Major Events

Chapter 36 · 1945–1952

Yalta Conference

February 1945

FDR dies; Truman becomes president

April 1945

Truman Doctrine announced

March 1947

Marshall Plan proposed

June 1947

Berlin Blockade and Airlift begin

June 1948

NATO founded

April 1949

Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb

August 1949

Mao proclaims the People's Republic of China

October 1949

McCarthy's Wheeling speech launches the Red Scare

February 1950

Korean War begins

June 1950

Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president

November 1952