Cold War Dates Flashcards by Cate Martin

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Yalta

A

1945

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Truman Doctrine

A

1947

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Marshall Plan

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1947

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Berlin Airlift

A

1948 - 1949

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China

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1949

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NATO

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1949

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Soviet Bomb

A

1949

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North Korean communist forces cross 38th parallel and invade

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1950

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US forces assist S. Korea while UN condemns invasion

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1950

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Rosenberg Spy Case

A

1951

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Hydrogen bomb

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1952

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Soviets announce first test of hydrogen bomb

A

1953

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Stalin dies, Korean War ends

A

March 1953, July 1953

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Guatemalan coup

A

1954

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Warsaw Pact

A

1955

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Massive Retaliation

A

1955

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Khrushchev’s ‘secret speech’

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1956

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Sputnik

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1957

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Castro takes power

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1959

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The U-2 affair

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1960

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Bay of Pigs

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1961

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Berlin Wall

A

1961

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Cuban missile crisis

A

1962

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Hot line

A

1963

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

A

1964

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Indonesian coup

A

1966

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Six Day War

A

1967

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Tet Offensive

A

1968

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Prague Spring

A

1968

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Vietnamization

A

1969

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SALT

A

1969

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SALT agreement signed

A

1969 - 1972

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Nixon visits China

A

1972

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Vietnam War Agreement

A

1973

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Saigon falls

A

1975

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Cambodia

A

1975

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Afghanistan

A

1979

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Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan

A

1988

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Star Wars

A

1983

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Gorbachev comes to power

A

1985

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International Range Nuclear Forces treaty signed

A

1987

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Berlin Wall falls

A

1989

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German Occupation ends

A

1990

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East and West Germany unite

A

1990

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Gorbachev ousted in coup

A

1991

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Gorbachev resigns and Soviet Union is dissolved

A

1991