Cold War - Unit 1 Timeline
First Red Scare 1919-1920 -The term Red Scare came from the combination of "Red" symbolizing the red Russian flag, and "scare" symbolizing the fear of communism taking over America.
Vladimir Putin overthrew the Russian government and murdered the royal family, after doing this he set up his own government which did not allow civilians to practice their religious beliefs and it made the Americans scared.
Vladimir Putin overthrew the Russian government and murdered the royal family, after doing this he set up his own government which did not allow civilians to practice their religious beliefs and it made the Americans scared.
Chinese Civil War 1927-1936
The people of China were split into two groups, the national list and the communist. It started as a unpopular belief to a rivalry and then it became into a war. The nationalist against the communists.
The people of China were split into two groups, the national list and the communist. It started as a unpopular belief to a rivalry and then it became into a war. The nationalist against the communists.
Berlin Airlift-June 24th, 1948 - May 12th 1949 - The United States and Great Britain flew around 277,000 airplanes of supplies into Berlin. All together they carried in 2.3 million tons of supplies into the city.
Second Red Scare 1947-1957 - America was scared about communism. More countries started to side with communists and America was scared they were next.
Korean War June 25, 1950-1953 United States attempt to protect South Korea and it later turned offensive. President Truman starts a war to free North Korea from communism.
Vietnam War - 1955-1975 Nixon was elected and began taking troops out of Vietnam in July, at that time they were losing the war and the U.S. called a Cease Fire and the U.S. had lost the war.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Gamal Abdel Nassar had the idea to modernize Egypt and made the choice to build the aswan dam. However he needed to pay for it so he took control of the Suez canal.
Bay of Pigs - 1961 - US sent Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro's government and they failed miserably. The US's plan was to prevent communism in the Americas.
Cuban missile crisis - October 16, 1962-October 28th, 1962. An American U-2 plane took pictures of long range missiles that belonged to the soviets in Cuba. After the bay of pigs, the people began to doubt Kennedy, when he got rid of the missiles in Cuba, the people were confident in him again.
Yom Kippur War - October 6th and October 25th in 1973 - War between Israel and Arab states of Egypt and Syria. The U.S. helped supply Israel and convincing the attacking countries to stop fighting,
Berlin Wall - 1961-1989 Separated West Berlin and East Germany in 1961
Wall was built over night. 5000 escaped and 200 were killed trying to escape.
Wall was built over night. 5000 escaped and 200 were killed trying to escape.
Collapse of the Soviet Union- December 26,1991.
The Soviet Union took a fall as soon as Gorabachev announced his resign. The Soviet Union split into 10+ Different countries.
The Soviet Union took a fall as soon as Gorabachev announced his resign. The Soviet Union split into 10+ Different countries.