Timeline
1945
united Nations is established. 1948 Harry S. Truman becomes President of the U.S. 1948 Berlin Airlift begins. 1950 U.S. sends troops to Korea. 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President. 1953 Participants in Korean War agree on cease-fire. 1954 French are defeated in Vietnam. 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik 1959 Fidel Castro gets power in Cuba. 1960 John F. Kennedy is elected president. |
Marshall Plan
Includes the declaration that any European nation should get provided aid. Created in order to help European countries keeping their power. This was one of the things that stopped the spread of communism. |
Berlin Airlift
In answer to the attempt of the Soviet Union to spurn the Americans, French and British out of Berlin, the U.S. created an Airlift to supply Berlin by air. The land and water access to West Berlin was cut off by the U.S.S.R. |
Korean War
War between South Korea (supported by the UN) and North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union). It was the Result of the political division of Korea after World War II. |
Brinksmanship
Is a theory of pushing the military in the brink of way in order to convince another nation to follow your demands. During the Cold War, this term was used as the description of the tactic that both parties were using. |
Capitalism vs. Communism
Central ideologies which caused the tensions between the Western and the Eastern countries. Both parties thought there ideology was the right one; the U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism. |
Presidents during the Cold War decade
In Chronological order (from left to right): Harry s. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.
Blue: The Western, capitalistic Countries.
Red: Communist Countries of Western Europe.
Black Line in between: The so-called "Iron Curtain", a symbolic borderline between the two opponents. Germany was divided into West and East Germany; the border between these two parts visualized the "Iron Curtain".
Red: Communist Countries of Western Europe.
Black Line in between: The so-called "Iron Curtain", a symbolic borderline between the two opponents. Germany was divided into West and East Germany; the border between these two parts visualized the "Iron Curtain".
People from East Berlin watching a "Candy Bomber" who is about to drop food on Berlin; creating an airlift was the only chance for the U.S. to support them. The Soviets cut off every channel of supply in order to push out the Allied nations who owned three of the four parts of Berlin.
The belief in helping others.
The belief in helping others.
Korean troops during the Korean War.
The 38th parallel was the parallel which "draw" the border of division between South and North Korea.
Meeting of the "Big 3": Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet after the end of World War II.
Action & Achievement oriented.
Action & Achievement oriented.
Children in schools "Duck & Cover".
Anti-communistic propaganda.
George Marshall who created the Marshall Plan.
Cold War missiles.
Science and technology - a major value of the U.S.
Science and technology - a major value of the U.S.
One of the many cold war bunkers.
Major Changes
- The department of State reached hit its peak of its power and influence
- People became scared and feared of the danger that extinguished of the Cold war
- Americans develop a strong anti-communistic thinking
- People became scared and feared of the danger that extinguished of the Cold war
- Americans develop a strong anti-communistic thinking