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Interactive Timeline – Reconstruction, Cold War, and Decolonization

The events listed in the right column are out of order. First, place the events in correct order by dragging and dropping each event so it matches the correct year on the timeline.

Once you have placed all items in the correct order please complete the self-quiz below.

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1946

1947

1948

1949

1950-1953

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1955-1956

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1957-1962

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1962

correct incorrect Yalta and Potsdam conferences

correct incorrect Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech

correct incorrect Indian and Pakistani independence

correct incorrect State of Israel founded; first Arab-Israeli War

correct incorrect People's Republic of China; formation of NATO

correct incorrect Korean War

correct incorrect Nasser assumes power in Egypt

correct incorrect CIA-inspired coup in Iran

correct incorrect Morocco, Tunisia independent

correct incorrect Suez War of Great Britain, France, and Israel against Egypt

correct incorrect USSR launches Sputnik satellite

correct incorrect Indpendence for most African colonies

correct incorrect Great Leap Forward in China

correct incorrect Castro assumes power in Cuba

correct incorrect First earth orbit by Yuri Gagarin; erection of Berlin Wall

correct incorrect Cuban Missile Crisis

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Screen reader users: please turn off browse mode to use this activity

Use Tab to navigate through the movable items

Use Shift + Tab to navigate up through the movable items

Press Enter to select an item to be moved and to enter the context menu

Press Enter to move the selected item

1. Which event discredited Britain and France and quickened the pace of decolonization?

A. CIA-inspired coup in Iran B. Cuban Missile Crisis C. Nasser’s assumption of power in Egypt *D. The Suez Crisis

2. Put these Cold War events in their correct chronological order:

*A. “Iron Curtain” speech, formation of NATO, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis B. Formation of NATO, “Iron Curtain” speech, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis C. Cuban Missile Crisis, Korean War, ‘Iron Curtain” speech, formation of NATO D. Formation of NATO, Korean War, “Iron Curtain” speech, Cuban Missile Crisis

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