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Nuclear Arms Race
no spacific date for this it was in 1945. this was a compettiton for supremacy in Nuclear warfare between the US and the soviet union and their represented allies during the cold war. -
UN Created
Founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the leauge of nations to stop war between countries. signed in june 26th 1945 -
Potsdam conference
This conference was held July 16 - August 2 1945. The Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States were all invloved. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman.It was given in a speech and it said the U.S would support Greece and Turky with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the soviet sphere -
HUAC
The HUAC is the House committe of Un-American Activities.in 1969 the name was changed to House Committiee on internatinal security. -
Marshall plan
Helped aid Europe after end of World War II. This plan was in operation for years. The goals of this plan was to re-build a war devistated region. -
CIA
The CIA is the Central Intelligency agency. The president who thought there was a need for the CIA was Harry Truman -
Red scare
Antil communist fear of communism in the US in the 1940s and the 1950s.Joseph McCarthy who was senator McCarthyism coined in 1950 in reference to Mcarthys practices was applied to similar anti-communist activities. The Hoolywood 10 was actors, directors, musicians, and other entertainers who were denied employment because their political belifes. the blacklist was offically broken in 1960 -
Communist Takeovers
Communist takeover in Czechosloakia in february of 1948. -
Berlin Blocade/ Berlin Airlift
they carrid supplies to people in west Berlin. -
NATO
NATO was based on the North Atlatic tready that was signed April 4th 1949. -
Korean War
the Korean war started in june of 1950 and ended in july 1953. The korean was was between the republic of korea and the democratic peoples republic of korea. -
Warsaw pact
A military alliance of communist nations in easturn Europe.Organizedin 1955 in answer to NATO. It included Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet union. The tready was signed in Warsaw on May 14th 1955. -
Vietnam War
The vietnam war started in 1955 and ended in 1975. Kent state was when students protested when Nixon said he was going to end the war and four students were shoot and killed on campus. Tet offensive was a serious of surprise attacks by vietcong. and Vietnamization was the plan to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war. and Escolation was when deliberations led to the decision to escolate the war. -
Space Race
The space races were in the mid to late 20th century and they were between the Soviet Union and the United States. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969. Sputnik was a possible PDM labeled by NASA. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was an unsuccessful action by the CIA- trained force of Cuban exiles to invade Southern Cuba with support of the U.S goverment in attempt to overthrow the Cuban goverment of Fidel Castro. -
Berlin Wall
Barrier that cut of West Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and cuba on one side and the U.S on the other side in october 1962 during the cold war. -
Leaders of the USSR, US,Cuba,China,Vietnam
USSR-Joseph Stalin,Mikhail Gorbachev.
US-John F. Kennedy,HarryTruman.
Cuba-Fidel Castro
China-Mao Zedong.
south Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh. -
Yalta conference
This meeting was held feb 4-11 it was a wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
