-
Soviet Union, Britain, and United States met at Yalta to dived Germany
-
Franklin D Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1988 in New York. He was stricken with polio in 1921, but that did not stop him. In 1933 he was elected as president and he served 4 terms. He was president through the great depression and WWII and help the country's federal government expand through reforms known as the Great Deal. He also helped form the UN . FDR died on April 12, 1945 and was succeed by Harry S. Truman.
-
48 countries joined together in New York to form the United Nations
-
Winston Churchill gave a speech and in it he called the division of Germany an iron curtain.
-
Secretary of State George Marshall proposed the the United States provide aid to needy European countries that rejected communism.
-
American and British officials flew supplies into West Berlin when the Soviet Union blocked West Berlin's borders.
-
President Truman granted financially aid to Turkey and Greece and any country against communism
-
Mao gained control of China and called it the People's Republic of China.
-
The North Koreans went across the 38 parallel on a surprise attack against South Korea.
-
The US helped restore Iran's Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi back to power so that the communist wouldn't gain control. The Shah was against Muslim leaders having power so that created conflict
-
-
Stalin was born on December 18, 1879 in Gori, Georgia. Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party and when Vladimir Lenin died Stalin became a Soviet Dictator. Stalin wanted rapid industrialization and the build up of agriculture. As a result he killed many people and sent many to labor camps. Stalin defeat Germany in WWII and he formed the Red Army
-
The UN and North Korea signed a cease fire and Korea was divided at the 38 parallel
-
-
-
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Unions response to NATO and it included the Soviet Union, E Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. This was their alliance.
-
The Soviet Union sent the first unmanned satellite into the earth's atmosphere, Sputnik.
-
The Soviets shot down a US U-2 plane spying on the Soviet Union and it heightened tensions between the US and Soviet Union.
-
-
The Soviet Union sent 42 missiles to Cuba and the United States threatened to invade Cuba. A nuclear war was feared, but the Soviet Union pulled the weapons out.
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9YaAY0ja_c
This song relates to the Cold War because it was written about the Cuban Missile Crisis. -
JFK was assassinated in Texas when driving in Dallas, Texas
-
The United States sent troops to Vietnam and they had begun airstrikes on North Vietnam
-
Mao encouraged school kids to leave the classroom and formed militia groups that wanted a revolution in China.
-
The United States and Soviet Union limited the number of ballistic missiles and submarine lunched missiles that each country could have
-
Lyndon Johnson was born on August 27, 1908 in Texas. He became vice president in 1960 under JFK and became president in 1963 when JFK was assassinated. Johnson initiated the Great Society and signed the Civil Rights Act. Johnson also was involved in the Vietnam War. He died on January 22, 1973 in Texas.
-
The Untied States pulled out troops from Vietnam and started vietnamization or the bombing of North Vietnam so South Vietnam could regain control.
-
-
-
-
-
