Cold war and Beyond

Red Scare

Jan 1, 1917

This was a potential spread of communism. This was also known as the Russian Revolution.

Harry Truman

Apr 12, 1945

33rd US President

United Nations

Oct 24, 1945

The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. This replaced the League of Nations.

Truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

This was an American foreign policy to counter the Soviet Union expanding during the Cold War.

McCarthyism

Mar 21, 1947

This is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

Marshall Plan

Jun 3, 1948

The Marshall Plan was an initiative to aid Western Europe. It was used mainly for reparations because of the destruction during World War II.

NATO

Apr 4, 1949

NATO (North American Treaty Organization) was an intergovernmental military alliance.

Korean War

Jun 25, 1950

The Korean War was a war between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea). The war ended in a stalemate.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan 20, 1953

34th US President

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

The Vietnam war was between Communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The war ended by the reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

John F. Kennedy

Jan 20, 1961

35th US President

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Apr 17, 1961

This was a failed military invasion.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Oct 16, 1962

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13 day scare when the United States found out that the Soviet Union has missiles in Cuba. The United States then put missiles in Turkey. The Crisis ended by both countries removing their missiles.

Kennedy's Assassination

Nov 22, 1963

President John F. Kennedy was in Dallas, Texas in his presidential limo when he was shot and killed. Millions of people showed up to pay respects to the murdered president.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov 22, 1963

36th US President

Richard Nixon

Jan 20, 1969

37th US President

George H.W. Bush

Jan 20, 1989

41st US President

Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

Nov 9, 1989

The fall of communism showed when the Berlin Wall was torn down and the Soviet Union unoccupied Germany.

Ronald Reagan

Aug 2, 1990

40th US President

Persian Gulf War

Aug 2, 1990

Codename Operation Desert Storm was the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia.

The Collape of the Soviet Union

Dec 25, 1991

The Collapse of the Soviet Union was caused by Mikhail Gorbachev

Bill Clinton

Jan 20, 1993

42nd US President

NAFTA

Jan 1, 1994

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was the creation of jobs for the immigrants. They were also good-paying American jobs.

George W. Bush

Jan 20, 2001

43rd US President

September 11th Terrorist Attacks

Sep 11, 2001

Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001 was when terrorist group Al-Qaeda hijacked planes and flew them into buildings. The buildings targeted were the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

War in Afghanistan

Oct 7, 2001

The War in Afghanistan was a response to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. The United States was eventually joined by the rest of NATO in 2003.

War in Iraq

Mar 20, 2003

The Iraq War was an armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. This eventually led to the assassination of Saddam Hussein.