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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