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Period: to
Cold War
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Cold War Begins
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United States first used atomic bomb
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Russia enters war against Japan
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Japanese surrender End of World War II
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Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech
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Truman declares active role in Greek Civil War
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Marshall Plan is announced
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communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
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Berlin Blockade begins
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Berlin Blockade ends
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NATO ratified
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Soviets explode first atomic bomb
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Federal Civil Defense Administration established
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Rosenberg executions
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Korean War ends
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vietnam split at 17th parallel
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Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary. Egypt took control of Suez Canal; U.S. refused to help take it back
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sputnik launched into orbit
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cube taken over by Fidel Castro
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Soviet Union reveals that U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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Berlin border closed