The Cold War

By MPuccio34

  • Harry S. Truman is elected president.

    33rd president served in combat in WWI. Ordered massive air raid on Tokyo the day before Japan agreed to surrender.

  • U.S. sends troops to Korea

    To provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • French are defeated in Vietnam

    The French were defeated by the Germans in 1940.
  • Period: to

    The New Frontier

  • Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.

  • Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.

    Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in outer space.