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Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. -
Stalin
He leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Killed millions of innocent people. -
United Nations
the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization. The stated aims of the United Nations include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting world peace. -
Iron Curtian
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II. -
Vietnam
is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.3 million inhabitants as of 2012, it is the world's 13th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. -
Truman Doctrine
It was an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman. It stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
European Economic Cooperation
It emerged from the Marshall Plan and the Conference of Sixteen ."made to continue work on a joint recovery programme and in particular to supervise the distribution of aid." -
The Marshall Plan
It was the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was in response to the Berlin Blockade. The US dropped supplies to the soviets.
"The united States began to help the people in west Germany by droping supplies to them." -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
It is an intergovernmental military alliance. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Peoples Repulic of China
It is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. -
Korean War
It was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. -
Ho Chi Minh
He was Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
"He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War." -
Explosion of the First Hydrogen Bomb
United states wanted to get ahead in the arms race so they tested their first hydrogen bomb.
"They were affraid other countries would get to powerful and try to destroy the US." -
Khrushchev
He was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
"He led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War." -
KGB (Committee for State Security)
It was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its collapse in 1991. -
Geneva Accords
tried to attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina.
"Separate vietnam into two zones." -
Warsaw Pact
It was a mutual defense treaty between eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. -
Suez Canal/ Nasser
It was a diplomatic and military confrontation in late 1956 between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations playing major roles in forcing Britain, France and Israel to withdraw. -
Sputnik
It was the first artificial Earth satellite.
"Soviets started to beat the American in the space race." -
Berlin Wall is Erected
The Berlin Wall was built to keep the Soviets from escaping to Western Europe.
"this wall contained West Germany for many years." -
Cuban Missile Crisis
It was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other.
"The Soviets were going to bomb the US but we managed to convince them not to." -
Leonid Brezhnev
Was the General Secratary of the Central Commitee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
"Helped Stalin in his reign." -
Tet Offensive
was a military campaign during the Vietnam War by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
"Said their would be no attack on the holiday but the Communist lauched an attack." -
Helsinki Accords
It was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland.
"Did not really do anything." -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
It was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days.
"Failed many times to rescue them." -
Russian invasion of Afghanistan
It was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national insurgent groups called the Mujahideen. The insurgents received military training in neighboring Pakistan and China, as well as billions of dollars from the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and other countries. -
Moscow Olympics
Led by the United States, 65 countries boycotted the games because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, though some athletes from some of the boycotting countries participated in the games, under the Olympic Flag. -
Los Angeles Olympics
In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania) boycotted the Games. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
were Mikhail Gorbachev's watchwords for the renovation of the Soviet body politic and society that he pursued as general secretary of the Communist Party. -
Chernobyl
The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
"The power plant was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities of the Soviet Union." -
Berlin Wall is Torn Down
the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 because the Soviet union fell.
"This marked the begining of a new erra." -
Gorbachev
Was the president of the Soviet Union.
"Office was abolished during his term." -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement in Poland
Lech was the 2nd president of Poland. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. -
Yeltsin
1st President of Russia. Randomly resigned leaving the office to Putin. -
End of the USSR
Soviet Union ended and a government took over.
"Was good for Russia to get out from a dictatorship." -
Putin
Current President of Russia
