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Yalta Conference
This conference was a meeting between the three most powerful world leadera which included Winston Churchill from Great Britain, Joseph Stalin from the Soviet Union, and FDR who was the president of the United States at that time. They discussed what goals they had for Europe after World War 21 -
Beginning of Harry Truman presidency
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Germany Surrendered
Germany officially surrendered which brought an end to the European conflict in World War 2. This split the country into four sections which included France in the Southwest region, Britain in the Northwest, U.S in the South, and the Soviet Union in the East. -
Potsdam Conference
The most significant world leaders discussed what would become of Germany, they decided that they would disarm Germany and split it up into different sections. -
Iran Crisis
After the Tehran conference the USSR left 30,000 troops in Iran which in turn made the UK and USSR remove all their troops, and then the Soviet Union troops caused a communist uprising. -
Telegram
A U.S ambassador in the Soviet Union sent a telegram from Moscow to Washington about the prevention of the spreading of communism. -
Iron Curtain Speech
The prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill made a speech about the separation of Eastern and Western Europe. He also discussed the spread of communism through some eastern european countries. -
Indochina
First Indochina war begins after France lands in Indochina -
Greece and Turkey
Instead of providing aid to Greece the United States gave away $400 million worth of economic assistance. They mainly did this to ensure there wouldny be a communist takeover in those countries -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin begin to block all roads leading to Berlin which was split into four regions, by the 24th every rpad leading to Berlin was cut off even the electricity was cut off. -
Berlin Airlift
The various western allies organzied for the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman declared a foreign policy which stated that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all the democratic nations which were posed a threat -
NATO
Blegium, Great Britain, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, Canada, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Portugal and the United States, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Their goal was to defend each other from communism and protect their own country as well. -
Russian Atomic Bomb
Russia developed their own atomic bomband they made it faster than America made their own -
Communist China
Mao Zedung who was a political leader of China at the time declared the peoples republic of china and there was suspicion that the Cold War played a big role in the chinese communism party. -
McCarthyism
Senator McCarthy accused many different politicians and figureheads of being in coherence with the Soviet Union. They were wrongly accused but the still had to go through long trials and punishments -
NSC-68
This was a secret foreign policy presented to Harry Truman which presented a plan to prevent communism from spreading -
Korean War
There was a Civil War between North and South Korea where the North was fighting for communism and the south was fighting for the opposite. -
Truman fires McArthur
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MAD
MAD exited to prevent any conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union while they engaged in different wars throughout the world -
Eisenhower inagurated into presidency
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Greece and Turkey Join Nato
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Marshall Plan Ends
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Thermonuclear Bomb
The United States tests their first thermonuclear bomb -
Brinkmanship
Secretary of State and president Eisenhower discussed brinkmanship -
Joseph Stalin Dies
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Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro led the first attack this year and was later arrested this year and then resumed the war after his release -
Korean War Ends
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Military Occupation West Germany
Military occupation of West Germany ceases -
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact founded in Eastern Europe to counter the United States Nato and the countries which were included were East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
The United States went to South Vietnam to protect them from North Vietnam -
Suez Crisis
Various countries includinf Israel and the United Kingdom attacked Egypt with the goal of removing Nasser from power. -
Nina Khrushcev asks West to leave
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Havana
Eisenhower closes U.S embassy in Havana -
JFK inagurated as president of U.S
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Bay of Pigs
The CIA had a mission where they went to Cuba with the intention of shutting down Castro and his style of government and the mission was a flop -
Moon Landing
JFK says that he's going to put the first man on the moon -
Berlin Wall is Built
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Soviet Union Nuclear Weapons
USSR continues the testing of nuclear weapons -
Cuban Missile Crisis
After the Soviet Union found out that the United States had placed missiles in Italy they then put missiles in Cuba -
Partial Test Ban Theory
This was a treaty signed by the UK, the United States and the Soviet Union which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons if it wasnt underground -
JFK shot and killed
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NY Meeting
Lyndon Jphnosn and Nikita Kruschev had a meeting discussing their plans to cut back production of materials used for making nuclear weapons -
Vietnam War
The United States builds up the military to defend south vietnam ans they begin bombing north vietnam -
Nixon becomes president of the U.S
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Nixon Doctrine
Nixon discussed that he would aid and assist any allies of the United States -
Nikita Kruschev dies
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Nixon visits China
First president to visit China since the development of the peoples republic of china -
SALT 1
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement represents the beginning of détente between the U.S. and the Soviet Union -
Gerald Ford becomes president
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Jimmy Carter becomes president
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Nicaraguan War
The opposition by the Somoza dictatorship led to a rebellion -
SALT 2
Jimmy Carter and Lenoid Brezhnev sign the SALT 2 agreement discussing the limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons -
Iran Contra Affair
Contras who were against the Sandinista government attained aid and supplies through the United States and with help from Iran -
Star Wars
Missile defense system which would involve the use of satellites and lasers to stop missiles from Russia -
U.S invaded Grenada
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Perestroika
Different political and economic system in Soviet Union due to the idea of reconstruction -
Glatnost
Change in the Soviet Union due to idea of openes -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany allowed their people to climb the wall and go over to the West side of Germany which led to the downfall of East Germany and the resignation of their dictator -
Soviet Union Deterioration
The break of the Soviet Union was the end of the Cold War