Learning Target I can gather relevant information from multiple sources (primary and secondary) about the Cold War.
Cold war Timeline
First Red Scare (1919-1920) Many people were blamed and arrested because the were thought to have beliefs in communism.
Chinese Civil War (1927-1936 1945-1950) A rivalry became a war. It was a war fought between the nationalist government of china and the communist party of china.
Berlin Airlift (June 24th, 1948-May 12th, 1949) The Soviet union had built a barricade in the city of Berlin. The United States and Great Britain flew around 277,000 flights into Berlin and carried over 2.3 million tons of supplies into the city.
Second Red Scare (1947-1957) Many people were afraid that communism would infiltrate the United States. Many were afraid that anyone who sides with communist and the Soviets would give them the secret information about the U.S.
Korean War (June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953) The United States was only trying to defend South Korea and later turned offensive. Truman states war was now about liberating North Korea from communism.
Vietnam War (November 1st, 1955- April 30, 1975) Nixon had became president and started to remove troops from Vietnam. The cause behind the war was because Americans kept believing that communism was spreading around Asia. The united states and soviet union did not want to risk an all out war with Asia.
Suez Crisis (October 1956) The Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nassar wanted to modernize Egypt so he decided to build the Aswan Dam. In order to pay for this dam, he took control of the Suez Canal that at the time, was co-controlled by Great Britain and France.