Cold War Timeline

By jstanke
  • United Nations Formed

    Made to promote social progress, human rights, help to create a better standard of living, and helped to maintain world peace by creating alliances.
  • Hollywood 10

    10 directors and writers from Hollywood accused of promoting/spreading communist influence. The accused faced jail time.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Seen by communists as a declaration of the start of the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine was proposed to aid in the containment of communism.
  • Marshall Plan

    Plan to stimulate the economy in Europe after WWII. Brought industrial production up 40% from prewar production. Successful plan
  • NATO Formed

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance created with the US, Canada, and many western European nations to help contain the spread of communism
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    Korean War

    Caused by the spread of communism, American attempts at containing communism, and the occupation of Korea by the Japanese during WWII
  • Space Race

    A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to reach space first/ advance technology to prove superiority
  • Bay of Pigs

    Failed invasion of Cuba by the US in an attempt to push out leader Fidel Castro
  • Berlin Wall Goes Up

    The Berlin wall was put up over night to stop the fleeing of people from communist east Germany into west Germany. Created a physical, political, and social divide between the country
  • US Enters Vietnam War

    The US enters the Vietnam war in an attempt to stop the spread of communism
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    Soviets Invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan in support of communist government to fight off anti-communist guerillas
  • Berlin Wall Falls

    Wall was taken down overnight by Germans. Began to reunification of Germany