America’s Cold War

By Carolyn Kline
  • WW II ends with Japanese surrender

    WW II ends with Japanese surrender

    Aboard the USS Missouri, Douglas MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945. The Cold War between the US and USSR is poised to start
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    America and the Cold War

  • Marshall plan helps rebuild Europe

    Marshall plan helps rebuild Europe

    George Marshall, US Secretary of State, comes up with a plan to help rebuild Europe, especially Western Europe, to help contain the spread of communism

  • Soviets have their own atomic bomb

  • China falls to Communism under Mao Zedong

    Truman is accused of “losing China” to Communism, as the US did nothing when Mao Zedong took over. This now creates more fear that Communism is indeed spreading, having now spread to Asia
  • Korean War starts

    Korean War starts

  • McCarthyism and Red Scare

  • Korean War Ends 1953

  • Berlin Wall built by Soviets

    Berlin Wall built by Soviets

  • JFK presidency 1961-63

    JFK presidency 1961-63

  • Bay of Pigs invasion fails

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Vietnam war 1963-1973

    Vietnam war 1963-1973

  • Richard Nxon becomes President

    Richard Nxon becomes President

  • Ronald Reagan Cold War President 1980-88

    Ronald Reagan Cold War President 1980-88

  • Berlin Wall falls

  • Communism falls apart in USSR