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Cold War Key Events Timeline Activity

This document provides instructions for a student to complete a timeline activity on the key events of the Cold War. It lists 17 important dates and events between 1945 and 1991, from the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The student is directed to use resources like their history workbook and the internet to thoroughly describe what each event was, how it happened, and why for their creative presentation of the Cold War timeline.

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Cold War Key Events Timeline Activity

This document provides instructions for a student to complete a timeline activity on the key events of the Cold War. It lists 17 important dates and events between 1945 and 1991, from the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The student is directed to use resources like their history workbook and the internet to thoroughly describe what each event was, how it happened, and why for their creative presentation of the Cold War timeline.

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The Cold War Timeline Activity

Task: Complete the timeline on the A3 sheet provided with the below key events. Ensure
you have given a thorough description of the key events of what it was, how it happened and
why it happened. Be creative when presenting your timeline.
Resources: Use pages 10-15 of the Pearson history workbook as well as the internet.

KEY EVENTS & DATES


1945: World War II Ends and the Cold War begins

1946: Winston Churchill delivers the Iron Curtain Speech

1947: The Truman Doctrine

1948-1951: The Marshall Plan

1948: Berlin Blockade/Airlift

1949: Arms Race (MAD)

1950-1953: Korean War

1954: Vietnam War

1955: Warsaw Pact is formed

1961: US defeated at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba

1961: Berlin Wall was built

1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

1974: Vietnam War is over

1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall

1990: Germany Reunited

1991: Soviet Collapses/Collapse of Communism

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