Cold War Dates Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
Q
Yalta
A
1945
2
Q
Truman Doctrine
A
1947
3
Q
Marshall Plan
A
1947
4
Q
Berlin Airlift
A
1948 - 1949
5
Q
China
A
1949
6
Q
NATO
A
1949
7
Q
Soviet Bomb
A
1949
8
Q
North Korean communist forces cross 38th parallel and invade
A
1950
9
Q
US forces assist S. Korea while UN condemns invasion
A
1950
10
Q
Rosenberg Spy Case
A
1951
11
Q
Hydrogen bomb
A
1952
12
Q
Soviets announce first test of hydrogen bomb
A
1953
13
Q
Stalin dies, Korean War ends
A
March 1953, July 1953
14
Q
Guatemalan coup
A
1954
15
Q
Warsaw Pact
A
1955
16
Q
Massive Retaliation
A
1955
17
Q
Khrushchev’s ‘secret speech’
A
1956
18
Q
Sputnik
A
1957
19
Q
Castro takes power
A
1959
20
Q
The U-2 affair
A
1960
21
Q
Bay of Pigs
A
1961
22
Q
Berlin Wall
A
1961
23
Q
Cuban missile crisis
A
1962
24
Q
Hot line
A
1963
25
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1964
26
Indonesian coup
1966
27
Six Day War
1967
28
Tet Offensive
1968
29
Prague Spring
1968
30
Vietnamization
1969
31
SALT
1969
32
SALT agreement signed
1969 - 1972
33
Nixon visits China
1972
34
Vietnam War Agreement
1973
35
Saigon falls
1975
36
Cambodia
1975
37
Afghanistan
1979
38
Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan
1988
39
Star Wars
1983
40
Gorbachev comes to power
1985
41
International Range Nuclear Forces treaty signed
1987
42
Berlin Wall falls
1989
43
German Occupation ends
1990
44
East and West Germany unite
1990
45
Gorbachev ousted in coup
1991
46
Gorbachev resigns and Soviet Union is dissolved
1991
