The Cold War

By levi_w
  • Lyndon Johnson

    Lyndon Johnson

    36th U.S. President
  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the U.S.
  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

    37th President
  • Gerald Ford

    Gerald Ford

    The 38th U.S president.
  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy

    35th U.S. President
  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter

    The 39th U.S president.
  • China's Civil War

    China's Civil War

    The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of china, and forces loyal to the communist party of china.
  • Fransis Gary Powers

    Fransis Gary Powers

    He was an American pilot whose central intelligence agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying.
  • When did WW2 end?

    When did WW2 end?

    September 2, 1945
  • United Nations

    United Nations

    Organization was established on October 24, 1945.
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    To describe the difference between the division between western powers and the area controlled by the SU.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine

    American Foreign Policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical hegemony.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    Was an American initiative to aid western Europe.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    At the end of the Second World War, U.S, British and SU military forces divided and occupied Germany.
  • NATO

    NATO

    NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the US entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
  • USSR's first atomic bomb test

    USSR's first atomic bomb test

    On August 29, 1949 the SU conducted its first nuclear test.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

    North and South Korea had war and it led United Nations force led by the US fought for the south and china fought for the north.
  • H-Bomb

    H-Bomb

    Hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes.
  • Stalin's death

    Stalin's death

    Stalin died of a massive heart attack.
  • End of the Korean War

    End of the Korean War

    Korea and South Korea agree to an armistice bringing the korean war to an end.
  • SEATO

    SEATO

    The SEATO was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

    A collective defense treaty among the SU and 7 soviet satellite states in central and eastern europe in existence during the cold war
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War

    Started on November 1, 1955 and ended on April 30, 1975
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine

    County could request American economic assistance.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    the first artificial earth satellite.
  • When did Fidel Castro take over Cuba?

    When did Fidel Castro take over Cuba?

    He ruled over Cuba nearly 5 decades.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Latin America as invasion de playa Giron, was failed military invasion of cuba.
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall

    Barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    a 13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the SU concerning the SU ballistic missiles deployment in China.
  • When was JFK shot and killed?

    When was JFK shot and killed?

    Shortly after noon on Nov. 22, 1963 JFK was shot when he was riding his motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
  • NASA's first moon landing

    NASA's first moon landing

    Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon.
  • SALT- First strategic plan limitations treaty

    SALT- First strategic plan limitations treaty

    SALT agreement on May 26, 1972 in Moscow.
  • Soviets invades afghanistan

    Soviets invades afghanistan

    Soviets invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979
  • Miracle on Ice

    Miracle on Ice

    American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980's winter olympics at lake placid.
  • US boycott of the summer olympics

    US boycott of the summer olympics

    The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the moscow olympics was one part of a number of actions initiated by the US to protest the Soviet invasion.
  • STAR WARS strategic defence initative

    STAR WARS strategic defence initative

    set up in 1984 within the US department of defense to oversee the strategic defense initiative.