Unit 5 dates Flashcards
1947- Truman Doctrine
The truman doctrine impelled the US to support any nation who was threatened by communism.
Led to the formation of NATO
1950-NSC-68
National Securit paper that called for a more aggressive US defense = higher taxes and higher military spending.
Militarized the truman doctrine (fight soviet influence by anymeans)
1950-53 Korean War
United states aided the south.
China and soviet for north
1952 Immigration Act
An act to keep communism out of US.
Homosexuals were banned from entering US as well. (only way for them to survive is to stay in the closet)
1954 Guatemalan Coup
Eisenhower gave his domino theory speech
Covert ops deposed guatemalan president
1955 Quiet American and disneyland
An anti war novel by abraham greene tht depicted french and british colonialism.
First disneyland is premiered at california
1956 Federal Highway act of 1956
25 billion worth 40,000 miles of interstate highways. Made so that the president can can escape a nuclear attack. Also provided a faster and cheaper travel through states.
1957 Sputnik
Soviet sends the first unmanned satellite to space. Raises the fear that soviet will be able to attack with a nuclear weapon easily.
1959 Kitchen Debates
Nixons and krushcevs televised debate about women. Being a housewife is advertised. Note being one = communism
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
US discovered soviets were planting nuclear missiles in cuba. Us naval blockade cuba until cuba removes the nuclear missiles.
1965 Operation rolling Thunder
LBJ believed that if they just bombed vietcong then they would go back into the “cold age”. But guerilla soldiers were mostly underground and unharmed.. harmed US soldiers as well
1968 Tet offensive??
National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment
1968, during Tet, the Vietnam lunar new year - Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army raiding forces attacked provincial capitals throughout Vietnam, even seizing the U.S. embassy for a time. U.S. opinion began turning against the war.
1969 Vietnamization
Invasion of cambodia
Bombings at cambodia to get rid of hi chi min trail.
Vietnamizations= Nixon’s way of decreasing the number of soldiers at vietnam, so that S. vietnam troops can fight for themselves.
1973 Salvador Allende overthrown and assassinated
Allende president of Chile overthrown and assassinated. Was killed because he sympathized marxism
1975 Fall of Saigon
Marked the end of the Vietnam War in April, 1975 when North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam, forcing all Americans left to flee in disarray as the capitol was taken
Vietnam was now one country again under a Communist government.
1978 Panama Canal Treaty
CA proposition13?
President carter- gradual return of the panama canal to the people. Panama got total control 2000.
Prop 13 limits tax prices
1979 Nicaraguan Rev???
Moscow olympics
Somoza Garcia outlawed communism (corrupt and brutal).
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Reagan doesnt allow olympic players to go to rmoscow to participate in olympics.
1983 Invasion of grenada
The successful invasion led to a change of government but was controversial due to charges of American imperialism, Cold War politics, the involvement of Cuba, the unstable state of the Grenadian government, and Grenada’s status as a Commonwealth realm.
1986 Reykjavik Summit
Regan and Gorbachev discussing nuclear weapons. Complete successful attempt to ban weapons.
1989 Fall of berlin wall
This event in 1989 marked the symbolic end of the Cold War and was the begining of the collapse of communism in eastern Europe
November 9, at 10:30 the gates to cross the wall opened forever and the East Berliners came rushing through to be greeted by West Berliners with flowers, welcomes, and tears
