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The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill condemns the Soviet Union policies in Europe and declare "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adratic as an iron curtain has descended across the continent -
The Truman Doctrine
was an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical spread during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman -
The Molotov Plan
A system created by the Soviet Union in order to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe -
Marshall Plan
America"s aid and promote peace to Western Europe -
Berlin blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies, railroads, roads, and canal access -
The Berlin Airlift
The U.S used the airlines to send food and supplies to to Berlin -
Alger Hiss case
Former communist appeared in court before the House Committee Of Un-American Activities -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic alliance is an intergovernmental military alliance -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test of 1949
Greatly aided by Its successful Soviet Alsos and the atomic spies, the Soviet Union conducted its first weapon test of an implosion-type nuclear device, RDS-1, codenamed first lightning -
Korean war
North Korea invaded South Korea and the U.S aided South Korea -
Hollywood 10 hearings
the Hollywood ten were accused by the HAUC of selling communist propaganda -
Rosenberg case
The Rosenbergs were arrested for selling secrets to the Soviet Union and were convicted and executed -
The battle of Dien Bien Phu
Climatic confrontation of the first Indochina War -
Army Mccarthy hearings
series of hearings held by the United States sub committee -
Geneva Conference
Was a conference in Geneva and was supposed to find a settle outstanding issues in the Korean pennisula -
The Warsaw Pact
The treaty of friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance and sometimes, informally, WarPac, was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union. -
Montgomery bus boycott
381 days of the African Americans not riding the bus in peaceful protest to fix the bus system -
Invasion of Hungary
A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republican and its Soviet- imposed policies, lasting from 23 October Until 10 November 1956 -
U-2 Incident
U.S spy plane was shot down while in the Soviet air space -
Bay Of Pigs
The bay of pigs invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Berlin Wall
A barrier that divided Berlin, the wall completely cut off West Berlin -
13 Days
Dangerous period of the Cuban missile crisis begins. J.F.K had two possible choices to handle the situation. An air strike and invasion, or naval quarantine with the threat of further military action -
Cuban Missile Crisis
America is concerned when the Soviet Union ships missiles to Cuba -
Assassination of Diem
Major turning point in the Vietnam War when Ngo Dihn Diem was assassinated -
Assassination of JF
J.F.K was shot 2 times during the press conference and a hour n half later Lee Harvey was arrested for the crime -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing President Johnson to take measures necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace -
China and Soviet nuclear test
China and the Soviet Union developed nuclear bombs -
1st Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was made to settle disputes and make treaties for the wounded in armies -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Ariel bomb run on Vietnam by the U.S to destroy as many troops as they could -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military offensive campaigns in the Vietnam War -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray after the civil rights bill was passed -
Assassination of RFK
Robert Francis Kennedy was a senator and brother to John F. Kennedy and was assassinated on the June 6, 1968 -
invasion of Czechoslovakia
Also known as operation Danube was an invasion by 4 Warsaw pact nations- Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland
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Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
tens of thousands of Vietnam protesters battle police in the streets -
Election of Richard Nixon
Republican Nominee Richard Nixon was elected as president -
Kent State shooting
Kate State University was shooting by a national guard towards an unarmed college student -
Nixon visits China
Richard Nixon visits China to formally normalize relations between the U.S and China -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon calls a cease fire of ariel bombings on Vietnam -
Fall of Saigon
The U.S and South Vietnam liberated the capitol of Vietnam Saigon -
Election of Ronald Reagan
The 49th quadrennial presidential election race was between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. -
Announcement of SDI
a satellite system that was purposed to shoot down nuclear missiles -
Tear Down This Wall' speech
Ronald Reagan goes to the Berlin Wall and makes a speech. He demands Gorbachev to tear down the wall -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany communist ruler gives the order to tear down the Berlin Wall that had divided East Germany and West Germany
