Cold War Timeline

By lxndsay
  • National Security Act

    National Security Act

    The national security act reorganized the foreign policy and military establishment.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    This gave Europe money to help recover their economy. It did help a lot, but the USSR seen it as the US interfering with international affairs.
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine

    The Eisenhower doctrine established the Middle East as the Cold War battlefield.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    Sputnik marked the start of the space age and the U.s. - U.S.S.R space race.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs made President Kennedy and his administration embarrassed. Also if this would have never happened then the Cuban Missile Crisis wouldn't have happened either. Which means the US and the USSR wouldn't have almost been in a nuclear war.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall was a symbol of communism