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1
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USSR successfully tests 1st atomic bomb

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August 1949

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Mao Zedong proclaims People’s Republic of China

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October 1949

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3
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McCarthyism

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1950s

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4
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Long Memorandum

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April 1950

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5
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Eisenhower becomes president

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January 1953

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6
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Death of Stalin

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March 1953

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7
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Eisenhower’s speech

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April 1953

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8
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Khrushchev’s 20th Party Congress speech

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February 1956

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9
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Khrushchev dissolves Cominform

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April 1956

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10
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Polish uprising

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October 1956

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11
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Hungarian uprising

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October-November 1956

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12
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3 million migrants from East to West Germany

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1949-1960

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13
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First Berlin crisis

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1958-1960

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14
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Khrushchev gives ultimatum for new status in Berlin

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November 1958

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15
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Foreign Minister meetings over Berlin

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May-August 1959

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16
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Khrushchev visits the US

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September 1959

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17
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Francis Gary Power’s U2 spy plane incident

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May 1960

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18
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Second Berlin crisis

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1961

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19
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200,000 migrants a year from East to West Germany

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1961

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20
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Berlin Wall starts being constructed

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August 1961

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21
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Checkpoint Charlie incident

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October 1961

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22
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Kennedy becomes president

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January 1961

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23
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Cuba is run by Batista

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1950s

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24
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Cuban Revolution/Fidel Castro overthrows Batista

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January 1959

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25
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US trade embargo on Cuba

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August 1960

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26
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Bay of Pigs incident

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April 1961

27
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Operation Mongoose

28
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Khrushchev and Kennedy’s first meeting in Vienna

29
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Raoul Castro travels to Moscow and makes secret agreement with Khrushchev

30
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Khrushchev is informed of ‘Jupiter’ missiles in Turkey

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April 1962

31
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USSR ships to Cuba:
- 42,000 troops
- 164 nuclear warheads
- 42 intermediate-range missiles

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September-October 1962

32
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Khrushchev intends to make missiles in Cuba public

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7th November 1962

33
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US finds out about Soviet missiles in Cuba

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October 1962

34
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US naval blockade on Cuba

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October 1962

35
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UN General Secretary U Thant tries to reach a compromise

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October 1962

36
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Khrushchev recieves false news of US invasion in Cuba

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October 1962

37
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U2 spy plane is shot down by Soviet troops in Cuba, but Cuba takes responsibility

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October 1962

38
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Negotiations between Robert Kennedy and Anatoly Dobrygin

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October 1962

39
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Withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba

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October 1962

40
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Test Ban Treaty

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August 1963

41
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Outer Space Treaty

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January 1967

42
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

43
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Khrushchev replaced by Brezhnev

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October 1964

44
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Prague Spring/Alexander Dubcek’s reforms in Czechoslovakia

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Spring 1968

45
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Alexander Dubcek meets with leaders of Yugoslavia and Romania

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August 1968

46
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USSR invades Czechoslovakia

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August 1968-1970

47
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‘Brezhnev Doctrine’ prohibits USSR satellites to abandon communism

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September 1970

48
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Nixon becomes president

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January 1969

49
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SALT I

50
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Gerald Ford becomes president

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August 1974

51
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SALT II

52
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Carter becomes president

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January 1977

53
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USSR deploys SS-20 missiles outside the SALT agreements

54
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NATO meeting discusses USSR’s SS-20 missiles

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December 1979

55
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US deploys missiles across western Europe

56
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USSR invades Afghanistan, US refuses to ratify SALT II

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December 1979

57
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Reagan becomes president

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January 1981

58
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START Treaty

59
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US’s Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)

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March 1983

60
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Gorbachev becomes leader of USSR

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March 1985

61
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Geneva

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November 1985

62
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Collapse of communism in eastern Europe

63
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Collapse of USSR

The Cold War: 1945 - 1991 (2 decks)

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