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USA develops Nuclear weapons
United States was the first country to develope nuclear weapons, United States is also the only country to use them in warfar. -
United Nations
Intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation. -
Truman Doctrine
Internationa reations policy set by the President Harry Truman. The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was America initiative to aid European. The U.S. gave economic support to help rebuild European economice after WWII. -
Creation of NATO
The NATO Stands for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Its an iintergovernmental military alliance. -
China becomes Communist
In the process of China becoming Communist they had a Chinese Communist Revolution. A result of the Revolution Communist took over the mainland of China. -
Korean War
A war between south korea and north korea, south supported by united nations and north supported by china and soviet union. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted
They were American citizens executed for conspiracy to commit espionage, relating to passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Dwight Eisenhower becomes president
Eisenhower was in office from Janruary 20, 195 to Janruary 20th, 1961. Dwight was also called "Ike." -
Creation of demilitarized zone in Korea
After the Korean War on June 25th, 1950, South Korea and North Korea established a border that cut the Korean peninsula in half. -
McCarthy hearings
Senate hearing derived from Senator Joseph McCarthy's hunt for communists in USA -
Alger Hiss arrested
Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
JOhn F. Kennedy was commonly known as "Jack" or "JFK" he served as the 35th president of the United States. -
Bay Of Pigs
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506. -
The Berlin Wall is erected
The Berlin Wall was a barrier built by the german Democratic Republic. It cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Berlin Wall torn down
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. -
Kennedy Assassination
Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade. -
LBJ becomes president
Lyndon Baines Johnson also referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States. He is one of only four people who served in all four elected federal offices of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President, and President. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Was also known as the USS Maddox Incident, is the name given to two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. On August 2, 1964, the destroyer USS Maddox engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo Squadron -
Richard Nixon becomes president
Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 -
Kent State protest
Kent State gained international attention on May 4, 1970, when an Ohio Army National Guard unit fired at students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four and wounding nine.The main cause of the protests was the United States' invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War also known as the Second Indochina War was a Cold War-era war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from December 1956 to 30 April 1975 -
Ronald Reagan becomes president
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California and was a radio, film and television actor -
Mikhail Gorbachev leads the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991. The increasing political unrest led the establishment of the Soviet military and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to attempt a coup d'état to oust Mikhail Gorbachev and re-establish a strong central regime in August 1991. -
Soviet Collapse
In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, the Soviet Union disintegrated into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism
