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Truman Becomes President
Harry S Truman became president in 1945 after Roosevelt died -
Truman Doctrine
Truman created the Truman Doctrine in 1947 which helped lead to the Cold War. -
Berlin Airlift
Truman orders the Berlin Airlift against Russias blockade -
Korean war begins
Truman aids South Korean Troops resisting North Korea -
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin died -
Eisenhower's Campaign
He fulfilled a campaign promise to bring the Korean War to an End. -
Becomes President
Dwight Eisenhower became the 34th president -
Defense pack with Korea
Signs of mutal defense pack with Korea. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Transmits the SEATO to Senate for advice and consent. -
News Confrence
Eisenhower holds first teleivised presidental news conference. -
Eisenhower doctrine
The Eisenhower doctrine is signed. Which authorizes the U.s to help the middle east to fight. To keep soviets from influencing others he created a doctrine. Meaning the U.s would use force if the soviets aided any other middle east countries. -
Kennedy
Odrered attack at The Pay of Pigs -
Kennedy
Sets goal to put a man on the moon. -
Kennedy
Berlin wall was bulit. -
Kennedy
Cuban missile crisis. -
Kennedy assassination
Assasinated. -
Johnson becomes president
When Kennedy was assassinated, President Johnson took over presidency. -
Involvement in war
Johnson opposed direct U.S involvement in the war. -
Rolling Thunder
Johnson authorized operation Rolling Thunder which was the relentless bombing campaign that continued for 3 years -
Johnson in Dominican Republic Crisis
Johnson sends troops to the Dominican Republic -
Troops in Vietnam
Johnson ordered more troops in Vietnam -
President Nixon
Nixon becomes president -
Johnson Lost Presidency
Johnson lost presidency when he decided not to run. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
President Nixion joins Great Britain and the USSR in signing a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty designed to distribution and production of nuclear weapons. -
Nixons Resignation
Nixon announces on television that his resignation would be the next day. -
Ford Becomes President
Geral Ford gets elected on august 9, 1974 -
Clemency Program
Supported clemecy earning for Vietnam war draft evaders -
Ford "Fireside Chat"
Ford gave his fire side chat to the whole nation on January 13th -
Vietnam war over
Gerald made the annoucement at Tulane University that vietnam was over -
Korean tree incident
When North Korean soldiers axe-murdered two U.S soldiers, Ford takes strong military actions -
Salt II
Salt II was a controversial experiment of negotiations between Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev from 1977 to 1979 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, which sought to curtail the manufacture of stratgeic nuclear weapons. -
President Carter
Carter becomes president
