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The Cold War starts
The economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR. -
Chinese Civil War
Chinese people continued the dipute between a nationalist and communist government. -
Berlin Air Lift Begins
Was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
Chinese communists take control of China
Mao Zedong proclaimed the birth of the People's Republic of China. -
Korean War Begins
Military forces from South Korea and North Korea fought, bringing the U.S into the war. -
Dwight D Eisenhower becomes president
President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th U.S presient. -
Civil Rights movement begins
Social movements began hoping to end racial segregation and prejudice against blacks. -
The Warsaw Pact is founded
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Berlin Wall is built
East Germans fled to the democratic West. In response, the Communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. -
Lyndon B.Johnson increases number of troops in Vietnnam
President Lyndon B Johnson requested to send more troops to Vietnam to fight off Veitnamese forces. Many soldiers struggled throught the war. -
Soviet Army invades Czechoslovakia
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. -
Educational Amendment is passed in 1972
Aended the FLSA to expand the coverage of the EPA to these employees, by excluding the EPA from the professional workers exemption of the FLSA -
Soviet Union and U.S sign INF treaty
The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500-5,500 km (300-3,400 miles). -
Berlin Wall falls
Many Germans gathered to demolish the wall that separated East Germany form West Germany. -
Germany Unified
With the demolishing of the Berlin Wall, Germany was once unified.
