Cold War

By Christopher Hunt

  • GI Bill (1944)

    GI Bill (1944)
    provided veterans of the Second World War funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing

  • United Nations (UN) Formed (1945)

    United Nations (UN) Formed (1945)
    peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations

  • Germany Divided (1945)

    Germany Divided (1945)
    Germany surrender on 8 May 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones

  • Truman Doctrine (1947)

    Truman Doctrine (1947)
    he pledged to contain the communist uprisings in Greece and Turkey
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    The Cold War (1947- 1991)

    tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

  • Marshall Plan (1948)

    Marshall Plan (1948)
    U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.

  • Berlin Airlift (1948)

    Berlin Airlift (1948)
    first major international crises of the Cold War.

  • NATO Formed (1949)

    NATO Formed (1949)
    provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

  • Kim Il-sung invades South Korea (1950)

  • UN forces push North Korea to Yalu River- the border with China (1950)

  • Chinese forces cross Yalu and enter Korean War (1950)

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    1950s Prosperity (1950-1959)

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    Korean War (1950- 1953)

  • Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Execution (1953)

  • Armistice Signed (1953)

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    Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953- 1961)

    obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War

  • Warsaw Pact Formed (1955)

    Warsaw Pact Formed (1955)
    a political and military alliance

  • Polio Vaccine created by Jonas Salk (1955)

  • Interstate Highway Act (1956)

    known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

  • Elvis Presley First Hit Song (1956)

    Elvis Presley First Hit Song (1956)
    Heartbreak Hotel" makes its climb up the charts on its way to #1, "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" b/w "Mystery Train," Elvis' fifth and last single to be released on the Sun label, hits #1 on Billboard's national country singles chart.

  • Sputnik I (1957)

    Sputnik I (1957)
    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957.

  • Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV (1957)

    Leave it to Beaver First Airs on TV (1957)
    ran for six full 39-week seasons
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    Baby Boom (1946- 1964)

    the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation