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Potsdam conference
Was an event to negotiate terms for the end of WWll -
Atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was a brilliant weapon with tremendous explosive force. -
Long Telegram
For the length of the cold war, the long telegraph served as the foundation for the United States' containment strategy toward the Soviet Union. -
Iron Curtain Speech
to serve as defenders of peace and stability against the threat of Soviet communism -
Truman Doctrine
to combat communism globally by officially prohibiting the Soviet Union from extending its sphere of influence -
Marshall Plan
an effort to indebt all of Europe to the United States and allow the Americans to govern it -
Molotov Plan
Access to the Allied-controlled territory was obstructed by Soviet forces through rail, road, and sea. -
Hollywood 10
10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee -
Berlin Blockade
Access to the Allied-controlled territory was obstructed by Soviet forces through rail, road, and sea. -
Berlin Airlift
Access to Allied-controlled sectors of Berlin was obstructed by Soviet forces through rail, road, and water. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Blockade was one of the Cold War's first significant international crises. -
NATO
airlift to overcome the Soviet regime's blockade of Berlin -
NATO
to resist the Soviet regime's siege of Berlin -
First Soviet bomb test
At the Semipalatinsk test site in modern-day Kazakhstan, the Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test, codenamed 'RDS-1.' -
First Soviet Bomb test
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk test site in modern day Kazakhstan -
Chinese Communist Revolution
This resulted in the proclamation of the peoples republic of china -
Chinese communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution, also known as the War of Liberation in mainland China, was the battle that ended in the formation of the People's Republic of China, headed by the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Zedong. -
Rosenberg trial
Two dramatic trials in New York convinced most Americans that Cold War concerns about Soviet espionage and subversion were fully justified -
Korean War
confrontation between North Korea and the Republic of Korea -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War -
Army-McCarthy
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
to reinforce communist dominance in Eastern Europe -
Hungarian Revolution
Was the first major nationalist challenge to the soviet unions control of hungary since the red army ended the nazi -
Assassination of JFK
The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald assassinated Kennedy, that Oswald had acted entirely alone, and that Ruby had acted alone in killing Oswald. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. -
Kent State
the anti-Vietnam War movement