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Yalta Conference
Important world leaders gathered to make decisions about future world wars, and how to help the world postwar.
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1st Atomic Bomb was tested in New Mexico
The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated in New Mexico, which caused other countries around the world to create their own atomic bombs. The creation of these bombs eventually lead to fear around the world, knowing that a bomb could destroy a city in seconds.
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Atomic Bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombings of the two Japanese cities lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths, as well as an angry Japan looking for revenge. The US was hoping that by dropping the bombs it would end the war quicker, and we would lose less American soldier casualties. Neither were the case.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
Korea Splits at the 38th Parallel
The splitting of Korea created a communist lead North Korea, which still today causes worries around the world because of their nuclear power and anger. http://americainthekoreanwar.weebly.com/korea-divided-at-the-38th-parallel-after-wwii.html -
Iron Curtain Speech
A speech given by Winston Churchill, who made the ideological term of the "Iron Curtain" famous. The Iron Curtain refers to boundaries created amoung communist and anti-communist countries from around the world.
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would aid any country in danger of being taken over by communist nations.
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American Italians help against communists in Italy
Americans helped convince their family memebers back in Italy to vote against communism. It proved America's influence thousands of miles away, and helped Italy from being taken over by communists.
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NATO is Formed
Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in order to help world leaders cooperate and decide what to do about Soviet Union threats along with future issues related to world wars.
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Soviet Union 1st atomic bomb
Soviet Union develops their 1st atomic bomb, causing fear world wide and leaving more dangerous tension between them and the United States.
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Korean War Begins
The United States backs South Korea in their fight against communists in the North. It costed American billions along with over 50,000 soldiers dead.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/korean-war-begins -
Hydrogen Bomb is created
The US successfully creates it's first hydrogen bomb, giving a short lead in the arms race against the Soviet Union.
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DMZ Formed
The Korean demilitarized zone is created. It signifies a cease fire between the two countries. However, both countries are still completly armed and ready to attack within seconds. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asia/north-korea/dmz-text/1 -
Domino Theory becomes Popular
In Eisenhower's speech he discussed the Domino theory, which he believed that once one country was no longer communist it would lead to the falling of the rest of communist countries.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The US tried to over-take Cuban Leader, Castro. However, it was a failed mission after the US troops were severely outnumbered. It took less than 24 hours for the United States to surrender.
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Collapse of the Soviet Union
The collapse of the Soviet Union meant it was the end of the Cold War, tension between the countries slowly diminished and the Soviet Union was broken into several independent countries.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
