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League of Nations
Organisation set up after world war 1 to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Treaty of Versailles
This was the treaty ending World War 1. The treaty forced Germany to take full blame for the war, pay for reparations, and were not aloowed to have an army of more than 140,000 men. Germany became very upset with this. -
Yalta Conference
America, Britain, and Soviet Union made important decisions reguarding the future progress of the war and post war world. -
General Assembly
The highest governing body in a religious denomination. The main deliberative body of the United Nations composed of delegations from member nation. -
Nuremberg Trials
Trials for the Nazi leaders, conducted after World War II, a court set up by the victorious allies tried 22 former officials. -
Iron Curtain Speech
A barrier toward the exchange of information and ideas created by political, ideological, and military hostility of one country o another, the barrier was mostly between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries. -
Truman Doctrine
Aided other nations politically, military, and economically. Offered to nations threatened by communism only. -
Marshall Plan
Provided foreign countries with 12 billion dollars to help rebuild their countries and aid them economically. This was offered to all countries, Soviet Union refused the offer. We were able to offer this by requesting that they buy their materials from the United States. -
Berlin Airlift
In attempt to make the United States, Britain, and France leave Germany the Soviet Union closed all ways of transportation and electricity in West Germany. The United States responded by flying supplies to West Berlin to distribute throughout Germany. -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The end of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power since it's founding in 1921 plus the second part of the Chinese Civil War. -
Joseph McCarthy Speech
Joseph claimed that he had a list of names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are "known communists". -
Korean War
Fisrt invasion of the cold war. We entered to aid South Korea to stop the spread of communism. -
Warsaw pact
Alliance between Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Geramany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. Signed less than two weeks after NATO was signed. -
Sputnik launched
Each of the series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which was the first satellite to be placed in orbit. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
After Fidel Castro took over Cuba, Cubans fled to Florida. Trained by the U.S., they planned to invade Cuba and regain control of their country. This plan failed miserably. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is an example of how much the Societ Union and the United States did not get along. It was built by East Germany to seperate east and weast Germany and to prevent east Germans from crossing over to west Germany. -
Berlin Wall Fact
West Berlinners were banned from entering East Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the Soviet Union and the U.S. -
U. S. sends troops to vietnam
The United States sent troops to South Vietnam to help prevent communist take over in Vietnam. -
Apollo 11
"space vehicle" that carried 3 American astronauts to the moon and back. -
SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
A preliminary agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for the control of certain nuclear weapons. -
Pope John Paul 2
Pope credited with the fall of communism in Poland. -
Deng Xiaoping
Chineese Communist leader that said "Better to be poor under socialism than rich under capitalism" -
SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
A preliminary agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for the control of certain nuclear weapons. -
Margaret Thatcher
British Primes Minister that cultivated a close political and personal relationship with Ronald Reagan based on mistrust of communism. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
Attempt by Moscow to subdue the Afghan civil war to maintain a friendly and socialist government on it's border -
Lech Walesa
Played a key role in freeing Eastern Europe from the clutches of Soviet communism and the breakup of the USSR. -
MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction)
If we go into a nuclear war, both sides will have nuclear weapons and both sides will be destroyed. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Gorbatshov became the leader of the Soviet Union anhd said East German citizens were free to cross over to West Germany. -
START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
A bilateral treaty between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. on the reduction and limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. -
Nuclear Detterent
To stop nuclear war. -
START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)
A bilateral treaty between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. on the reduction and limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.
