The Cold War

By ryanmar1414
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    Second Chinese Revolution

    This ended the civil war in China and lead to communist china, lead by Mao Zedong as the People's Republic of China. It also created a communist nation that would lead to the a fear in America of other countries becoming communist.

  • Second Chinese Revolution

    This ended the civil war in China and lead to communist china, lead by Mao Zedong as the People's Republic of China. It also created a communist nation that would lead to the a fear in America of other countries becoming communist.

  • The Korean War Begins

    The first military action of the Cold War, North Korea attacked South Korea across the 38th parallel, an imaginary line separating North Korea (communist) and South Korea (republic). When this happened, the US sent aid to South Korea while the Soviet Union sent aid to North Korea. China got involved as well, mostly, though, beginning when South Korea made it over to the Nothern other side of the 38th parallel.
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    Korean War

    This was the war with communist North Korea and democratic South Korea fighting eachother for dominence. This greatly effected the Cold War because it was a military battle of communist versus democratic, with North Korea seeming to represent the Soviet Union and now-communist China and South Korea representing the US and our allies, who also contributed to South Korea.

  • The End of the Korean War

    With the death toll rising extrodinarily high, North and South Korea signed a stalemate in which they would keep the 38th parallel to divide the two countries.
    They are still divided today; the war didn't really cause any any side to win or lose any, except it did divide the countries further than they were before.

  • Sputnik 1 Launched

    The world's first artificial atellite, this was the official beginning to the international space race fo the U.S. vs. U.S.S.R.
    This also lead to the creation of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in 1958.
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    The Space Race

    The race for spacial supremacy between the US and Soviet Union. This began after the Korean War and with the kick-off of the USSR launching the Sputnick satellite. From 1961 to 1964, NASA's budget was increased almost 500 percent. During this time, the main effort on both sides was to be first on the moon. With Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11, the US "won" the space race.

  • Explorer I Launched

    This was the US's first satellite, changing the tides of the the struggle.

  • NASA Creation

    NASA is officially created for the US space race, primarily.

  • Luna 2 Launch

    The first space probe to hit the moon increased the intensity and urgency for the US wanting to "win," or have the first man/men in space and on the moon.

  • U-2 Plane Shot Down

    Crafted by the CIA, these planes were made to fly at high altitudes that the CIA assured Pres. Eisenhower was to high for USSR "unsophisticated" anti-aircraft weapons to shot down in the now-Russia area. These planes weren't supposed to cause any harm, however it did raise alot of suspicions on the USSR side of the Americans.

  • Yuri Gagarin

    As the first person to orbit the Earth, traveling i the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok 1, he created an even more heightened frenzy on the American's side to get into space.

  • Alan Shepard

    After testing the space craft and chimpanzees, Project Mercury involved a smaller, cone-shaped capsule far lighter than the Vostok 1, which is what the Soviet Union had used to orbit Yuri Gagarin. Then, on May 5, Alan Shepard became the first American in space (though not in orbit).

  • The Berlin Wall goes up

    The Berlin wall, dividing East and West Germany and Berlin, was the result of the conflict of post-WWII Germany and the division of it amonst France, Britian, the US, and the USSR. The USSR, in a desperate attempt to keep their section of Eastern Germany and West Berlin. When people began leaving Eastern Germany for refuge in West Berlin, the USSR (overnight) put up the Berlin wall to insulate West Berlin. This created big tension and a problem among the opposite sides of the Cold War.

  • John Glen

    The first American to orbit Earth. By the end of this year, Project Apollo, NASA's lunar landing program, were in place.
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    Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Soviet Union was found to be installing missiles on Cuba, just 90-miles south of Florida. The US saw this as almost an act of war, and President Kennedy was preparing America for a nuclear war with the USSR. However, on October 28th, they agreed to remove them.

  • US Losses during Project Apollo

    Three astronauts were killed after their spacecraft caught fire during a launch simulation.

  • Apollo 8 Launch

    The first manned space mission to orbit the moon.

  • Apollo 11 Launch

    US astonauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins set off on the Apollo 11 space mission, the first lunar landing attempt.

  • The US and Man on the Moon

    After a successful landing, Neil ARmstrong became the first man to walk on the moon's surface, "winning" the space race.

  • Russia Invades Afghanistan

    After the US began to court countries into their democratic "groupe", the USSR was afraid that they would loose all suppport in the Middle East. So they invaded Afghanistan in 1979.