dates Flashcards
1
Q
1944
A
- yalta conference
- percentage agreement
2
Q
1945
A
-end of ww2 in europe
- potsdam conference
-atomic bomb of hiroshima and nagasaki
3
Q
1947
A
- long telegram
- churchills iron curtain speech
- cominform
4
Q
1948
A
-marshall plan
- the berlin blockade
5
Q
1949
A
- comecon
- NATO
- berlin blockade is lifted following the success of the airlift
-USSR successfully tests an atomic bomb - Mao declares the formation of the people in china
6
Q
1950
A
North korea invades south korea leading to the korean war
7
Q
1952
A
the US successfully tests a hydrogen bomb
8
Q
1953
A
the korean war ends
9
Q
1954
A
the french withdraw from vietnam
10
Q
1955
A
formation of the warsaw pact
11
Q
1956
A
the hungarian uprising
12
Q
1957
A
sputnik- first man made satellite is launched by the USSR
13
Q
1959
A
Castro takes power in Cuba
14
Q
1960
A
U2 american spy plane is shot down over the USSR leading to an international crisis
15
Q
1961
A
- the bay of the pigs attempt
- the berlin wall is constructed
-the USSR explodes the most powerful bomb in history
