cold war

By cprieto101

  • 1945

    cold war begins

  • 1947

    united states announces Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

  • 1949

    NATO formed
    Meaning:North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • 1953

    Korean war ends
    Finally in July 1953, the Korean War came to an end. In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today.

  • 1954

    Civil rightas movement begins
    At the midpoint of the twentieth century, African Americans once again answered the call to transform the world. The social and economic ravages of Jim Crow era racism were all-encompassing and deep-rooted.
    Thats all how it started.

  • 1957

    Soviets Launch Sputnik l
    he Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. The surprise success precipitated the Americann.

  • 1961

    Berlin Wall biult
    The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East.
  • 1962

    1962

    June:Sino-Soviet Conflict begins.
    Oct:Cuban missiles Crisis.
  • 1964

    1964

    OCT:China explodes its first atomic bomb
  • 1968

    1968

    Soviet Red Army Crushes CzecH Uprising
  • 1973

    1973

    Sept: U.S. supported coup overthrows Chilean government.
  • 1985

    1985

    Mar: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union, the following year he declares glasnost and perestroika.
  • 1976

    1976

    Feb: Soviet and Cuban forces help install Communist government in Angola.
  • 1979

    1979

    Jan:U.S. and China establish diplomatic relations.
    Dec: Soviet Red Army invades Afghanistan.
  • 1980

    1980

    Aug:Polish shipyard workers strike, Solidarity Union formed.
  • 1989

    1989

    May:Led by university students, over one million Chinese in Tiananmen Square demand reforms by the Chinese Communist government.
    Sept: Solidarity forms the first post-war non-Communist government in Poland.
    Oct:Hungary declares a non-Communist government.
    Nov:East Germany allows unrestricted migration to West Germany.
    Dec:Berlin Wall is demolished.