COLD WAR CHRONOLOGY, 1945-1960

OBJECTIVES: What was the relationship between the US and USSR (Soviet
Union) during the first 15 years of the Cold War? How did individual events cause
continuity and/or change within that relationship?

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Answer the questions below for your assigned event by
completing your part of the chart on the Google docs file by 11:59 PM
THURSDAY, March 2. 2017. You do not need to write in complete sentences, but
you do need to be fairly specific. (Imagine that if you were to present this to the
class, it would take 2-3 minutes.)

Link to assignment (also on blog, historywalsh.weebly.com):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c_2R0goKpu-43s-lF_gugIyFPTj2aL9f4CPWnn93NEs/edit?usp=sharing

Questions to research:
1. Identify the eventwhat happened?
2. Explain how this event affected the relationship between the US and the USSRi.e., how it related to the
Cold War.
3. Include a visual (photograph, political cartoon, diagram, or hand-drawn representation [which you scan
online]) that helps to explain #1 and/or #2 above.
a. A word about the visual: Showing a map of Israel would not be an adequate representation for the
creation of Israel. Instead, your visual should emphasize how/why the creation of Israel affected
US-Soviet relations. Similarly, a photo of Nikita Khrushchev at a podium delivering a speech would
not adequately represent the significance of his secret speech or his idea of peaceful coexistence.
Topic Presenter Topic Presenter
1947 Communist takeover Kelton 1954 Geneva Accords (re: Indochina) Ms. Walsh
in Hungary
1947 National Security Act Ms. Walsh 1955 Creation of Warsaw Pact Cathleen
1948 Creation of Israel Bruce 1955 Geneva summit Ms. Walsh
1948 Berlin blockade and Brenden 1956 Krushchevs secret speech and Ms. Walsh
airlift mention of peaceful coexistence
1948 Communist takeover Binh 1956 revolution in Hungary Ms. Walsh
in Czechoslovakia
1948 creation of the OAS Shahania 1956 Suez Crisis Rochelle
1949 Point Four Program Jim 1957 USSR launches Sputnik Amanda
1949 creation of NATO Trevor 1957 creation of NASA Ms. Walsh
1949 USSR successfully Steven 1957 NDEA and Advanced Placement Ms. Walsh
tested an atomic bomb
1949 Communist victory in Soren 1957 Berlin crisis Ms. Walsh
China
1950 US aid to France in Ms. Walsh 1959 Fidel Castro takes over in Cuba Donnielle
Indochina
1950 Radio Free Europe Tanisha 1959 kitchen debate Ashley
began broadcasting
1952 US successfully tested Paul 1960 U-2 Incident Christy
a hydrogen bomb
1953 Dwight D. Ms. Walsh 1960 18 African nations gain Evelyn
Eisenhower became US independence
president; death of Stalin
1953 US action in Iran Ms. Walsh