Cold War

  • Tsar Nicholas II ruling ends

    Ruling ended for Tsar Nicholas II, and the Bolsheviks came into power
  • 1919-1920

    American officials led a campaign against socialist and communist influence
  • Permitting Adolph Hitler

    Before WWII France and Britain permitted Adolph Hitler to expand German territory
  • Late 1940s

    United States economy was growing and it had the most powerful military in the world
  • Soviet Union VS U.S. atomic bomb

    The Soviet Union was spying on the U.S.'s nuclear program
  • victory in site

    though the war was still happening in the Pacific, Allied victory in Europe was in sight
  • July 1945

    THe three nations' leaders met again at Potsdam, Germany
  • August 1945

    August 1945

    United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan
  • 1947-1955

    Failure of the Yalta and the Potsdam agreements became apparent
  • March 1947

    Britain dropped economic and military support for the Greek government because they couldn't afford it anymore
  • March 12, 1947

  • Marshall Plan

    U.S. commitment to containment influenced the Marshall plan
  • merging of zones

    U.S., Great Britain, and France merged occupation zones
  • First atomic bomb for Soviet Union

    Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb
  • 1950s-1960s

    domino theory became central tenant of American foreign policy

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