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The Russian Revolution
This event which was ended on November 7, 1917, The Russian Revolution was a set of revolutions which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. When the Revolution took place, the United States decided to send help to the anti-communists who were looking to stop the soon to be communism that the Soviet Union withheld. Which led to the beginning of the cold war. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a conference between Europe and Japan, which discussed postwar Europe, and Japan's 'unconditional surrender' which ended August 2, 1945. But agitation was created when Winston Churchill and President Truman wanted to secure political freedom and democratic governments in post-war Europe, while Joseph Stalin wanted to dominate all of Europe and impose communism on it's nations. -
Atomic Bomb - Nagasaki/Hiroshima
An American plane bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb ever created, the plane was known as the B-29. The bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Then three days later, a second B-29 dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, which is a city in Japan, and killed an approximate of 40,000 people. This made Japan surrender from WW2, and these incidents made the Soviet Union very doubtful and caused distress because it showed them how the future of the war was gonna be. -
The Iron Curtain
On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill gave a speech on the Iron Curtain, which was originally a ideological barrier but was soon brought into reality as a barrier between the Soviet Union and Europe. The iron curtain is a symbol of the divided European countries. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was created from a speech by President Truman before a joint session of Congress. President Truman promised to help any country facing a Communist takeover. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was created by the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically assigned to the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood 10
In October 1947, the House of Un-American Activities Committee, which is also known as HUAC, was publicly denounced of it's tactics, in a film produced by 10 Hollywood filmmakers. These screenwriters were also accused of creating communist propaganda. Soon they were soon all prosecuted and arrested, these people were no longer aloud to make movies and were banned from Hollywood film making. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a recovery program by the U.S. to help Western Europe recover from WW2. America spent an estimate of $12 billion helping to rebuild the Western European Economy. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous again. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade occurred on May 12, 1949, it was created to limit Great Britain, France, and the United States ability to travel to the Soviet Unions sectors of Berlin. Airplanes dropped supplies and relief to the west Berlin people behind the blockade. The Soviets were further angered at the U.S. for their continuous attempts at trying to suppress their communist mandate. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was organized by the United States and Britain. It was a plan for the western allies to support the people that were forced inside the Berlin Blockade by dropping supplies that they would want or need. The Airlift provided food and fuel to those being deprived and suppressed in West Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as NATO, is a military alliance based of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. It was created in an effect to sedate or stop Soviet or communist expansion. Also to blend and strengthen the Western Allies military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Unions first nuclear test was on August 29, 1949. Set by Joseph Stalin. It was code named RDS-1 and took place in current day Kazakhstan. -
Alger Hiss Case
Whittaker Chambers accussed Alger Hiss as a communist spy in the 30's and 40's. This case started in 1948 and later finished when Alger Hiss was found guilty on January 21, 1950. Chambers, an ex-communist himself testified at the HUAC committee. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a battle when North Korea Invaded South Korea. The U.S and the United Nations aided South Korea in an attempt to stop communism and the Soviet Union aided the North to promote the spread of it. -
Rosenburg Trial
The Rosenburge Trial was about a husband and wife, Julius and Ethel accused of being soviet spies.It was believed that the two were leaking information about the U.S. nuclear advances. Meaning they were spying on the United States for the Soviet Union, which meant they were communists. They were found guilty and soon executed. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu is a city in northern Vietnam where a battle took place between the French Union's far east corps and Viet Minh Communist-Nationalist revolutionaries. This battle was one that basically ended French influence in Vietnam. It caused United States influence to be much more prominent. The battle resulted in a French defeat ad negotiations over the future of Indochina. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army-McCarthy hearings were a set of hearings to investigate senator Joseph McCarthy exposing's of communists in America. At this time many people were being falsely accused of being communists, especially after the Alger Hiss, and Rosenburg Trial. -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference took place in Switzerland. States revised the existing humanitarian law treaties and adopted a new one, to protect civilians during times of war. Countries that attended include the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China. -
Warsaw Pact
This was the treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union. It was created in motivation by Soviet powers to maintain control over military forces and NATO. Soviets used the pact to manipulate and take advantage. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution lasted until November 10, 1956. The Hungarians revolted against the soviet's imposed policies, it was a nationwide revolt. -
U2 Incident
The U-2 incident was when the Soviets shot down an American spy plane. It occurred during Eisenhower presidency and Eisenhower grew increasingly nervous because the Soviet made massive technological advancement. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was JFK's failed attempt to overthrow the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro. The plan to invade was thwarted by Castro's own army who stopped the troops sent by JFK. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a wall between East and West Berlin
after it was divided into different sectors. The wall was built by the Soviet Union and served as an iron curtain. But that did not stop the U.S. from oppressing their communist rules. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union planted missiles in Cuba that if launched would land in the United States. President Kennedy ordered their removal or else he would invade Cuba. The weapons were dismantled. -
Assassination of Diem
The assassination of Diem was a turning point in the war in Vietnam, the CIA backed operation was an American success. The U.S was advising the South Vietnam government and had more than 16,000 troops in South Vietnam. -
Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 2016 at 12:30 p.m traveling with his wife in downtown Dallas. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald who was killed before he was put onto trial. Kennedy was the fourth president assassinated. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Johnson reported in 1964 that U.S ships in the Gulf of Tonkin were been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson wanted congress to pass a resolution to send planes to fight back at the attackers. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the name of a campaign for non-stop aerial bombings against North Vietnam. There were four main goals of the plan; to boost morale of the Saigon regime, persuade North Vietnam to cease support for communist need in the South, destroy North Vietnam transportation, and halt supplies and people into South Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War involving the United States, the South Vietnamese, and the Army Republic of Vietnam, and their allies against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks against military and civilians throughout South Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
Martian Luther King Jr., an African American civil rights activist who brought peaceful protests and change to America as we know it today. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 by James Earl Ray, a racist in Memphis TN. Millions were saddened by the unfortunate death of the peaceful protester who brought power to the people and change to the world. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on June 6, 1968, after becoming the leading candidate for the democratic presidential nominee. He was a politician in the U.Sand also was a junior senator in New York and a U.S attorney general alongside his brother JFK. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc. -
Riots of Democratic convention
At The Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battled police, then the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential race of 1968 resulted in the election of Richard Nixon. He won between him and the democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey after the rough and violent year of multiple assassinations and riots including Robert F. Kennedy who was the leading candidate of the Democratic party until his death. -
Kent State
The Kent State shooting was at Kent State at the college in Kent, Ohio where unarmed college students were fired at by the Ohio National Guard in 1970. Twenty-eight soldiers admitted to the crime, resulting in four deaths and wounding nine others. -
Nixon visits China
Nixon visited China to meet with Mao Zedong in Beijing. It was a important strategy that marked the vital role in the Cold War because it helped with making the relationship between the United States and China better. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Nixon announced a ceasefire in Vietnam to bring an end to the longest war in America. All warring parties in the Vietnam War signed a ceasefire as a prelude to the Paris Peace Accord. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon (the capital of South Vietnam) by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. This was the formal ending to the Vietnam war. -
Reagan elected
The election of 1980 was between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat Jimmy Carter. He received the highest number of electoral votes won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate. -
SDI announced
The Strategic Defense Initiative "SDI" was a system to protect the United States from nuclear weapons. It was set up in 1984 using strategic defenses rather than offensive and nicknamed "Star Wars." They said that satellites in space would shoot lasers at missiles and would protect the United States from nuclear attacks. However it was a hoax and was never set up, but helped show the Soviet's hand and eventually lead to the fall of the Soviet Union. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
The 'Tear down this wall' Speech was made by Ronald Reagan in West Berlin in 1987. He demanded that the leader of the Soviet Union at the time, Mikhail Gorbachev was to tear down the barrier between East and West Berlin that had been divided since 1961. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Conference, aka the Geneva Accords, was a agreement of the situation in Afghanistan when Russia invaded it. The United States and Soviet Union served as guarantors when Afghanistan and Pakistan signed the agreement. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
In 1989, The Berlin Wall came to an end as Reagan's speech worked and and that the Soviet Union would no longer enforce the wall between East and West Berlin. Citizens were then free to cross the countries borders at their own will.
