Assessment No.1: The Cold War by Rylan McCullah

1947 - The Truman Doctrine was signed

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It had an impact on the cold war because it would help give economic and financial aid to help stop the spread of communism. It was also important because this document made sure that the middle east didn’t fall under communism.

1957 - The Eisenhower Doctrine was signed

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This document had an impact on the cold war because Eisenhower wanted the military to go out to Europe and make sure that communism didn’t spread. It was also important because he allowed other counties to send out signals for American help.

1948 - Stalin closes off all highway and rail routes to Western Berlin

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Stalin tried everything in his power to hold onto eastern Berlin so he could force America to give up the western side of Berlin.

1947 - HUAC infiltrates hollywood

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HUAC believed that Hollywood was being controlled by the communists, broadcasting their lies to the people of America. 10 of these actors and actresses decided not to quit and leave and decided to protest and stand up for themselves causing them to end up blacklisted and lose their jobs completely.

1950 - McCarthyism is created

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this is important to the cold war because McCarthy was able to scare a whole nation into believing that there were spies among them in America.

1950 - The Rosenberg's are convicted of being communist

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The Rosenbergs were important during the cold war due to the fact that they were allegedly passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. It is considered a very controversial event since everyone was really scared during that time of communists.

1952 - First hydrogen bomb is created

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This impacted the cold war heavily since the U.S. was able to create the first ever hydrogen bomb that worked correctly. When the Soviets finally created theirs the blast radius wasn’t as impactful as the U.S.’s.

1961 - The Berlin Wall begins construction

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The building of this wall had a huge impact on the cold war because Stalin was making sure that no one from Eastern Berlin could go into Western Berlin.

1950 - The Korean War starts

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The starting of the Korean war showed that the cold war was a global conflict and not just secluded to just the U.S. and Europe.

1953 - Both sides sign an armistice

21251011 — 2025-02-03 21:18:46 UTC

This was very important during the war because it proved that America would do anything in its power to contain communism.