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Cold War Events [Lucius Green]

  • US Develops Nuclear Weapons

    US Develops Nuclear Weapons

    The United states Developed Nuclear weapons in fear of Germans creating a weapon of equal power
  • Creation of the UN

    Creation of the UN

    created to replace the League of Nations
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Containment of comunnism
  • The Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan

    A US agreement to help rebuild Europe after World War two in interest of Political Stability and healthy World Economy
  • Alger Hiss Arrested

    Alger Hiss Arrested

    Alger Hiss was accused of being a Communist spy
  • Creation of NATO

    Creation of NATO

    Secure the saftey and security of it's members
  • USSR Develops Nuclear weapons

    USSR Develops Nuclear weapons

    The USSR began developing Nuclear weapons once they hear that the US and Britain were already creating their own
  • China Becomes Communist

    China Becomes Communist

    China, being controlled by Japan until after World War Two, became communist under the rule of Mao Zedong
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    North Korea attempts to invade South Korea and America steps in and pushes them back to the 38th Parallel.
  • Dwight Eisenhower becomes president

    Dwight Eisenhower becomes president

    Created the Eisenhower Doctrine.
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted (and executed)

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted (and executed)

    Executed for giving information to the Communists about the Atomic Bomb
  • Korean Demolitarized Zone

    Korean Demolitarized Zone

    Created to mark the 38th parallel and keep North and South Korea seperated
  • MCarthy hearing

    MCarthy hearing

    Hearings held by the US Army against a former Mcarthyist
  • John F. Kennedy becomes President

    John F. Kennedy becomes President

    'Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate'
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    A Failed invasion of cuba planned by the CIA
  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Creation of the Berlin Wall

    The Berlin wall was built to seperate east and west Berlin, keeping the Communist side away from the Democratic side.
  • Cuban Missle crisis

    Cuban Missle crisis

    The United states feared that the Russians may be placing Nuclear Missile bases in Cuba.
  • Kennedy assassination

    Kennedy assassination

    Killed by Sniper Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Kent state protest

    Kent state protest

    Students protesting against the Cambodian Campaign where shot and killed