Madison's Cold War Timeline

  • •	House Un-American Activities Committee formed

    • House Un-American Activities Committee formed

    they conducted investigations through the 1940s and '50s into alleged communist activities.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

    Conference of three chief allied leaders.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Speech Delivered by George Marshall
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    A meeting of the victorious leaders of the Allies in Europe
  • United Nations formation

    United Nations formation

    Finding of the United nations
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    Asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Air transport to vital necessities to burlin
  • NATO formation

    NATO formation

    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Era of McCarthyism begins

    Era of McCarthyism begins

    crusade against suspected Communists in the United States government
  • North Korean Invasion of South Korea

    North Korean Invasion of South Korea

    Invasion of south korea by north korean troups
  • rosenberg execution

    rosenberg execution

    U.S. government sent Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair.
  • •	Armistice Signed Ending Korean War

    • Armistice Signed Ending Korean War

    armistice signed ending the fighting in the Korean War
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    An agreement between several Communist states of Europe
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1 was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite.
  • First American in Space

    First American in Space

    Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr is the first american in space
  • first man in space

    first man in space

    Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
  • Creation of the Berlin Wall

    Creation of the Berlin Wall

    East German government erected the Berlin Wall in order to keep its citizens from fleeing to the West.
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind