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HUAC
The HUAC was created to deal with possible communists threats. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference with the U.S.A, England, and the Soviet Union. Discussing what to do with Germany -
Atomic Bomb
The U.S.A dropped a atomic bomb on Hiroshima to try to get the Japanese to surrender and end the war. -
The long telegram
George Kennan wrote from Russia to the U.S. about the culture, life, history beliefs and everything to know about Russia in a telegram. -
Iron curtain speech
Winston Churchill gave a speech in the U.S. telling America what is really going on in eastern Europe -
Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman gave his speech of the Truman doctrine explaining to the people our new foreign policy of containment. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was purposed to the government as a way to help rebuild Europe and help countries fight against communism. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was set up to keep supplies from coming into west Germany from the U.S. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was done by the U.S. where American pilots would fly over the Berlin Blockade bringing supplies to western Berlin. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
China had started a communist revolution in 1948 because of the failing economy and country. -
NATO
NATO was created from a number of countries on the east side of the world to protect Europe from any threats -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was being prosecuted for being a spy for the Soviet Union back in the 1930's -
First Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union created a bomb a lot quicker than they should've because they had spies in the Manhattan project -
Korean war
The Korean war was a war between north and south Korea. North Korea had help from China and South Korea had help from the UN. Both North and South Korea wanted to be unified but couldn't agree on policies. North Korea wanted Korea to be unified as a communist country and South Korea wanted democracy -
Rosenberg Trial
Julies and Ethel Rosenberg were spies for the Soviet Union. They were convicted of espionage providing secrets about the U.S. army to the Soviet Union and were executed in 1953 -
Korean armistice
The Korean Armistice was a agreement to cease all fire in the Korean war and agree to a "tie". -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The first Indochina war between France and Vietnam communists -
Army- McCarthy hearings
The Army- McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings in which the army was arguing with a U.S. Senator about accusations that the U.S. Senator was pushing the army too much. -
Hungarian Revolution
A revolution across the whole country of Hungary was done to get the Stalinist government out of the country and pick up democratic policies from the USSR. -
U2 Incedent
A U.S. U2 spy plane was flying over the Soviet Union taking aerial pictures it was shot down by Soviet air defenses. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The U.S. had hired and trained Cuban exiles to go to Cuba and try and invasion on the country but they were quickly all killed. -
Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was built by the Soviet Union to divide Berlin from the Soviet part from the rest of the city. -
Cuban missle crisis
The Soviet Union was using Cuba to build nuclear weapons. The missiles and supplies being brought to Cuba brought much tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union until they stopped building the bombs. -
Assassination of JFK
While in a parade through Dallas Texas President Kennedy was shot 3 times and killed. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the president the power to do anything he thought necessary to keep peace -
TET Offensive
A series of coordinated attacks a many cities in South Vietnam. The attacks came from the North -
1968 Riots at Democratic Convention.
Riots took place at a democratic convention in Chicago while a convention was happening. -
Kent State
4 Kent State students that were unarmed were killed 9 were wounded by the Ohio national guard. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
After 2 years of war a ceasefire order was put into place. -
Fall of Saigon
Saigon was liberated and the people of North Vietnam were finally free. -
Reagan Elected
Ronald Reagan was elected as the 49th president -
SDI Announced
SDI announced a defensive strategy against nuclear attacks. -
"Tear Down This Wall" Speech
This speech given by the president was telling the leader of the Soviet Union to take down the Berlin Wall. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
People of the Soviet Union side of Berlin started to destroy the wall to make Berlin one city again