Nelson Timeline 8th
Category: Other
Updated: 24 Apr 2019
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Created byMichael Acopa
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Cold War: An arms race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. Also a race to space.Iron Curtain Speech: Its when
Winston Churchhill gives his speech
where he uses the words "Iron Curtain"
to show the Soviet Unions influence of Europe."Long Telegram":8,000 word telegram sent by
George Kennen to Washington DC urging
the President would use a
containment deal with the
expansion of communism in
Europe.Truman Doctrine:A U.S foreign
policy to deal with the
spread of communism
across the worldMarshall Plan: A U.S program that
would help the western
part of Europe after WW2Korean War: A war that began with
North Korea starting to invade
South Korea. Its was the first military
action of the cold war. American
Soldiers went to South Korea to help
defend it. It was a war of international
communism in the US eye'sSputnik: It was the first artificial
satellite launched into space by
the Soviets. It soon deteriorated
in orbit .First Man In Space: Yuri Alekseyevich GagarinFirst US Man in Space: Alan ShepardFirst Space Walk: Alexei LeonovFirst Man On The Moon: Neil ArmstrongVietnam War: also known as the
Second Indochina War, and in
Vietnam as the Resistance War
Against America or simply the
American War, was an undeclared
war in Vietnam, Laos, and
Cambodia from 1 November 1955
to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.Berlin Airlift: U.S. and British
pilots begin delivering food
and supplies by airplane to
Berlin after the city is isolated
by a Soviet Union blockade.Castro Revolution in Cuba:
was an armed revolt conducted
by Fidel Castro's revolutionary
26th of July Movement and its
allies against the authoritarian
government of Cuban President
Fulgencio Batista.Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: The
United States Congress
overwhelming approves the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
giving President Lyndon B. Johnson
nearly unlimited powers to
oppose “communist aggression”
in Southeast Asia.Gulf of Tonkin Incident: The
Gulf of Tonkin incident, also
known as the USS Maddox
incident, was an international
confrontation that led to the
United States engaging more
directly in the Vietnam War.Domino Theory: It was the
theory that if one country falls
into communism then the
surrounding countries will fall
with them.Cuban missile crisis: During
this time frame, it was a battle
between US and the Soviet Union.
It lasted 13 days and no one was
killed. This was about US and Cuba.Building of the Berlin Wall:
Berlin Wall was to keep Western
“fascists” from entering East
Germany. It symbolized that
communism had no freedom.Bay of Pigs: The Bay of Pigs
was an unsuccessful invasion
by Cuban exiles supported by
the US gov.Embargo of Cuba: Embargo
place on Cuba to reduce their
communist threats.
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