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Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
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Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. For nearly a year, supplies from American planes sustained the over 2 million people in West Berlin. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
race for the h-bomb
Race for the Hydrogen Bomb. World War II's end signified the beginning of the race to develop a weapon even more potent than the atomic bomb: the hydrogen bomb -
start of Vietnam War
The causes of the Vietnam War revolve around the simple belief held by America that communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia -
election of kennedy
The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960. -
assassination of kennedy and LBJ becomes president
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 -
election of nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. -
end of the vietnam war
Although Nixon did continue to decrease American troop strength in South Vietnam, the fighting continued. ... Under the provisions of the Accords, U.S. forces were completely withdrawn. Unfortunately, this did not end the war for the Vietnamese and the fighting continued until April 1975 when Saigon fell to the communists. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders.
