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The Marshall plan was U.S aid to Western Europe. The U.S gave 13 billion in economic assistance.
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The Soviet Union blocked the Western allies railway, road way and canal access. In return Truman airlifted supplies to Berlin
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created for security against the Soviet Union
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North Korea invaded South Korea causing a war between them
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A nuclear weapon of mass destruction first made by the U.S
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Hearing to investigate Joseph McCarthy to see if he used improper influence to win preferential treatment
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The Viet Minh attacked Dien Bien Phu a city in North Vietnam but the France control over Dien Bien Phu won
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A military alliance that consists of communist nations, these nations include Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union
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An American military jet that can fligh at ultra high altitude
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The first artificial earth satellite
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Fidel Castro of Cuba drove an army into Havana and overthrew Fulgencio Batista
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The first arrival of a spacecraft to land on the surface of the moon, this was launched by the United States
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John F. Kennedy was elected to be the United States president
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A wall that physicall divided Berlin
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The U.S and Soviet Union had a military and Political standoff about Nuclear armed Soviet missiles in Cuba
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The President of the United States John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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A joint resolution the U.S passed after the Gulf of Tonkin
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North Vietnamese and communist Viet cong launched an attack on South Vietnam
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Students protested the U.S military action on Cambodia, 4 students were shot by Ohio National Guardsman
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A defense study describing U.S involvement in the Vietnam war. These papers were leaked to the public
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A peace treaty signed to end war and restore piece in Vietnam