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First Atomic Bomb
Created in the U.S.A. as a new powerful war device -
United Nations is formed
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Truman Docterine
Created during a speech; plan to send many supplies over to europe to help get them oragnized after the war -
Berlin Blockade
West berlin is cut off from supplies and isolated from the rest of berlin -
Korean War starts
North and South korea fight against eachother. U.S. is helping the south and the S.S. and china are helping the north -
Worsaw Pact
West Germany formally joined NATO on May 5, 1955, and the Warsaw Pact was signed less than two weeks later, on May 14. Joining the USSR in the alliance were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland and Romania -
Vietnam War
North and south vietnam want different governments so they fight. The U.S. goes in to help but thousands of soldires die. -
Berlin Wall
A wall is put up seperating east and west berlin from eachother many are very upset and portests start -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles are put in cuba by the soviet union and are aimed at the united states -
Ronald Reagen elected
Wanted the united statees to get organized and back away from the Soviets for the moment
