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Russian Communist Revolution
This destroyed the starist autocracy and lead the creation of the soviet uni9on. -
Treaty of Versailles
A peace treaty at the end of World War I. Ended war between Germany and Allied Powers. Said that Germany had to pay all war repirations, downgrade their military/disarm, and give up land. -
League of Nations
International organization resulting from the Paris Peace Conference that ended thr First World War. Main goals were preventing wars and settling international disputes. -
Yalta Conference
World War II meeting of the heads of state of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. The purpose was to discuss Europe's post war reorganization -
General Assembly
All member nations have equal representation. Powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint the non permanent members of the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. -
Nuremberg Trials
13 trials carried out in Nuremburg, Germnay from 1945-1949. These trials were for things such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, crime against peace, and interigating wars of agression. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. -
Iron Curtain Speech
This speech was given by Winston Chruchill at Westminster College. He introduced the "iron curtain" to describe the division between western and easter powers in Berlin during the cold war. -
Baruch Plan
The United Sates purposed it for the international control of atomic weapons to the United Nations. The failure of the plan to gain acceptance resulted in a dangerous nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine
US poilicy to stop the expansion of communism. Gave aid to Turkey and Greece so they could resist pressure from the USSR. -
Marshall Plan
US policy to contain communism. Thirteen billion dollars total were distributed to the western Europen countries to boost their economies and help them repair after World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
USSR tried to force US and other Allied Powers out of Berlin by blockading. US responds by flying planes over the blockade to drop supplies to the citizens -
NATO created
NATO was an intergovernmental military alliance based on the Noth Aliiance Treaty. All membered states agree to mutual defense to an attack by any external party. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
culmination of the Chinese communist partys drive to power. All the mainland of China was made communist. The government of China was relocated to Taiwan. -
Joseph McCarthy speech
This was a speech given by Joseph McCarthy about a warning of communism in the Unkted States. he listed people in the state department, listed their crimes, soi therefor they lost their jobs. This was just a warning speech, as the US was one of the few countries that didnt turn to communism during thr cold war. -
Korean War
US entered war to contain communism. Most Americans supported it due to the fear of communism spreading. Noth Korea was communist and was supported by the USSR and Chinea, South Korea was democratic and was supported by the US. Before and after the war, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance between the USSR and all of it's satellite countries (Eastern Europe). -
Sputnik Launched
1st artificial earth satellite launched and made by the USSR. -
Nuclear Deterrent
A theory that gained prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War in regaurd to the use of nuclear weapons. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed military invasion of Cuba. Anti-communist Cubans were trained and sent back to Cuba to overthrow Castro but were defeated. -
JFK's Speech
President John F. Kennedy gives a speech just days before the border between East and West Berlin is closed. He stresses the need for NATO countries to hold onto West Berlin and says any Soviet attack on Berlin would be equivalent to an attack on NATO. -
Building of Berlin Wall begins
Barrier built by the USSR that cut off West Germany from the rest of East Germany and East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US spotted missles in Cuba, so they put a naval blockade on them to stop all shipment in and out of Cuba. Cuba agreed to get rid of all their missles if the US agreed to remove theirs from Turkey and Greece, which were pointed at Cuba. -
U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
Troops are sent to South Vietnam in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first ever space craft to land humans on the moon ever, and it was launched by the US. They were testing space technology to see if the could launch missles from space across the ocean at the USSR. -
SALT I
The first series of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, started in November 1969 and ended May 1972. During that period the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated the first agreements to place limits and restraints on nuclear weapons. -
Kent State Shootings
Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State students, killing 4 and wounding 9. -
Non-Proliferation Agreement
An agreement signed in 1968 by several of the major nuclear and non-nuclear powers that pledged their cooperation in stemming the spread of nuclear technology. In the context of the Cold War arms race and mounting international concern about the consequences of nuclear war, the treaty was a major success for advocates of arms control because it set a precedent for international cooperation between nuclear and non-nuclear states to prevent proliferation. -
Fall of Saigon
This marked the end of the Vietname War. It was the capture Saigon, the capitol of Vietnam. -
Pope John Paul II
Recognized as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. -
SALT II
The primary goal of SALT II was to replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive treaty on broad limitations on strategic offensive weapons. -
Marget Thatcher in power
Margret was the first female prime minister of Great Britain, and was a controversial figurehead of conservative ideology during her time in office. She also battled the country's recession by initially raising interest rates to control inflation. -
Soviets Invade Afganistan
The USSR took complete military and political control of Kabul, and large portions of the country. This was some watershed of the Cold War, and the only time the Soviet Union invaded a country outside the Easter Bloc. -
MAD
Doctine of military strategy that says the full scale use of nuclear weapons on two opposing sides would cause the complete destruction of both sides. -
Deng Xiaoping in power
He was the leader of China during the Cold War. He made the four modernizations of China. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War started to die down the spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall. -
Lech Welsa
Supported Poland's entry into NATO and peacefully negotiated Soviet troops out of Poland. -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba
Castro announced that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that, under his leadership, Cuba would become a Communist state. His announcement came nearly eight months after the disastrous, US-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. Cuba's adoption of Communism was a key element in the Cold War and continues to affect international relations.
