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Europe's "Iron Curtain"
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. （wikipedia） -
Truman Doctrine announced.
A new conflict was on--Cold War
Truman Docrine has always been treated as a turnning point of American diplomacy. The Truman Doctrine of containment was a United States policy to stop Soviet expansion during the Cold War. (wikipedia) -
Berlin Blockade/airlift begins
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' way to access the Berlin on the ground, so Western Allies begin to airlift and drop supplies from the air. The situation has been on for a whole year until Soviet Union finally open up the railroad and all kinds of access to Berlin. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established.
A mutual defends organization. Many North Atlantic country gather together to defence each others and North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This organization has been founded in 1949 and last until now. -
Korean War (1950-1953)
The war has been seen both as a civil war and as a proxy conflict in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. (Wikipedia) -
1950s Emergence of Morden Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement has been rised up in Untied States. The African American people has been treated unfairly in this country. Black student have to attending school with soilders' protection. -
Brown vs. Board of Education decision on segregation of schools
"Seprate but equal".?
The US goverment has been separate the White people and black people in the society for a long period, they went to different bathroom, seprate classroom... The goverment state that they are treated African American Serately but Qually, but are they really treated them eually? -
Vietnam divided into two section.
Anf then the Vietnam War bigins at 1955.The U.S. government viewed American involvement in the war as a way to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact formed.
The red part of the picture is Warsaw Pact and the blue part of the picture is NATO. Europe and the broder word are divided into two armed camps. -
Arrest of Rosa Parks and resulting Montgomery Bus Boycott
Roas Parks, an African American women got arrested becuse of didn't give up her sit on the bus to the white people. The society has been treated African American people unfairly for a long time. It become a symbo of the civil rights movements. -
Soviets put two satellites in the orbits.
The Space Race begins.The Space race competition began when the Soviet Union launch artificial satellites by declaring they would also launch a satellite "in the near future". And also they also sent a satellites carry with and dog on the space. The Space Race peaked with the July 20, 1969 US landing of the first humans on the Moon with Apollo 11. (Wikipedia) -
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba
Dressed in army fatigues and surrounded by supporters and reporters, 32-year old Fidel Castro took the oath of office as Cuba’s prime minister on February 16, 1959. He would remain in power for nearly fifty years. - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/fidel-castro-cuba/#sthash.FK65MAbE.dpuf -
Election of 1960
A very close debates. John F. Kennedy became the president of United States. -
East Germany builds Berlin Wall
East Germany builds Berlin Wall to cut off west berlin to the control zone of Germany. the reaxon why East Germany builds the Berlin Wall is not to protect their land and citizen but to keep their own citizen from escaping. -
Cuban Missile Crisis.
A 13 days confrontation between two super powers came to an unclear showdown. It played out on television worldwide and was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full scale nuclear war. (wikipeida)
