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Yalta Conference
FDR, Churchill and Stalin, "The Big Three" meet to discuss the Allied war effort against Germany and Japan and try to settle some nagging diplomatic issues. While a number of important agreements were reached at the conference, tensions over European issues oreshadowed the crumbling of the Grand Alliance that had developed between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union during World War II. -
Atomic Bombs Dropped
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 80,000 people. Three days later, they drop another on Nagasaki, killing about 70,000 people. -
Red Scare
This is aslo known as McCarthysim. When McCarthy started the "witch hunt" for communists in America. It is known as a scare because anyone and everyone was getting accused of being communist and a spy, and people were scared for their lives, and scared of being accused for a crime, being communist, that they did not do. Later, people realized McCarthy's overreaction, and FDR eventually fired him from his position. -
Korean War
Stalin supported North Korea who invaded South Korea equipped with Soviet weapons. North Korea was communist, and the U.S. supported South Korea and fought to stop communism from spreading to the South part. During this time, the U.S. backed and allied with the South of Vietnam. The North and South were divided by the "17th Parallel" which is latitude 17 degree sN, which was the demarcation line between the two. -
WARSAW Pact
The Soviet Union and seven of its European satellites sign a treaty establishing the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. It included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. In response to the U.S.'s NATO.
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Space Race
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first space craft to be launched into space. This was part of the Soviet Union and the U.S.' competition for supremacy in spaceflight. -
Fidel Castro Takes Over
Fidel Castro took over as prime minister, Cuba is now a communist country. -
Bay of Pigs
Cuban exiles, who were backed by the U.S. invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles are found in cuba, U.S. officials recieve photo, and prepare to go to war, Khrushchev and Kennedy communicate by letters, and Khrushchev backs off after Kennedy declares that they will not invade Cuba. This was over a timespan of Oct 22-28th. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
On Aug. 2nd and 4th, Vietnamese torpedos attacked U.S. destroyers. In response to this, President Lyndon Johnson presented a resolution to Congress, who approved and supported the determination of the President to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States. Many people view(ed) this as a declaration of war on Vietnam. -
Cease Fire with North Vietnam and the U.S.
On this day in January, there was a cease-fire in Vietnam between North Vietnam and the United States. -
Reagan and Gorbachev Agree
In October of 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all intermediate nuclear missles from Europe. A year later, in 1987, they agree to remove all medium and short range missiles. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
On this day, the berlin Wall Fell, a part of the fall of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. -
Communism continues to fall
In December of 1989, Communism falls in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
On this day, the Soviet Union fell. This gave freedom to the 15 Republics, and ended the Cold War.
