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164840708V-E DayMay 8, 19450
164840709Pearl HarborDecember 7, 19411
164840710Roosevelt signs the U.S. Declaration of WarDecember 8, 19412
164840711U.S. takes Iwo JimaFebruary 19, 19453
164840712Potsdam ConferenceJuly, 19454
164840713V-J DaySeptember 2, 19455
164840714Rise of 2 superpowerslate 20th century6
164840715Division of Germany1945-19907
164840716Atlantic Charter19418
164840717Partition of India19479
164840718Ghana independenceMarch 6, 195710
164840719Kenya independenceDecember 12, 196311
164840720All African nations independent1970s12
164840721Zionist movement (led by Theodor Henzil)1890s13
164840722Balfour Declaration191714
164840723League of Nations (GB has Palestine)191715
164840724World War II/ Holocaust (Jews move to Palestine)1939-194516
164840725UN partitions Palestine (Jews= accepting while Arabs= not so accepting...)194717
164840726Palestine becomes Israel194818
164840727Mexico controlled by the PRI (Party of Institutionalized Revolution)1940s-200019
164840728Mexico joins NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)1990s20
164840729Vincente Fox elected President in Mexico (ended PRI dominance)200021
164840730Middle-class/ labour coalition elects Juan Jose Arevalo president in Guatemala194422
164840731President Arbenz in Guatemala195123
164840732US government becomes concerned about "communist" penetration of Arbenz gov't195324
164840733US (CIA) organizes military force to invade Guatemala/ Arbenz gov't falls; pro-US government takes control and renegotiates land reform favorable to United Fruit Company195425
164840734Vuba ruled by Fulgencio Batista1934-194426
164840735democratic constitution (Batista)194027
164840736Batista flees CubaDecember 195828
164840737Castro's revolutionaries seize Havana, CubaJanuary 1, 195929
164840738US declares trade embargo of Cuba/ Castro declares himself a Marxist (Communist)196030
164840739Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)195731
164840740Gamal Nasser (Egypt)195432
164840741Suez Canal195633
164840742Six-Day War196734
164840743Nasser imposes blockade against Israeli commerce through the Gulf of Aqaba196735
164840744Nasser (loses Arab support) succeeded by Anwar al-Sadat197036
164840745Truman Doctrine194737
164840746British, French, and Americans begin making plans for unification of the three western sections of Germany and the creation of West German gov't194838
164840747Berlin Blockade and Airlift (USSR imposes blockage thus preventing all traffic from entering the western zones through Soviet-controlled Berlin)1948-4939
164840748Mohammad Reza Pahlavi1941-197940
164840749increased opposition from Islamic clerics- especially Ayatolian Khomeini1970s41
164840750widespread demonstrations in Iran1978-7942
164840751Shah's gov't collapsedJanuary 16, 197943
164840752Hostage Crisis (Iranian militants stormed US Embassy in Tehran and took approx. seventy Americans hostage)198044
164840753Battle of Dien Bien Phu (decisive victory for the Vietminh Communists over the French)195445
164840754Geneva Conference (peace settlement between France and Vietminh)195446
164840755US begins providing aid to South Vietnamese government under leadership of Ngo Dinh DiemLate 1950s47
164840756South Vietnam on the verge of collapse as Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communists) influence spreads196348
164840757With approval of Kennedy admin, Diem's gov't overthrown/ Diem assassinatedFall 196349
164840758President Johnson sends troops to South Vietnam196550
164840759Stalemate (no one's winning; no progress)196851
164840760Vietnam War1955-197552
164840761President Nixon wins election on promise to bring an "honorable end" to the Vietnam War196953
164840762Peace Treaty signed in Paris calling for the removal of all US forces from South Vietnam197354
164840763Soviet Union invades Afghanistan (perceived threat of Islamic fervor- Iranian Revolution)197955
164840764Mikhail Gorbachev198556
164840765The Cold War (the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World - primarily the Soviet Union and the United States.)1939-194557
164840766political reforms in USSR198758
164840767East Germany (belongs to Soviet Union) aware of Soviet Reforms; not benefiting from them198859
164840768Communist gov't fallen into disarrayNovember 198960
164840769East Germany holds its first free elections; vote for unification w/ W. Germany199061
164840770Gorbachev cedes (gives) control of Russia to Boris Yeltsin199162

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