Cold War Timeline by Jordan Doan

U.S. Atomic Bomb (1945)

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Berlin Blockade (1948)

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Yalta Conference (1945)

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WWII meeting to talk about remaking in the nations agreement. The agreements and the different opinions of those agreements exacerbated tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies which contribute to the mistrust and rivalry that characterized the Cold War.

Formation Of NATO (1949)

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NATO is an group created by the U.S, Canada, and many other Western European countries to provide security and military aid in case one of the countries goes into war.

The Cuban Missile Crisis

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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 2 week conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union’s governments during the Cold War. This conflict was closest that both powers came to nuclear conflict.

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)

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Kennedy signed the approved treaty on October 7, 1963. The treaty: prohibited nuclear weapons tests or other nuclear explosions under water, in the atmosphere, or in outer space. Pressures for nuclear testing on both sides of the Cold War line ended the delay and shaped the Limited Test Ban Treaty which the U.S. government.

Prague Spring (1968)

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The Prague Spring of 1968 was a short period in which improvements were introduced to communist Czechoslovakia by Alexander Dubček. It was brought to an end with a Soviet invasion and the removing of Alexander Dubček as the leader of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia.

SALT 1 Agreement Signed (1972)

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that were aimed at decrease the production of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The first agreements, known as SALT I signed by both party in 1972.

Helsinki Accords (1975)

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The Helsinki Accords/Final is an Treaty that was signed by countries from both sides despite ongoing tensions. The first Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was held in in 1973. At the 1975 CSCE, thirty-five countries signed the Helsinki Accords, including the United States, the Soviet Union, and several European countries. It promoted mutual understanding and confidence, friendly and good neighborly relations among countries.

SALT II Agreement Signed (1979)

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During a summit meeting in Vienna, President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT-II agreement which dealt with limitations and guidelines for nuclear weapons. The treaty, which never officially went into action, proved to be one of the most important U.S.-Soviet agreements of the Cold War.

The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan (1979)

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The Soviet–Afghan War caused massive destruction throughout Afghanistan and has also been seen by scholars as an important factor that contributed to the end of the Soviet Union, formally ending the Cold War.

Reagan's "Evil Empire" Speech (1983)

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The "Evil Empire" speech was a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to the National Association of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983 at the top of the Cold War and Soviet-Afghan War. In this speech he referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" and as "the focus of evil in the modern world".

The Fall of The Berlin Wall (1989)

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The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 at during the Peaceful Revolution, started the beginning of the removal of the Berlin Wall and the metaphorically Iron Curtain, as East Berlin moving reductions were overpowered and rejected.

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Signed (1987)

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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces also known as INF was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union . US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987.

Dissolution of The Soviet Union (1991)

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The total collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 took many in the West by surprise. The basic factors that help to collapse, including economic stagnation and the tension of the military, were rooted in Soviet policies, but the Cold War and the U.S. policy of containment played a role as well.