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Yalta Conference
Who- British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What- It was their second war time meeting where they agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and made plans for post-war world.
Where- Russia
What effect- Lead the western countries feel like the USSR was bent on expanding communism. -
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Potsdam Conference
Who- Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman
What-They meet for the third time to negotiate terms for the end of WW2.
Where- Berlin, Germany
What effect- Dealt with the countries not involved. -
Hiroshima Bombing
Who- US and Japan
What- US bombed Hiroshima, Japan
Where- Hiroshima, Japan
What Effect- Some people think that it is the cause of the cold war but US defends themselves saying that it was to get them to surrender quickly -
Truman Doctrine
Who- US
What- Document created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold war.
Where- US
What Effect- Was trying to make sure everyone in US stayed capitalist. -
Molotov Plan
Who- USSR
What- System created in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union.
Where- USSR
What Effect- Retaliation against their other plans, keeping the cold war going. -
Marshall Plan
Who- US
What- Was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World.
Where- US
What Effect- Reduced the influence and power of Communist parties in Western Europe. This angered the Soviet Union and was seen as another anti-communist move by the USA, following the Truman Doctrine. -
Brussels Treaty
Who- Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
What- Creating a collective defense alliance, leaading to the formation of NATO and the Western European Union
Where- Brussels, Germany
What Effect- It was predicated on resisting communism and communist expansion. -
Berlin Block Aid
Who- Soviet Union
What- Was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany.
Where- Berlin, Germany
What Effect- Soviet wanted to starve out anyone that was capitalist. -
NATO
Who- United States, Canada, and several Western European nations
What- Collective security against the Soviet Union.
Where- US
What Effect- Primary purpose was to unify and strengthen the Western Allies' military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear Weapons
Who- USSR
What- Tested out their first nuclear weapon code-named First Lighting
Where- USSR
What Effect- Arms race between US and The USSR -
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Korean War
Who- North Korea and South Korea
What- Communist North Korea wanted to invade non-communist South Korea
Where- South Korea
What Effect- A loss of communism anywhere was thought as a loss everywhere. -
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Fidel Castro taking over
Who- Fidel Castro
What- Fight for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's military junta by founding a paramilitary organisation, "The Movement".
Where- Cuba
What effect- Made Cuba communist and added them into the sphere of influence. -
Stalin's Death
Who- Stalin
What- He just died
Where- USSR
What Effect- Ended the harsh side of the war and started the technical side. -
Warsaw Pact
Who- Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union
What- Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance
Where- Poland
What Effect- To stop further spread of the capitalist expansion. Also to show dominance. -
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Hungarian Revolution
Who- The hungarian citizens.
What- It was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's republic
Where- Hungary
What effect- Many civilians were held hostage by the soviets because they wanted to be freed from the Soviet rule. -
NORAD
Who- US and Canada
What- Organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control for North America.
Where- US and Canada
What Effect- Prevented any space wars. -
Bay of Pigs
Who- US
What- They launched a botched invasion by sending out trained cuban exiles to try to overthrow Fidel Castro's Government
Where- Cuba
What Effect- US was trying to prevent communism from taking hold in the Americans. -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
Who- East Germany
What- It was built to stop people from fleeing Communist East Germany to the democratic West.
Where- Germany
What Effect- It was the perfect symbol of the "Iron Curtain" that separated the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War. -
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End of Cuban Missile Crisis
Who- US, USSR
What- Soviet Leader agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise fro the United States to respect Cuba's territorial sovereighty
Where- Cuba
What Effect- Was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. -
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Afghanistan/ Soviet War
Who- Afghanistan, Soviet Union
What- The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government f the people's Democratic Party of Afghanistan against a growing insurgency.
Where- Afghanistan
What effects- Soviet government invaded Afghanistan to prop up the communist government. -
Solidarity in Poland
Who- Poland
What- Was the rise to a broad, non-violent, anti-communist social movement.
Where- Poland
What Effect- Due to all the people against communism it led Poland to have the first free elections in any Soviet bloc country. -
Berlin Wall Falling
Who- East and West Germany
What- They announced that citizens were free to visit West Germany again. Communist Party announced change in East Germany's city relations with the West.
Where- Germany
What effects- Marked the end of the Cold War for the American public. -
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Czechoslovakia Revolution
Who- Czechoslovakia
What- A student protest against communist rule was violently put down in Prague.
Where- Czechoslovakia
What Effect- The Soviet communist party successfully persecuted political dissidents before the revolution but most notoriously when thousands of Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia to put an end to political reforms and strengthen the Party's authority. -
End of the Cold War
Who- US and their allies, USSR an their allies
What- The "Iron Curtain" was dropped, Revolution in USSR when Mikhail Gorbachev assumes the reins of power; ended the Cold War
Where- Everywhere
What effect- It ended the Cold War. -
Nuclear Arms Treaties
Who-US, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China
What-Prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and the general and complete disarmament.
Where-Most counties around the world are a part of NPT
What Effect- Major success for the advocates of arms control because it set a precedent for international cooperation between nuclear and non-nuclear states to prevent proliferation. -
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Vietnam War
Who- Australia, China, France, Soviet Union, US
What- It was a long and costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.
Where- Vietnam
What Effect- Angered the US because the soviets were helping their enemy.
