan went to Berlin, and on the Berlin Wall, made a speech about how they should tear the wall down and reunite East and West Germany -
Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989
When citizens were free to cross the wall. Many people got hammers etc, and started breaking down the wall on their own
