Events Roundup 1949-56 Flashcards
1
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1949
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USSR develop and test atomic bomb
NATO formed
People’s republic of China formed
2
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1950
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NSC 68 implemented
Korean War breaks out
McCarran Act
3
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1951
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European coal and steel community treaty signed by France and west Germany
4
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1953
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Death of Stalin Berlin and East German uprisings Ceasefire in Korean War Eisenhower become USA president USSR tests first hydrogen bomb
5
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1955
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Warsaw Pact signed
Summit between Khrushchev and Eisenhower in Geneva
USSR recognises sovereignty of GDR
6
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1956
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Hungarian and Polish uprisings
Secret Speech
7
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1952
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Second conference of SED Ulbricht announced accelerated course of socialism
USA tests first hydrogen bomb