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United Nations
In 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. Representatives of 26 countries calling themselves the United Nations signed a pledge in Washington, D.C. Kurt Waldheim of Austria, who had been elected UN secretary-general in 1972 and reelected in 1976, was succeeded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru, who held the post from 1982 to 1991. -
Potsdam Conference
It was held in Potsdam, Germany. It was attended by President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The leaders were thinking about a peace treaties. They discussed peace settlements for Europe but did not attempt to write peace treaties. To give German people the opportunity to prepare for the eventual reconstruction of their life on a democratic and peaceful basis (Potsdam) -
Warsaw Pact
On April 4, 1949, 12 country signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. A security alliance made up of the soviet satellites in eastern, Europe (Warsaw Pact). This was a great idea to do this. They did this to become strong. In the 1980's NATO remained strong (Warsaw Pact). -
Korean War
The war between North Korea and South Korea started in 1950. The Chinese and North koreans began a second invasion of South Korea. Neither side gained or lost much ground. The Korean War took the lives of about 1,300,000 South Koreans, 1,000,000 Chinese, 500,000 North Koreans, and 37,000 Americans. This war ended in July 1953 (Korean War). -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a long conflict in Southeast Asia. It was Split into two parts A lot of people died. North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under communism. The U.S. congress gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to expand the U.S. role in the war. In August 1974 the United States cut back its military aid to the south (Vietnam War). -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a political and military alliance between the United States, Canada, and numerous European countries. It all started on May 14, 1955. Seviet and Eastern Europe area Alliance. This put troops and weapons in Eastern Europe. Warsaw Pact wanted to defense alliance in response to NATO. They also wanted to control the east. Warsaw Pact cause Nationalism and Hostility against Soviet, response was force from Soviet. This event ended on July 1, 1991 (NATO). -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was stopped by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt’s construction of the Aswan High Dam. Nasser reacted to the American and British decision by declaring martial law in the canal zone and seizing control of the Suez Canal Company. Nasser emerged from the Suez Crisis a victor and a hero for the cause of Arab and Egyptian nationalism. Britain and France, less fortunate, lost most of their influence in the Middle East as a result of the episode (Suez Crisis). -
Space Race/Sputnik
On October 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 was the Earth’s first launched artificial satellite. It created fear that the U.S. lagged far behind in technological capability. President Dwight poured additional funds and resources into the space program in an effort to catch up. The success of Sputnik had a major impact on the Cold War and the United States. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 served to remind both sides of the dangers of the weapons they were developing (Sputnik). -
Berlin Wall
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech in which he demanded that the Western powers of the United States.Looking for a way to stop the flow of people from east to west and a means to check the growing military power of West Germany. The Berlin Wall remained in place until November 9, 1989, when the border between East and West Berlin was reopened and the wall itself was finally dismantled (Berlin Wall). -
Cuban Revolution & Missile Crisis
On October 22, 1962, on Tv, President Kennedy Notified Americans about the presence of the missiles. It caused a 13 day political standoff. The two superpowers plunged into one of their biggest Cold War confrontations. They did that because of a pilot of an American U-2 spy plane making a high-altitude pass over Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis). A peaceful agreement started and avoided a nuclear war. -
Six-Day War
Israel’s decisive win included the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. In November 1966 an Israeli strike on the village of Al-Samūʿ in the Jordanian West Bank left 18 dead and 54 wounded. during an air battle with Syria in April 1967, the Israeli Air Force shot down six Syrian MiG fighter jets. Egypt’s casualties numbered more than 11,000, with 6,000 for Jordan and 1,000 for Syria, compared with only 700 for Israel (Six-Day War). -
Glasnost/Perestroika
The policy was instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s and began the democratization of the Soviet Union. Glasnost dramatically enlarged individual freedom of expression in the country. Mikhail Gorbachev decentralized economic controls and encouraged enterprises to become self-financing. It gave the media greater freedom to publish. The power of the Communist Party was reduced, and multicandidate elections took place (Glasnost/Perestroika).