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Beginning of Cold War
The Cold War began because of intense competition between USA and the USSR. The Cold War was a result of each other's suspicion of power for the other. They were powerfully equal enough to each other to worry. -
U.S. Atomic Bomb
The first United States Atomic bomb was dropped on this date on Hiroshima.This opened the doors for nuclear weapons all over the world. -
Iron Curtain
The "Iron Curtain" Speech was given by Winston Churchill to symbolize the efforts of the Soviet Union to block itself and its allies off from contact with the non-communist areas such as the west. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was America's initiative to aid Europe. We gave economic support to help rebuild Europe after World War II. -
Berlin Blackade
The Soviet Union stopped all shipments from West Germany to Berlin. The US and Great Britain supplied 13,000 tons of fuel, food and other daily items to West Berlin daily. This blackade lasted 320 days. -
NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance between 12 nations, including the United States. It is an agreement of collective defense where its member states agree to mutual defense to an attack by an external party. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union detonates their first atomic bomb, making them the second nation ever after the United States. -
Communist Witch Hunt
Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had a list of 205 people that were in the State Department who were known members of the American Communist Party. Investigations were done and not all of them were communist. McCarthy became chairman of the Government Committee on Operations and continued his investigation for over two years. -
Warsaw Pact
Formed as a communist military alliance to keep power over Eastern Europe. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union sent the first ever orbiting satellite into space, increasing the competion with the United States. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba; which was the only country in the Western Hemisphere to adopt Communist ideas. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation between Soviet Union and Cuba against the United States. Known as the moment that the Cold War almost turned into a nuclear conflict. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The wall was not torn down all in one day. Every day for weeks people came to it with sledgehammers to gather souvenirs. This process demolished large parts of it. The fall of the wall showed the first step towards German reunification. -
Warsaw Pact Ends
Thirty-six years after being created, the Warsaw Pact ended, meaning that the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites ended, This was a sign that the Soviet Union was losing control over its allies and the Cold War was coming to an end. -
Cold War Ends
The "Iron Curtain" was lifted, Berlin Wall fell, Warsaw Pact was over and the USSR was distinguished. Ever since the end of the Cold War, Russia and the United States have been able to grow closer, creating a safer world.
