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What takes place on February 4, 1945?
Yalta Conference where Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet to discuss terms of German surrender and the boundaries and governments in post war Eastern Europe.
What famous speech does Winston Churchill make on March 16, 1946?
Iron Curtain
What treaty organization is created on April 4, 1949?
North Atlantic Treaty
What takes place on June 30, 1950?
US troops enter Korean War.
What pact is created in May 1955?
Austrian State Treaty ending Four-Power occupation.
What is launched in October 1957?
First Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik
What crisis takes place in 1962?
Cuban Missile Crisis starts.
What happens on March 8, 1965?
US combat troops land in Vietnam.
Who is the first man to land on the moon in 1969?
Neil Armstrong
What war ends in 1975?
Vietnam
How many countries were assisted under the Marshall Plan?
16
What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe
Who was commander-in-chief of the UN forces during the Korean Conflict? (Hint: the answer is beside the picture of him in a vehicle)
Ridgway
When was the ceasefire agreement signed? (Hint: look near the end)
Before the armistice
What was the total number of Americans killed in the Korean conflict?
23,300