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the marshall plan
As the nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis of World War II, the United States proposed to rebuild the continent in the interest of political stability and a healthy world economy. -
NATO
a formal alliance between the territories of North America and Europe. Its main purpose was to defend each other from the Soviet Union taking control of their nation. -
Korean war
United Nations came to the aid of South Korea in responding to an invasion by North Korea, which was aided by the USSR and China; the war ended in a military stalemate and the restoration of the political status quo. -
Vietnam
In the Vietnam War the United States and the southern-based Republic of Vietnam opposed the southern-based revolutionary movement known as the Viet Cong and its sponsor, the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The war was the second of two major conflicts that spread throughout Indochina, with Vietnam as its focal point. -
warsaw pact
In the Vietnam War the United States and the southern-based Republic of Vietnam opposed the southern-based revolutionary movement known as the Viet Cong and its sponsor, the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The war was the second of two major conflicts that spread throughout Indochina, with Vietnam as its focal point. -
Fidel Castro comes into power
At first he was only the Commander and Chief of the armed forces, but he took complete political control of the island nation. -
bay of pigs
United States attempted to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. 1,300 armed forces of the United States landed at Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) on the southern coast of Cuba. They goal was to overthrow Castro. -
U.S. sends a man to the moon
Allan Shepard became the first American in space. President Kennedy created the Apollo program designed to land a person on the moon “before the decade is out.” Apollo 11 landed on the moon July 20, 1969. -
Cuban missile crisis
With Castro’s approval, the Soviet Union began building missile bases in Cuba. On October 16, President Kennedy was shown photographs of the missile bases in Cuba. On October 22, President Kennedy responded by a televised address stating the discovery of the weapons and that any attack coming from Cuba would be treated as an attack from the Soviet Union. In addition, he imposed a naval blockade of Cuba to stop the construction of the sites. On October 26, Nikita Khrushchev sent a letter to Kenne -
berlin wall goes up
- the border between East and West Berlin is sealed off with barrier of barbed wire and light fencing that eventually became a complex series of wall, fortified fences, gun positions and watchtowers heavily guarded and patrolled. Berlin Wall was 96 miles long and the average height of the concrete wall was 11.8 ft.
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Nixon visits china
Richard Nixon became the first American president in 30 years to visit the China, effectively ending American non-recognition of the Communist government. -
USSR invades afghanistan
the beginning of the war lays in the overthrow of the centrist Afghanistan government by left-wing military officers, who then handed power over to two Marxist-Leninist political parties, the Khalq and Parcham, who together formed the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan. Having little support, the new government forged close ties with the Soviet Union, launched ruthless purges of all domestic opposition, and began extensive land and social reforms. -
U.S. invades Grenada
Operation Urgent Furry: the invasion of Grenada. The U.S. was in control of the island nation quickly. -
the fall of the berlin wall
Demolition work began on the Berlin Wall with the aim of creating new border crossings. -
the collapse of the soviet union
the world watched in amazement as the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries.
