Cold War Timeline

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    Cold War

    Causes:
    -America was a Democracy and Russia was a Dictatorship
    - America was Capitalism and Russia was Communism
    - America was the richest but Russia was the biggest
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    U.S. Containment

    United States tried to offset the growing Soviet threat to Eastern Europe. President Truman adopted a foreign policy, directed at blocking Soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    Ten western European nations formed a military alliance with the US and Canada (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
    Warsaw Pact, and included the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania.
  • Mao gained control of the whole country

    Mao gained control of the whole country

    1949 - China’s major cities fell to Red Force
    1959 - Mao headed the government and Communist party till this year
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    Korean War

    North Korea and South Korea fought for three years of fighting
    Chinese help North Korea
    North Korea attacked South Korea

  • United States exploded H-Bomb

    1950 - Truman authorized a thermonuclear weapon
  • Soviet Union exploded H-Bomb

    Soviet Union exploded H-Bomb

    1949 - Soviet Union exploded their own atomic weapon
  • The Berlin Wall was opened

    The Berlin Wall was opened

  • Gorbachev announced his resignation as president of the S.U

    Gorbachev announced his resignation as president of the S.U