Cold War

  • Declaraction of the Cold War

    Declaraction of the Cold War

    A speech given by Stalin. Stalin wants to defeat Capitalism because he's a against them.
  • "Iron Curtain"

    "Iron Curtain"

    Symbolizes "fighting" between Communist and Capitalists. Seperating Europe from East and West.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Speech given by Harry Truman, President of the United States, helping to stop communism from spreading toward the United States, on a global basis.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    European Recovery Program. United States helped Europe rebuild after World War 2.
  • JFK becomes president.

    JFK becomes president.

    On January 20, 1961 John F. Kennedy was elected as president.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    A barrier which blocked East and West Europe. Seperating families and no access to cross one another.
  • Chernobyl Disaster

    A Soviet nuclear power plant in the Ukraine explodes, resulting in the worst nuclear power plant accident in history.
  • Iraq invades Kuwait

    Iraq invades Kuwait

    Iraq invades Kuwait beginning the Gulf War.
  • Announce end of Cold War.

    Announce end of Cold War.

    US President George H. W. Bush, after receiving a phone call from Boris Yeltsin, delivers a Christmas Day speech acknowledging the end of the Cold War.
  • Mikhail resigns.

    Mikhail resigns.

    Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the USSR. The hammer and sickle is lowered for the last time over the Kremlin.