-
House Un-American Activities Committee formed
Martin Dies as chairman established Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1938. -
United Nations formation
The name "United Nation" was made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was first used in the Declaration of Independence. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, F D Roosevelt.
The Following was achieved at the conference
1- Stalin agreed to work with the establishment of the United Nations Organisation.
2- Poland got free elections, and was held as soon as the war was over.
3- A new declaration was released and it was called The Declaration on Liberated Europe.
4- Roosevelt got criticised because he let the Russians in the war with Japan. -
Potsdam Conference
It was held from July 16th, all the way till August 2nd.
It was the last of the WW11 conference's. The American was repersented by Truman. The Soviet Union by Stalin, and then the Britan's were repersented first by Winston Churchill and then by Clement Atlee, who defeted Churchill in the post-war British election in 1945.
They discussed Allied control of defeated Germany, Reparations, The Oder/Neisse Line, and they also discussed Russia joining the war in the Far East. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan provided money to Western Europe, Marshall believed that if they had the money and economy they wouldn't fall to communism and could later on be a sucessful trading partner to the Americans. -
Berlin Airlift
This event took place from June 27th, all the way to May 12th 1949. -
NATO formation
the prospect of further Communist expansion of the U.S. and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). -
Era of McCarthyism begins
-
North Korean Invasion of South Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea at seval points of there borders. Truman has went out and told Western nations to go to Korea and help fight off communist invasion. -
Rosenberg Execution
On June 9th 1953 marks the day Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for relaying U.S. military secrets to the Soviets. They were the first United States citizins that were ever exucted for that. -
Armistice Signed Ending Korean War
It was signed on July 27th 1953, stoping the cold violence between North and South Korea -
Warsaw Pact formation
Its the name given to an agreement between several Communist states of Europe. Its also known as the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship. The Soviet Union initiated the Warsaw Pact in response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), -
Sputnik 1 Launched
Was the first USSR satellite to be launched from Baikonur. -
First Man in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12th, 1961 -
First American in Space
Alan B. Shepard was the first american to be in space. He blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. He orbited in space for 15 minutes. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built to seperate the West and East of Berlin. -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong was on the Apollo 11 which blasted off on July 16, 1969. Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon four days later. They landed on it in the Lunar Module, it was called the Eagle. Collins didnt land on the moon with the others but he stayed in orbit around the moon , and he did experiments and took pictures. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was created by Harry Truman. it says that Americans would help or back up any state that is under attack by armed forces or by someone who is trying to take over there government.
