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59 Cards in this Set
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February 4-11 1945
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Yalta Conference
Cold War Begins |
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August 6 1945
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United States first used atomic bomb in war
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August 14 1945
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Japanese surrender End of World War II
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March 1946
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Winston Churchill delivers "Iron Curtain" Speech
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June 1947
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Marshall Plan is announced
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February 1948
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Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
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June 24 1948
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Berlin Blockade begins
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July 1949
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NATO ratified
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May 12 1949
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Berlin Blockade ends
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September 1949
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Soviets explode first atomic bomb
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February 1950
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Joe McCarthy begins Communist witch hunt
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June 1950
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Korean War begins
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January 12 1951
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Federal Civil Defense Administration established
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June 19 1953
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Rosenberg executions
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July 1953
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Korean War ends
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March 1954
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KGB established
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1954 CIA
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CIA helps overthrow unfriendly regimes in Iran and Guatemala
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July 1954
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Vietnam split at the 17th parallel
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May 1955
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Warsaw Pact Formed
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October-November 1956
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Rebellion put down in Communist Hungary Egypt takes Suez Canal; US refused to help take it back
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October 4 1957
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Sputnik launched into orbit
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November 1958
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Khrushchev demands withdrawal off troops from Berlin
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January 1959
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Cuba taken over by Fidel Castro
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September 1959
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Khrushchev visits United States; denied access to Disney Land
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May 1960
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Soviet Union reveals that US spy plane was shot down over Soviet territory
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November 1960
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John F. kennedy elected President
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April 1961
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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July 1961
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Kennedy requests 25% spending increase for military
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August 13 1961
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Berlin Border Closed
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August 17 1961
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins
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1962 US Vietnam
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US involvement in Vietnam increased
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October 1962
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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July 1963
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ratified
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November 1963
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President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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August 1964
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
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August 1968
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Soviet troops crush Czechoslovakian revolt
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July 20 1969
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Apollo 11 lands on the moon
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April 1970
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President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
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July 1972
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SALT 1 signed
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September 1973
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United Stats helps overthrow Chile government
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October 1973
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Egypt and Syria attack Israel Egypt requests Soviet Aid
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August 1974
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Nixon Resigns
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April 17th 1975
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North Vietnam defeats South Vietnam
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July 1979
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SALT 2 signed
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November 1979
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Shah of Iran overthrown and the Iranian hostage Crisis
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1983 Regan
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President Regan proposes Strategic Defense Initiative
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1985 Iran- Contra
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Iran Contra Affair (arms sold to Iran, profits used to support contras in Nicaragua)
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1985 Soviet Union Leader
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Mikhail Gorbachev ascends to power in Soviet Union
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1986 Soviet Union
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Gorbachev ends economic aid to Soviet satellites
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November 1986
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Iran Contra Affair revealed to the public
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October 1987
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Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove all medium and short range nukes by signing a treaty
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June 1989
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China puts down protests for democracy; Poland becomes independent
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September 1989
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Hungary becomes independent
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November 1989
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Berlin Wall falls
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December 1989
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Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria Romania and the soviet empire ends
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May 29 1990
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Boris Yeltsin elected to presidency of Russia
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October 3 1990
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Germany Reunited
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April 1991
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Warsaw Pact ends
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August 1991
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End of Soviet Union Cold War Ends
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