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Cold War
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Control of Greece
The Communist People's Liberation Army and anti-Communist forces supported by Great Britain fought for control of Greece. -
Truman wants money
Truman asked for $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was developed. -
Split in Europe
The split ing Europe between the United States and the Soviet Union had become a fact of life. -
Policy of Containment
George Kennan argued for a policy of containment to keep communism within its existing boundaries and prevent futher Soviet aggresive moves. -
Unify Western Sections of Germany
Great Britain, France, and the United States were making plans to unify the three Western sections of Germany and create a West German government. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift begins. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The United States and its European allies formed this organization. -
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
The Soviet Union responded to the Marshall Plan by founding the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance for the economic cooperation of the Eastern European states. -
Federal Republic of Germany
In September 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany was formally created. -
Korean War
The Korean War began as an attempt by the Communist government of North Korea to take over South Korea. -
Death of Stalin
Stalin died on March 5, 1953. -
Intervening States
The United States, Soviet Union and China intervene in the Korean War. -
SEATO
To stem Soviet aggression in the East, the United States, Great Britain, France, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union joined with Albania, Bulgaria, Czecholovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania in a formal military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. -
Nikita Khrushchev
The new leader of the Soviet Union. -
Khrushchev condemned Stalin
Krushchev condemned Stalin for his administrative violence, mass depression, and terror. -
Sputnick 1
The Soviets sent the first human-made space satellite to orbit Earth. -
CENTO
The Central Treaty Organization, which included Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Great Britain, and the United States, was meant to prevent the Soviet Union from expanding the south. -
Fidel Castro
He overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and set up a Soviet-supported totalitarian regime in Cuba. -
Nuclear Bomb
France exploded its first nuclear bomb. -
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
Krushchev allowed the publication of the book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The book is a grim portrayal of life in a Siberian labor camp. -
Nuclear Missiles
Khrushchev began to place nuclear missiles in Cuba. The missiles were meant to counteract U.S nuclear weapons placed in Turkey. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
In August 1963, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. led a march on Washington, D.C. to dramatize the African American desire for equality. -
Civil Rights Act
It created the machinery to end segregation and discrimination in the workplace and all public places. -
Race Riots
In the summer of 1965, race riots broke out in the Watts district of Los Angeles. Thirty-four people died and over 1,000 buildings were destroyed. -
Alexander Dubcek
The first secretary of the Communist Party. -
Students Protest
A series of student protests was followed by a general labor strike. -
Soviets Attack
To forestall the spreading of the spring fever, the Soviet Army invaded Czechoslovakia. It crushed the reform movement. -
Kent State Unniversity
Four students at this unniversity were killed and nine others were wounded by the Ohio National Guard during a student demonstration. This startled the nation.
