General Timeline for Cold War
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Key Events 1918 WW 1 Ends 1923 Stalin in Power 1929 Great Depression 1933 Hitler becomes chancellor; establishes dictatorship 1945 WW 2 Ends; Cold War Begins 1946 Iron Curtain 1947 Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan 1948 berlion blockade 1949 NATO 1950 Korean War Begins 1953 Korean War Ends 1953 Stalin steps down 1955 vietnam War Begins 1955 Warsaw Pact 1956 Hungary Revolution to break free (failed) 1960's Begin of Détente 1960's Yugoslavia successfully broke free 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Cold War Ends 1963 Nuclear Test Ban 1968 Czchoslovak Tries to breakfree, initially succeeded, but it failed 1968 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty 1970- October Crisis, Quiet Revolution; FLQ in the 1960's; provoked War Measures Act 1975 Vietnam War Ends 1979 End of Détente 1980's USA recession; Regan tax cuts; ignites inflation 1983 Reagan's SDI 1988- Emergencies Act 2001- USA Patriot Act 2001- Canada, USA, britain invaded Afghanistan to free it from Taliban (who supportsal Qaeda) self interest 2003- Extended war on terror to Iraq (USA suspicious of it supplying weaponry) Saddam Hussein self interest
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Transcript of General Timeline for Cold War
Sheet1Key EventsKey People1918 WW 1 EndsStalin1923 Stalin in PowerKhrushchev1929 Great DepressionMacArthur1933 Hitler becomes chancellor; establishes dictatorshipEisenhower Domino Theory, Korean War1945 WW 2 Ends; Cold War BeginsJFKCuban Missile Crsis1946 Iron CurtainReaganSDI- provoked SALT I1947 Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan1948 berlion blockade1949 NATOUS supported El Salvador to repel communist rebels; support for Contra to resist Sandinista in Nicaragua1950 Korean War BeginsDtente returned when Gorbachev rose to power1953 Korean War EndsDtente was ended when Russia invaded Afghanistan1953 Stalin steps down1955 vietnam War BeginsList of Proxy WarsDeterrence is achieved through MAD1955 Warsaw PactKorea and Vietnam1956 Hungary Revolution to break free (failed)ChileNeo-Conservatives are on the right - cut taxes/ government limited1960's Begin of DtenteAfghanistanRedscare leads to McCarthyism, which leads to House Un-American Activities Committee1960's Yugoslavia successfully broke freeIran-Contra AffairNixon funded money to overthrow socialist government in Chile; Pinochet came into power1962 Cuban Missile Crisis1963 Cold War EndsImposition of liberalism1963 Nuclear Test Ban1979 Russian invasion of Afghanistan; Mujahideen wanted to overthrow the Communist government; US support; didn't follow through on SALT II1968 Czchoslovak Tries to breakfree, initially succeeded, but it failedAmerican government commitment to dictatorships1968 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty1970- October Crisis, Quiet Revolution; FLQ in the 1960's; provoked War Measures Act1975 Vietnam War Ends1979 End of Dtente1980's USA recession; Regan tax cuts; ignites inflation1983 Reagan's SDI1988- Emergencies Act2001- Canada, USA, britain invaded Afghanistan to free it from Taliban (who supportsal Qaeda) self interest2001- USA Patriot Act2003- Extended war on terror to Iraq (USA suspicious of it supplying weaponry) Saddam Hussein self interest
