Superpowers - Key Dates Flashcards
Formation of the Grand Alliance
1941
Tehran Conference
1943
Yalta Conference
February 1945
Potsdam Conference
July - August 1945
Cominform Established
1947
The Truman Doctrine
1947
The Marshall Plan
1947
Berlin Blockade
1948-1949
Germany split into two
1949
NATO formed
1949
Warsaw Pact
1955
Hungarian Uprising
1956
First Berlin Summits
1959
The final summit between Eisenhower and Khrushchev in Paris. Khrushchev walked out when a U2 Spy Plane crashed in the USSR.
1960
The 4th Summit: Kennedy & Khrushchev. Khrushchev issues ultimatum, Kennedy calls his bluff. Humiliation for Khrushchev
1961
Berlin Wall created
1961
Fidel Castro overtakes Cuba
1959
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
October, 1962
Test Ban Treaty
August, 1963
Prague Spring
1968
Outer Space Treaty
1967
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
1968
SALT I
1972
Helsinki Conference
1975
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
December, 1979
USA Boycott of Moscow Olympics
1980
Carter Doctrine
1980
Ronald Reagan becomes USA President
1981
Star Wars Program
1983
USSR Boycott of LA Olympics
1984
Gorbachev comes into power in USSR
1985
Geneva Summit - Reagan & Gorbachev
1985
Reykjavik Summit - Reagan & Gorbachev
1986
Washington Summit - Reagan & Gorbachev
1987
Berlin Wall falls
1989
Gorbachev dissolves Soviet Union
1991