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The Yalta Conference
The beginning of the Cold War at a post-WWII conference dividing Germany between the Allies. -
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Cold War
"Agreed upon" timespan of the Cold War -
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
Chruchill explains there is an "Iron Curtain descending over Europe" -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman announces plan to contain spread of Communism -
Marshall Plan
General Marshall's plan to rebuild war-torn Europe -
Nato formed
Hint: a military alliance is created -
Communism in China
People's Republic of China begins -
Korean War Starts
Hint: an early conflict begins -
Fighting ends in Korea
Borders established at 38th Parellel and cease-fire is established -
French removed from Indochina
French leave Indochina making way for Laos, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam, -
Warsaw Pact
Hint: a "Pact" is formed -
Vietnam War begins
North Vietnamese invade South Vietnam hoping to spread communism -
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Vietnam War
Period of conflict in Vietnam -
Sputnik Launched
Hint: Space Race -
Period: to
Space Race
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Cuban Revolution
Castro takes power in Cuba -
Bay of Pigs
Hint: failed military action -
Berlin Wall begins construction
East Germany begins building border with West Berlin -
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Berlin Wall operating
Period that the Berlin Wall stood -
Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR puts nuclear weapons in Cuba -
JFK Assassinated
President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, LBJ takes over -
Gulf of Tonkin
Incidents near Vietnam lead to US involvement in conflict -
Apollo 11 man on Moon
Hint: space race event -
Vietnam War Ends
North Vietnam takes Saigon, ending the conflict -
Iran Hostage Crisis begins
Iranian radicals hold U.S. Embassy hostage -
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Iran Hostage Crisis
Period U.S. Embassy in Iran held hostage -
Miracle on Ice
Hint: Winter Olympic "miracle" -
Iran Hostage Crisis ends
Hostages of the U.S. Embassy released the day Reagan is inaugurated -
Chernobyl Disaster
Nuclear plant in Ukraine melts down -
Iran-Contra Affair
Secret weapons selling/counter insurgent funding affair of the Reagan administration -
Berlin Wall opens borders
After a miscommunication, the Berlin Wall opens and eventually is torn down -
Malta Summit
hint: important meeting between US/USSR -
Warsaw Pact dissolves
Soviet Alliance dissolves -
USSR dissolves
The Soviet Union ceases all operations
