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Cold War events
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Berlin Blockade / Airlift
A military operation that brought food and goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany, which at the time surrounded West Berlin, cutting off all supplies. Possibly saved many German lives. -
Harry S. Truman
Truman was the President of the United States from 1945-1953. -
Joseph Stalin
Stalin was leader of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953. -
Korean War
A war between North and South Korea, in which the United Nations force led by the United States fought for South Korea. While China and the Soviet Union fought for North Korea. The first physical confrontation as an effect of The Cold War. -
Georgy Malenkov
Malenkov was leader of the Soviet Union from 1953-1955. -
Creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
The prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western Nations to form NATO in 1949. A similar Communist alliance, known as the Warsaw Pact, was formed in 1955. This split Europe in two and increased Cold War tensions. -
Sputnik
The first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union. Started the Space Race between The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower was President of the United States from 1953-1961. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed American military attempt to invade Cuba and overthrow its leader, Fidel Castro. Inflamed American, Soviet, and Cuban tensions further. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
Wall built by East Germany to encircle West Germany with a wall in an attempt to control it. This increased tension in Germany and between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet missiles deployment in Cuba. Increased tensions between The U.S. and The U.S.S.R. -
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy was President of the United States from 1961-1963. -
Nikita Krushchev
Krushchev was leader of the Soviet union from 1955-1964. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson was President of the United States from 1963-1969. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon was President of the United States from 1969-1974. -
Vietnam War
War fought between North Vietnam, who was supported by China and The Soviet Union, and South Vietnam, who was supported by the United States and Phillipines. Started in 1955, and ended when Saigon fell to North Vietnam. The longest and most unpopular American war as an effect of The Cold War. -
Gerald Ford
Ford was President of the United States from 1974-1977. -
Disarmament Agreements
Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT) was constructed after the Soivet Union built an anti-ballistic missile program around Moscow. SALT I limited the number of anti-missile programs, and was signed MAy 26, 1972. SALT II banned new missile programs and discouraged the Soviet Union. This tried to relieve tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet intervention of the Afghan War to assist communist Afghanistan against anti-communist Afghan guerillas. Increased tensions in the Middle East as an effect of the Cold War. -
Jimmy Carter
Carter was President of the United States from 1977-1981. -
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982. -
Yuri Andropov
Andropov was leader of the Soviet Union from 1982-1984. -
Konstantin Chernenko
Chernenko was leader of the Soviet Union from 1984-1985. -
Gorbachev's Reforms
Perestroika and Glasnost were reforms used to help the Soviet Union. The reforms let the government have more focus on the market, gave media more freedom, and gave religious freedom to everyone. Helped liberate Eastern Europe. Led to the end of the Cold War. -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan was President of the United States from 1981-1989. -
George H.W. Bush
Bush was Presideent of the United States from 1989-1993 -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
When the Cold War neared an end, East Berlin changed its relations with the rest of the city by tearing down the Berlin Wall. This was one of the events that helped end the Cold War. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991.
