The Cold War Project

  • Lyndon Johnson

    Johnson was a democrat from Texas who served as a United States Representative from 1937 to 1949 and as a United States Senator from 1949 to 1961.
  • Richard Nixon

    President Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, President Richard Nixon was a U.S. Representative and Senator from California and was also the 36th President of the United States.
  • China's Civil War

    A war that was split between communist and nationalism where they fought for years and later then came together to fight off the japanese invasion, they then went back to fighting and was solved later on.
  • United Nations

    The united nations is an international organization that puts forth peace, security, and cooperation.
  • When did WWII end?

    When did WWII end?
    The end of WWII was when the Soviet Union crumbled down and everyone within the satellite nations started to rebel against them as well as the Berlin Wall crumbling down.
  • Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech

    Churchill's speech was more to have a "Special relationship" towards the United States.
  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine is a foreign policy by PResident Harry S. Truman to counter the Soviet Union and stop threats in Turkey and Greece
  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan is an American Initiative to help Western Europe rebuild after the destruction from world war 2.
  • Berlin Airlift

    The Berlin Airlift was a supply drop to West Germany after the Soviet Union decided to put up the Berlin Wall to block the United States and the other Nations out, the Soviet Union demanded they give them control but it did not work.
  • NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance that is based on the north atlantic treaty.
  • USSR's First Atomic Bomb Test

    The USSR successfuly built an atomic bomb and tested it on buildings, structures, and animals to see the effect of the radiation. The explosion was about equal to Trinity, the first atomic bomb by the United States
  • Korean War

    The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea where the United Nations fought for the south and the war came to a standoff at the 38th parallel.
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.
  • End of the Korean War

    The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea, when the United Nations came and fought for the South the war was at a standoff at the 38th parallel which is about in the middle between North and South Korea.
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    The eisenhower doctrine is a foreign policy that was pronounced by President Dwight D' Eisenhower promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country.
  • Sputnik

    The Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, the Soviet Union launched it into elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.
  • Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA, sponsored paramilitary group brigade 2506 on April 17 1962.
  • Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989, Stalin had the Wall built to try and make the other nations give him full control but it did not work because of the Berlin Air Lift.
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    The Cuban Missle Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning the Soviet ballistic missles deployment in Cuba.
  • When was JFK shot and killed?

    Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and determined to have fired shots at the President from the sixth floor window.
  • Jimmy Carter

    President Jimmy Carter was an American politician and was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
  • SEATO

    The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is an international organization for collective defence in Southeast Asia.
  • Warsaw Pact

    The warsaw pact was a collective defence treaty among Soviet Union and the seven satellite states in Central in Eastern Europe.