Presidents of the Cold War By 16jashbaugh Mar 12, 1947 Foreign Policy (Truman) Mar 12, 1947 Containment (Truman) Mar 12, 1947 Truman Doctrine Mar 22, 1947 Loyalty Program (Truman) Oct 20, 1947 HUAC (Truman) Apr 3, 1948 Marshall Plan (Truman) Jun 24, 1948 Berlin/Airlift (Truman) Apr 4, 1949 N.A.T.O (Truman) Jul 25, 1950 Korean War (Truman) Jun 27, 1952 McCarren-Walter Act (Truman) Mar 5, 1953 Stalin Dies (Eisenhower) Jul 27, 1953 Korean War (Eisenhower) Aug 19, 1953 Middle East Israel / Iran (Eisenhower) Jan 1, 1954 Deterrence (Eisenhower) Jan 1, 1954 Brinksmanship (Eisenhower) Apr 7, 1954 Domino Theory (Eisenhower) Oct 29, 1956 Suez Crisis (Eisenhower) Jan 5, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine Jul 29, 1958 Space Race / NASA (Eisenhower) May 1, 1960 U-2 Incident (Eisenhower) Jan 1, 1961 Vietnam/War (Kennedy) Kennedy started getting involved in Vietnam and the war in January of 1961 Mar 13, 1961 Alliance for Progress Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs (Kennedy) May 25, 1961 Space Program (Kennedy) Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall (Kennedy) Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis (Kennedy) 13 day confrontation Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassinated Aug 2, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin (Johnson) Jan 1, 1965 Vietnam/War (Johnson) Johnson's role during the war Jan 30, 1968 TET Offensive (Johnson) Nov 5, 1968 Nixon Elected as American President (Nixon) Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974 President Nixon Jul 20, 1969 First American astronaunt (Nixon) Apr 29, 1972 Reduced tension with China and the U.S.S.A (Nixon) Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal (Nixon) Apr 29, 1973 nnounced an accord with North Vietnam to end American involvement in Indochina (Nixon) Aug 9, 1974 President Ford elected (Ford) Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977 Ford as President Oct 15, 1974 Ford signs the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments (Ford) Oct 17, 1974 Ford vetoes the Freedom of Information Act Amendments (Ford) Jan 1, 1975 Privacy Act (Ford) Aug 1, 1975 The Helsinki Agreement (Ford) Dec 22, 1975 The Energy Policy Conservation Act (Ford) Jan 20, 1977 End of Ford's Presidentcy Jan 20, 1977 Carter is elected President Jan 21, 1977 The Vietnam War draft evaders are pardoned (Carter) Apr 29, 1977 The Panama Canal Treaty (Carter) Sep 17, 1978 The Camp David Accords (Carter) Jan 1, 1979 The US officially recognized the People's Republic of China in Beijing (Carter) Mar 28, 1979 The Three Mile Island Incident (Carter)
