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Yalta Conference
Where: Yalta, Ukraine
Who: USSR, Britain, USA
What Happened: The soviets promised free election and Germany was divided in to 4 countries
how it effect liberalism: there was more liberalism because they were promised free elections -
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Potsdam Conference
Where: Potsdam, Germany
Who: USA, USSR, Britain
What happened: They gathered and discuss and decided how to administer and demilitarize Germany
How did it effect liberalism: It took away liberalism from Germany because the have to be taken control by the big three -
Hiroshima Bombing
Where: Hiroshima, Japan
Who: USA
What happened: Japan bombed the america and Truman wanted to destroy all of japan by attacking vital cities
How did it effect liberalism: multiple innocent citizen died -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Where: Nagasaki, Japan
Who: USA
What happened: Japan bombed the america and Truman wanted to destroy all of japan by attacking vital cities, Nagasaki was hit with a more powerful bomb than Hiroshima
How did it effect liberalism: multiple innocent citizen were injured and died -
Molotov Plan
Where: Soviet Union
Who: Vyacheslav Molotov
What happened: A plan to aid and rebuild countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned with the soviets
How did it effect liberalism: it helped some countries thrive -
Truman Doctrine
Where: Greece, Turkey
Who: Harry S. Truman
What happened:
How did it effect liberalism: -
Brussels Treaty
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Who: Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
What happened: a defense alliance created to protect these countries during the cold war, which led to the creation of NATO
How did it effect liberalism: No changes -
Marshall Plan
Where: USA, West Europe
Who: Harry Truman
What happened: it provided aid to western europe following world war 2
How did it effect liberalism: you got more change because countries were financed and it gave people the opportunity to fix their countries -
Berlin Blockade
Where: West Berlin, Germany
Who: Soviet Union
What happened: an attempt by the Soviets to limit the ability of the US, Britain, and France to travel to sectors of berlin
How did it effect liberalism: no change -
NATO
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Who: USA, France, UK, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg
What happened: Its a military alliance between the US and other countries to prevent destruction against countries following the tragedy of world war 2
How did it effect liberalism: more freedom because its protecting countries from catastrophes -
Soviet Creation of Nuclear Weapons
Where: Atomgrad, Semipalatinsk, Chagan Lake
Who: Soviet Union
What happened: USA and Britain drew up plans for a possible war against the USSR and proposed the bombing of major soviet cities
How did it effect liberalism: no change -
Korean War
Where: Korea
Who: South Korea, North Korea
What happened: North Korea tried to invade South Korea
How did it effect liberalism: the country was split apart -
Warsaw Pact
Where: Warsaw, Poland
Who: Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia
What happened: The Warsaw Pact was created to rival NATO
How did it effect liberalism: more changes because the countries in it were under control of the soviets -
Vietnam War
Where: Vietnam
Who: USA, North Vietnam, South Vietnam
What happened: Communism arises in Vietnam
How did it effect liberalism: more communism less freedom -
Hungarian Revolution
Where:Hungary
Who: Nikita Krushchev, Imra Nagy
What Happened: Hungarian citizens were demanding a more political system and freedom from Soviet oppression
How it effected liberalism: hungarians were bieng oppressed -
NORAD
Where: Colorado, USA
Who: USA, Canada
What happened: its a bi-national military command responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning
How did it effect liberalism: no change -
Fidel Castro taking over
Where: Cuba
Who: Fidel Castro
What happened: Batista was overthrown and fidel castro assumed the position as prime minister
How did it effect liberalism: less liberalism because they became communist -
Stalin's Death
Where: Soviet Union
Who: Joseph Stalin
What Happened: He died from a stroke and pissed himself
How it effected liberalism: More liberalism -
Creation of the Berlin Wall
Where: Berlin, Germany
Who: East German soldiers
What happened: It was a wall created to prevent east german citizens from entering west germany
How did it effect liberalism: citizens were restricted from accessing west germany so less freedom -
Bay of Pigs
Where: Cuba
Who: Caban exiles
What happened: a failed invasion on the southern coast of Cuba by cuban exiles that opposed Fidel Castro's revolution
How did it effect liberalism: -
Afghanistan/Soviet War
Where: Afghanistan
Who: Soviet Union and Afghanistan
What Happened: The afghan rebels planned an attack against the Soveits which led them to retaliate
How it affects liberalism: destruction afghanistan -
Solidarity in Poland
Where: Poland
Who: Polish Citizens
What Happened: A social movement to aid workers rights and social change
How it effected liberalism: more liberalism -
Berlin Wall Falling
Where: Germany
Who: east Germany
What Happened: The wall was taken down to allow people, through the border, this was the end of the cold war
How it effected liberalism: more liberalism -
Czechoslovakia Revolution
Where: Czechoslovakia
Who: Vaclav Havel, Alexander Dubcek
What Happened: Warsaw pact troops invaded and rolled up with tanks through Prague
How it effected liberalism: Less liberalism -
Nuclear Arms Treaties
Where: Moscow, Russia
Who: Russia, USA, UK
What Happened: A treaty that prohibited nuclear weapons
How it effected liberalism: More liberalism