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Cold War beggins
Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947. -
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. -
Marshall Plan is announced
It was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion. -
Containment begins in Europe
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad -
China Becomes Communist
After the conclusion of WWII, the civil war resumed between the Kuomintang and the Communists. In the war, the US supported the Kuomintang and the USSR supported the CPC. -
The Korean War Begins
Korean War definition. A war, also called the Korean conflict, fought in the early 1950s between the United Nations, supported by the United States, and the communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea. -
Vietnam War Begins
The Vietnam War , also known as the Second Indochina War,and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America was a Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam. -
The Space Race Begins
It the competition between America and The Soviet Union regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. -
Cuba Becomes Communist
26th of July Movement victory. Overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's government. Establishment of a socialist state and Communist government, led by Fidel Castro. United States embargo against Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Kennedy Assasination
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America wins space race
Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall taken Down
The Berlin wall taken down was a huge moment in history when the unification of germany was accomplished between communist and democratic was. -
Cold War Ends
With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the cold war ended. -
Soviet Union Collapses
On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.
