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Yalta Conference
a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe -
united Nation Formation
Winston Churchill and F. D. Roosevelt met on a ship off the coast of Newfoundland, even though the USA was not yet at war -
Potsdam Conference
a conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended -
Truman Doctrine
Truman proposes the Truman Doctrine to fight communism -
Marshall Plan
a plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II, proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947 and implemented in 1948 under the Economic Cooperation Administration. -
berlin airlift
airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin -
Era of McCarthyism begins
period of political persecution during the 1950s, led by US senator Joe McCarthy. -
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, -
Rosenberg Execution
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg--sent to the electric chair on June 19, 1953, for allegedly conspiring to commit espionage -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
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Warsaw Pact Formation
an alliance between soviet union and other countries. -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to successfully orbit the Earth -
House Un-American Activities Committee
to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties. -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first human to go into outer space -
First American in Space
Alan Shepard became the first American to go into outer space -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, first erected August 13, 1961, was built to prevent people from East Berlin from crossing the border to West Berlin -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the Moon