Cold War Summative Ornella

Joseph Stalin full name : Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian nationality. Governing the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, he served as General Secretary

Joseph Stalin a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian nationality. Governing the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, he served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952 and as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1953.

Death of Joseph Stalin Just how many millions of deaths Joseph Stalin was responsible for is disputed, but that the figure runs into millions is not in doubt. To the end, when he was in his seventies and approaching his own death

Leonid Brezhnez a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982 as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding over the country until his death and funeral in 1982.

Death of Leonid Brezhnez On 10 November 1982, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the fifth leader of the Soviet Union, died aged 75 after suffering a heart attack following years of serious ailments.

Ronald Reagan becomes President of U.S.A an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to the presidency, he was a Hollywood actor and union leader before serving as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975.

Ronald Reagan leaves presidency Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989

John F Kennedy becomes president of U.S.A John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War

John F Kennedy assassinated in Dallas John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade in Dealey Plaza.

Harry S Truman becomes president of U.S.A Harry S. Truman was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States, taking the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S Truman leaves presidency died on December 26, 1972, and is buried next to Bess in the courtyard of the Truman Library.

Nikita Khrushchev takes power in Soviet Union a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964.

Nikita Khrushchev goes out of power in the Soviet Union he did not suffer the deadly fate of previous Soviet power struggles, and was pensioned off with an apartment in Moscow and a dacha in the countryside. His lengthy memoirs were smuggled to the West and published in part in 1970. Khrushchev died in 1971 of a heart attack.

Mikhail Gorbachev a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Sovie t Union from 1985 until 1991

Mikhali Gorbache leaves power in Soviet Union a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union , having been General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.

Jimmy Carter becomes president of U.S.A an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He previously was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, after two terms in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967

Jimmy Carter ends power as leader of the U.S.A The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In response to the invasion, Carter escalated the Cold War, imposing a grain embargo against the Soviets, enunciating the Carter doctrine, and leading an international boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Gerald Ford becomes President of U.SA Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Before his accession to the presidency, he served as the 40th Vice President of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974

Gerald Ford resignes presidency of the U.S.A Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

Franklin Delano Dies in office Quotes he said before he died: "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Richard Nixon becomes president of the U.S.A an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so

Richard Nixon presidency ends By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974 , he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a controversial pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford.

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president of U.S.A an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

Lyndon Johnson becomes president of U.S due to assassination , he is often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served

Dwight D, Eisenhower dies Near the end of his term, his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed when a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Russia. He approved the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was left to his successor to carry out.

Lyndon Johnson dies Nixon was elected to succeed him, as the New Deal coalition that had dominated presidential politics for 36 years collapsed. After he left office in January 1969, Johnson returned to his Texas ranch, where he died of a heart attack at age 64 on January 22, 1973.

!Forming of the UN! The Formation of the United Nations, 1945. On January 1, 1942, representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers met in Washington to sign the Declaration of the United Nations endorsing the Atlantic Charter , pledging to use their full resources against the Axis and agreeing not to make a separate peace.

Truman Doc-train The United States was asked to help congress approve Truman request for aid in Grecce the following lead to the Truman Doc-train

The Berlin Blockage was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies

Soviets first atomic bomb exploded -The Soviets started experimenting with nuclear technology in 1943, and first tested a nuclear weapon in August 1949. Many of the fission based devices left behind radioactive isotopes which have contaminated air, water and soil in the areas immediately surrounding

Spunik History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball

Fidel Castro takes over Cuba The Cuban communist revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro took part in the Cuban Revolution from 1953 to 1959. ... In July 1953, they launched a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, during which many militants were killed and Castro was arrested.

U-2 Incident The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace

Cold War Ends The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc

Gorbachev ends economic aid to soviet satellites. Gorbachev ends economic aid to Soviet satellite. Soviet satellite states refers to Communist satellite states of the Soviet Union, in the Eastern block.The soviet satellite lost all the funding, along with the support needed to get through the fall of the soviet union.

intermediate nuclear missiles from Europe are removed Jump to Restarted negotiations: 1985–87 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher played a key role in brokering the negotiations between Reagan and Gorbachev in 1986-87. In March 1986 ... Both agreed in principle to remove INF systems from Europe and to equal global limits of 100 INF missile warheads.

signed treaty removing all medium and short range missiles The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) is the abbreviated name of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Soviet troops withdraw from Afganistan The final and complete withdrawal of Soviet combatant forces from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989 under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov. ... The military withdrawal commenced soon after, with all Soviet forces leaving Afghanistan by 15 February 1989.

China puts down protests for democracy A day after Chinese military killed at least hundreds , if not thousands of demonstrators in Beijing in 1989,

Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia,Bulgaria and Romania. The Revolutions of 1989 formed part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.

Germany Reunited The German reunification was the process in 1990 i n which the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany to form the reunited nation of Germany

Warsaw Pact Ends On 1 July 1991, in Prague , the Czechoslovak President Václav Havel formally ended the 1955 Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR.

Yalta Conference also known as the Crimea Conference and code named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany

Postdam Conference- the Potsdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. Featuring American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (and his successor, Clement Attlee) and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin

Cuban Missiles Crisis also known as the October Crisis of 1962 the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey

SALT treaty Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the ABM Treaty and interim SALT agreement on May 26, 1972, in Moscow. For the first time during the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union had agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles in their arsenals.

U.S troops out of Vietnam Ending of American involvement in the Vietnam War, the last US troops left Vietnam on March 29th. Also, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president was declared an enemy by Israel.

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