Unit 8 Timeline by Amir Abdelhakim

Fall of the Berlin wall November 9 1989

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:03:35 UTC

The fall of the berlin wall caused the once split berlin to become together again and be not be fully controlled by the soviet union

Vietnam war Apr 30 1975

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:08:07 UTC

The vietnam war was caused by the split of vietnam into south and north vietnam and they were both backed by allies who were anticommunist or allies who supported communism

Oct 1962

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:13:34 UTC

The cuban missile crisis was caused when the usa had spotted russian missiles sites being built in cuba and they were within the range of the usa so the usa negotiated with the russians to remove the missles from cuba if the usa removed its missiles from turkey

Truman Doctrine 1947

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:23:54 UTC

President truman during wnated to provide aid to countries being threatened by communism during the cold war and that included military,financial,overall stability support of the nations at risk

Bay of Pigs April 1961

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:26:14 UTC

The bay of pigs invasion was when 1400 people attempted to invade cubas borders in an attempt to overthrow the government and bring communism to the country but in the end they failed to overthrow the country

The Marshall Plan 1947

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:31:32 UTC

The marshall plan was a financial aid movement to help europe get back on its feet after the wars that had happened in the past few years and in turn the usa provided the aid in grants,finacial aid,and other forms of assistance

Collapse (Dissolution) of the Soviet Union December 26 1991

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:35:26 UTC

the Collapse (Dissolution) of the Soviet Union also known as the end of the coldwar and also the dispersement of the soviet union was caused by the lack of finances,the change in leaders,the overall change of the soviet unions overall goal as a nation

Korean War July 27 1953

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:40:06 UTC

The korean war was caused by the invasion of south korea by north korean forces along with russian forces with the end goal of fully causing the nation to fall into communism

26th Amendment july 1 1971

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:47:19 UTC

It changed the legal voting age from 21 to 18 and it was in hopes of encouraging younger people to vote and also to allow more troops to be drafted into war

Tet Offensive Jan 30 1968

amabdelhak — 2024-05-12 00:51:31 UTC

The Tet Offensive were coordinated surprise attacks against the cities and military bases and it caught the Us troops and the south vietnamese soldiers off guard and because they were expecting a ceasefire because it was new years day