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Zach Renninger's Ch. 26 Cold War timeline

By renningerz
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    Cold War

  • The Yalta Conference

    The Yalta Conference
    On 11 February 1945, following meetings at Yalta, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Joseph Stalin declared their resolve to establish. it was "a general international organization to maintain peace and security".

  • • The establishment of the United Nations in San Francisco

    • The establishment of the United Nations in San Francisco
    On 25 April 1945, delegates of 50 nations met in San Francisco for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The delegates drew up the 111-article Charter, which was adopted unanimously on 25 June 1945 in the San Francisco Opera House. The next day, they signed it in the Herbst Theatre auditorium of the Veterans War Memorial Building.

  • The Potsdam Conference

    The Potsdam Conference
    The leaders of the victorious countries met once more at Potsdam in July, 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died in April, 1945, had been replaced by the Vice-President, Harry S. Truman. While the conference was taking place, the British General Election results were announced. The landslide victory of the Labour Party meant that Clement Attlee replaced Winston Churchill as Britain's main negotiator.

  • The Army-McCarthy Hearings

    The Army-McCarthy Hearings
    In early 1954, when one of his assistants was drafted, McCarthy charged that even the army was full of Communists. Army officials, in turn, charged McCarthy with seeking special treatment for his aide. As charges and countercharges flew back and forth, the senator's subcommittee voted to investigate the claims.

  • The launch of Sputnik

    The launch of Sputnik
    The launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, brought the dawn of the space age, and increased conflict between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The people of the United States had begun to feel as if they were unsurpassable in every aspect of life. However, the launch of Sputnik alarmed society and created a wide spread panic in suspecting that their country was vulnerable and could be outshown.

  • U-2 Incident

    U-2 Incident
    The U-2 incident shattered this confidence. This made Americans willing to expend considerable resources. This was to catch up to the Soviet Union.