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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was some revolutions in the Soviet Union which overthrew the government and led to the rise of the Soviet Union -
Atomic Bombs (Hiroshima/Nagasaki)
When we entered the war in World War 2 we had to show the world that we had nuclear weapons, so we dropped two bombs officially ending our war with Japan, all that was left was to defeat Germany -
Potsdam Confrence
The Potsdam confrence was when all three presidents met to agree to have peace. -
Berlin Blockade & Airlift
When the Soviet Union tried to expand and take over counties, they put a border down the center of Berlin and made half the city communists. The Berlin Airlift was when other countries would fly into the communist area of Berlin and give them supplies and food to survive. -
Soviet Bomb test
The Soviets were testing bombs to drop on other enemy's. They finally dropped their first bomb as a test in 1949 -
NATO
NATO is "North Atlantic Treaty Organization". The NATO was an alliance between American and European countries -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 is a blacklist of names, these people who are on the blacklist canno't work in the US because they may be communists -
Marshall Plan
This plan was to help 17 other countries economy's to make sure that they have money, The plan lasted for 4 years during WW2 -
Khruschev takes over
Khruschev took office of the communist party of the Soviet Union. Khruschev is known for "de-Staliniziation" of the Soviet Union. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a pact between Poland and the Soviet Union to ensure firendship and no more invasions. -
U2 Incident
A U-2 plane was flying deep into the Soviet Union when it was shot down and crashed in the Soviet Union. The plane was doing an ariel surveillance -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when Cuba was a communist country and the Soviet Union put missiles in Cuba and the US jumped on them and tried to remove them -
Reagan's Berlin wall speech
Ronald Reagan went to Berlin and gave the people a speech, which he said that Gorbachev should tear the wall down -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the time when the Soviet Union had put a border across Europe to make them part of the Soviet Union. They tried to expand but soon the borders came down freeing those who weren't part of the Soviet Union -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin
