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Hitler commits suicide
HITLERNazi leader Adolf Hitler shot himself in the head after taking cyanide. Because of the world war II ending and the Russians approaching his underground bunker thats why he and his wife ended their life. -
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthyJoseph McCarthy started accusing and making lists of people who he believed supported communism.He publically accussed over 200 people.It was also called the second Red Scare. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall PlanThe Marshall Plan was proposed by the US Secretary of State, George C Marshall.The plan was deemed successful.The Marshall Plan connected to the Cold War because it was created to help the countries being suppressed under the Soviet Union control. -
NATO
The NATO was found by Canada,France,Italy,etc. It was found in order to resist communist expansion -
North Korea
North Korea invades South Korea. The Soviet Union can't veto as it is boycotting the Security Council. -
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Korean War
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Mutual Security Act
MSAPresident Truman signed the Mutual Security Act. It was announcing to the World & it's communist powers in particular, that their military was perpared to provide military aid to "Free People" -
Domino Theory
The Domino Theory was coined by Eisenhower. It was a phrase that described how voulnerable countries are at risk of being taken over by communism.A example of this would be South East Asia -
USS Nautilus
The US launches the world's first Nuclear Submarine called the USS Nautilus. It would become the ultimate nuclear deterrent -
Warsaw Pact
On May 14 the Warsaw Pact was found in Eastern Europe & it included East Germany, Polant,etc. It act as the communist military counterpart to NATO -
Emmit Till Mudered
Emmit Till MurderA 14-year old boy from chicago was visiting his family from mississippi when he was snachted from his great uncles house. he was beaten, shot in the head and thrown in the Tallihatchie River. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is an African-American civil rights activist. She got arrested for not obeying the bus driver and not give up her seat. -
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott
BoycottAn African American woman by the name of Rosa Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person. Browder V. Gayle took effect and lead to the United States Supreme court decsion which declared that the Alabama and Montgomery laws were unconstituional. -
Osama Bin Laben
9/11Osama Bin Laden was born on March 10, 1957. He was the founder of Al-Qaeda the Sunni Militant Istamist Organzation the claimed responsibiliyty for 9/11 -
Sputnik
Sputnik was a key Cold War event. It began on October 4,1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite.Sputnik was harmless itself, its orbiting scared the people of the United States -
Fidel Castro
On Jan. 1,1959 Fidel Castro took over Cuba. He was Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976. Later on he became the president of cuba -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The invasion was an unsuccessful action by the Cuban exiles to invade Southern Cuba with the support and encouragement from the U.S. government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. -
JFK "Man on the Moon Speech"
SpeechPresident John F. Kennedy gives a speech called "Speical Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs." In the speech he annouced that the U.S should set as a goal "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the decade. -
The Berlin Wall
Completely cutting of West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The wall included guard towers/ fakir beds, etc. Many thought the wall was put up to protect their population from fasict elements conspiring. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile CrisisThe confrontation was between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other. The crisis is regarded as the moment when the cold war came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
I Have A Dream On August 28th , Martin Luther King Jr. performed a speech called I Have A Dream at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.. He called this speech for a end of racism. -
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
MLK AssassinationAt 6:01 p.m MLK was hit by a sniper's bullet. He was stanging on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. He was shot without a warning. The bullet enter his right cheek then traveled through his nck and finally stapped at his shoulder blade. At 7:05 p.m that night he was pronounced dead
