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WWII
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USA Develops Nuclear Weapons
The first country to develop nuclear weapons and to use them (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). -
Creation of the United Nations
The point of the United Nations is to maintain international peace. -
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Truman Doctrine
The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to help support Greece and Turkey agaisnt becoming communist due to the Soviets. -
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The Marshall Plan
Also known as the European Recovery Program helped stop the spread of communism. -
China becomes communist
China became communist because of the weak democratric government. -
Creation of NATO
The Purpose of NATO was to maintain peace and stability in the country of Europe -
USSR Develops Nuclear Weapons
The USSR felt it was necessary to follow pursuit with the United States of America and to develop nuclear weapons just incase something happened. -
Alger Hiss arrested
Alger Hiss worked for the State Department and was convicted of giving top secret documents to the Soviet Union -
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The Korean War
The Korean War was a was between South Korea and NOrth Korea because of communism. -
Dwight Eisenhower becomes president-
Became president after Harry S. Truman.
Policy of containment: To help stop the spread of communism. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted (and executed)
The Rosenbergs were arrested ande executed for treason. -
Creation of demilitarized zone in Korea
The 38th Parrallel which divides North Korea and South Korea -
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McCarthy hearings
The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was started becasue it was an result of the U.S.'s strategy of cointainment during the cold war, which was to prevent communisn from spreading throughout the world. -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
President after Dwight Eisenhower
Foreign Policy: Anti-Communism, also helped stoped the spread of communism. -
Bay of Pigs
The bay of pigs occured becasue two CIA agents were caught spying. -
Berlin Wall is erected
The berlin wall was erected to keep the east germans from escaping the east side of germany. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
USSR were going to deploy missiles into cuba, which is the result of soviet insecurity and the fear of losing cuba in an invasion. -
Kennedy Assassination
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on 11/22/1963 -
Lyndon Johnson becomes president
Lydon Johnson becamse president after John F. Kennedy.
Passed the civils right act of 1964. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
The destroyer USS Maddox was fired on by N. Vietnamese gunboats, which was the start of the gulf of tonkin. -
Richard Nixon becomes president
Richard Nixon became president after Lyndon B. Johnson
Domestic Policy: Which adopted a policy of monetary restraint. -
Kent State protest
Occured at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio (shootings). As a result of the shooting hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of four million students. -
Ronald Reagan becomes president
Ronal Reagan became president after Jimmy Carter.
Helped end the cold war, also aprt of the foreign policy from 1981 to 1989 -
Soviet Collapse
The USSR collapsed for several reasons 1) too much central power over too many local geographic/social areas
2) they had an unsustainable foreign policy. Ultimately it was their invasion of Afghanistan that led to financial ruin
3) Kayensian economic policy
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Berlin Wall torn down
The berlin wall was torn down to unite east and west Germany. -
Mikhail Gorbachev leads the Soviet Union
The leader of the soviet union (1990), the seventh and last undisputed leader of the soviet union.
