Presidents and Foreign Policy

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    1939 to 2003

  • Start of World War II

    Start of World War II
  • Declaration of United Nations enforced

    Declaration of United Nations enforced
  • Henry Truman elected as president

  • Truman Doctine

  • Marshal plan created to aid Europe

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization founded

  • Second Redscare know as McCarthyism

  • Start of Korean War

  • Dwight Eisenhower elected as president

  • Korean War Ended

  • End of Redscare

  • Vietnam war began

  • John F Kennedy elected as President

  • "Bay of Pigs" Invasion

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

  • Lyndon B. Johnson elected as President

  • Kennedy's Assassination

  • Richard Nixon elected as President

  • Ronald Reagan elected President

  • George H. W. Bush Elected as President

  • Fall of Communism

  • Start of Persian Gulf War

  • Collaspe of the Soviet Union

  • Bill Clinton Elected as President

  • North America Free Trade Agreement signed

  • George W. Bush elected as President

  • 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

  • War in Afghanistan begins

  • War in Iraq begins