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who? Harry S. Truman announced this policy to Congress on March 12, 1947
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent.
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The Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO), officially the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, commonly known as the Warsaw Pact (WP), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw.
Dissolved: 1 July 1991
Chief of Combined Staff: Aleksei Antonov (first); Vladimir Lobov (last) -
The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
when- October 16, 1962 – October 28, 1962.
where- Cuba
who- John F. Kennedy -
The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon from California defeated Democratic U.S. Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.
when- 1972
who- Richard Nixon -
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on 13 August 1961. The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.
The destruction began: November 9, 1989
Construction started: August 13, 1961
Height: 11.81′
Opened: 1961
Destroyed by: Demolition
Leader: Mikhail Gorbachev
