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Armsitice
Ended the war because the two Allie groups signed it -
Era of MyCarthyism Begins
The period of McCarthyism began in the late 1940s and ended in the mid to late 1950s. McCarthyism came to be synonymous with the term witch-hunt, the act of making serious but unsubstantiated charges against people in public life. -
United Nations
organization founded in 1945 to promote peace -
Yalta Conference
1945 Stadegy meeting between Rosevelt, Chruchill, and Stalin -
Potadam Conference
By the time Soviet, British, and U.S. leaders met at Potsdam in the summer of 1945, Harry Truman had succeeded Roosevelt as President -
Truman Doctrine
President Turmans romise to help sturggling nations against communist movements -
Marshall Plan
Foreign policy the offered economic aid to Western European countried after WWII -
House Un-American Activities Committee formed
Investigations of subversive activities (of Nazis, communists, etc.) Trials conducted by the House of Representatives. -
Berlin Airlift
Program in which U.S. and British Pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet Blockade -
North Korean invasion of South Korea
North Korea invades South Korea -
Rosenberg Execution
The Rosenbergs were accused of persuading Ethel's brother, David Greenglass, to provide them with confidential U.S. military information gained from his involvement in the development of nuclear weapons. It was believed that Julius, who was an active member of the Communist party, then funneled the top-secret information on to Soviet intelligence. -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance between Soviet Union and its satellite state -
Sputnik 1
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a 184-
pound steel ball containing a small transmitter into an orbit of Earth -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gargarin -
First American in Space
Alan Shepard -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany. However, it was also the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong -
Explosion of Earth
The world is destoryed by an UBER BOMB
