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The Cold War Outcome: Presidential Timeline *Denotes Containment Program; S.U. = Soviet Union

Harry Truman (D)

Harry Truman (D) 1945 – WWII ends with Truman’s decision to drop A-bomb on Japan 1954 – The United Nations is created 1946 – W. Churchill claimed an Iron Curtain has descended upon Europe 1947 – *Truman Doctrine aid is aimed at saving Greece & Turkey 1948 – U.S.S.R. cuts off supply route to W. Berlin and U.S. responds with an airlift 1948 – *Marshall Plan aid will rebuild Western Europe 1949 – U.S.S.R. detonates their first A-bomb

Harry Truman (D) 1949 – Civil War in China turns most populous country into a Communist Nation 1949 – *N.A.T.O. Alliance is created to offset Soviet influence in E. Europe 1950 – *Korean Conflict begins; as a result United Nations police action begins to defend S. Korea 1950 – (R) Sen. J. McCarthy claims communists have infested the government, starts 2nd Red Scare

Korean Conflict

Joseph McCarthy

Harry Truman (D) 1952 – The first H-Bomb is detonated by U.S. 1951 – Rosenbergs are tried and sentenced for providing nuclear secrets to the Soviets; executed 1953 1952 – The first H-Bomb is detonated by U.S.

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

The Hydrogen Bomb

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 1953 – Stalin Dies 1953 – Korean Conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38th parallel 1954 – *S.E.A.T.O. Alliance forms to pr0tect S.E. Asia 1955 – Mutually Assured Destruction or MAD Plan introduced by John Foster Dulles 1955 – S.U. creates Warsaw Pact to offset NATO 1956 – New Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev proposes idea of “peaceful coexistence” 1957 – Sputnik launches the U.S. & Soviets into a space race 1957 – *Eisenhower Doctrine is offered to Middle East countries 1959 – Communist dictator Fidel Castro (Cuba), takes power and seizes all US assets and priv. property 1960 – Francis Gary Powers is shot down in his U-2 spy plane over U.S.S.R.

Nikita Khrushchev

Sputnik Starts the Space Race

John F. Kennedy (D)

John F. Kennedy (D) 1961 – Soviets begin constructing Berlin Wall 1961 – Bay of Pigs invasion by 1500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles in attempt to overthrow Castro (Failure) 1962 – U.S. President JFK and Soviet Premiere Khrushchev involve world in the Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 – JFK is shot and killed in Dallas, TX

Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 1964 – U.S. passes resolution to increase troops in S. Vietnam 1968 – U.S. involvement in Vietnam peaks; popular opinion drops

Richard Nixon (R)

Richard Nixon (R) 1969 – NASA achieves moon landing 1972 – Nixon recognizes China & visits the Soviet Union 1972 – First Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) 1973 – U.S. pulls out of Vietnam; 1975 dominos fall

Moon Landing 1969

Nixon Visits China

Gerald Ford (R)

Jimmy Carter (D)

Jimmy Carter (D) 1979 – Soviets invade Afghanistan 1980 – U.S. supports freedom fighters 1980 – U.S. boycotts Moscow Summer Olympics in protest 1980 – “Miracle on Ice” occurs during Winter Olympics

Miracle on Ice

Ronald Reagan (R)

Ronald Reagan (R) 1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars initiated by President Reagan 1985 – Gorbachev comes to power and introduces democratic (Glasnost) and Capitalism (Perestroika) reforms 1988 – Soviets leave Afghanistan (beaten & frustrated) 1989 – Berlin Wall falls; S.U. loses its satellite nations 1989 – Tiananmen Square Massacre in China

SDI or Star Wars

Mikhail Gorbachev

Berlin Wall Falls

Tiananmen Square Massacre

George Bush Sr. (R)

George Bush Sr. (R) 1991 – Soviet Union collapses 1991 – Russia elects Boris Yeltsin to lead new democracy

Boris Yeltsin

We Win! No more Soviet Union means no more Cold War. Capitalism wins and Communism loses!