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Yalta Conference
Stalin promised Roosevelt that he would allow free elections, a vote by a secret bailot in a multiparty system. the Soviets wanted to clam reparaions from germany to help pay for their wartime losses'. -
Potsdam Conference
the US, Great Britain and teh Soviet Union sot together for a final wartime conference. Truman objected to the soviets reparation and agreed with everyone taking reaparaions from their won occupation zones.. -
"Iron Curtain Speech
This was Churchills speech about Sinews of Peace. Stalin thought it was a call to war. -
Truman Doctrine
He declared "it must be the policy of the US to support free people who are resisting attempted subjagation by armed minorities or by out side pressure." it was to keep from the Soviets influence from spreading in the United States. -
Marshall Plan Annouced
This revived European hope and gave a $13 billion aid to them.
western Europe was flourished and communiste party had lost appeal to votes. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
The US and Britain would fly food and supplies to wea Berlin for 327 days and 277,000 flights. They had brought have 2.3 million tons of supplies of food, fuel, medicins. Christmas presents were bought with the planes crew own moey and were brought to people in Berlin. -
NATO Treaty Ratified
The North Alantic Treaty organization and 12 members pledged military spport to one another. Just in case any menber was attacked. -
End of Berlin Blockade
West Berlin survived because airlifts and the mission to aid Berlin boosted Americans prestige around the world. The Soviet Union realized they were beaten so they stoped circling them. -
Soviets Explode A-Bomb
The Americans redicted that the Soviets would take about 3 to 5 years to make A-bomb, but the Soviet exploded/tested an A-bomb erlier. A communist who was born in the US told the Soviets that the Americans have created and A-bomb. -
Communists take over China
the communist learder Mao Zedong gained stregth through the country. And started to recuirt peasnts to create the Communists Red Arm. -
Beginning of McCarthyism
McCarthy would attack on suspected Communists. IT WAS AN UNFAIR TACTIC OF ACCUSING PEOPLE OF DISLOYALTY WITHOUT PROVIDING EVIDENCE. -
Julius and Ethel Roserge Executed
They were minor Activist who were implicted in Funches case. They were found guily of esgionage. -
Warsaw Pact
This was linked to the soviet union with seven other Eastern Euipean contries.
It formed an military Alliance, and West Germany rearmed and joined NATO and soviest grew fearful so they created this pact. -
Geneva Summit
Eisenhower flew to Geneva, Switzerland and made a proposal of "open skies" to they could fliy over sthe Soviets TerratorY. The Soviets rejected it and to that the world haied to "spirit of Geneva" as the step towads peace -
Hungarian Uprising
the citizen of they nation rose in revolt after WWII . Imre Nagy denounced the Warsaw pact and demanded Soveit army to leave hUNGERY. Then end RESULT WAS 30,000 killed and 200,000 fled -
suez war
egypt was trying to turn the soviets against american and in the end france, britain and isreal went into battle with them. The UN stoped it however Egypt keep control of the canal in the end. -
launching of Sputnik
The first world's first articical satellite.
Traveled around the earth 18,000 miles per hour circling the globe ever 96 minutes. -
US U-2 plane shot down
CIA secretly had planes fly over Soviet Territory. within 4 hOURS after Powes entered Soviets airspace it was shot down. Powers lived then was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
