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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution started in 1917, nationalism turned into communism, they started their modern soviet socialist state, bank accounts and personal property were taken away, stores and businesses were surrendered to the state. Arrest without charge and imprisonment without trial began. -
Potsdam Conference
At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman and British prime minister Winston Churchill were on one side determined to secure political freedom, their partner Joseph Stalin had other plans, he wanted to take over most of Europe. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the dividing of Europe into two different areas for the cold war. -
Atomic bomb
The Atomic bomb was used on Japan, the cities that it struck were Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet union was upset about the atomic bomb because they didn't know much about it and the U.S didn't share much information on it with them. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system planned by the Soviets to give aid to countries in Eastern Europe who were aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood Ten
The Hollywood Ten were a group of producers, screenwriters, who were there before the HUAC, they refused to answer any questions referring to communism. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine represented a dramatic change in foreign policy, and to defend against armed minorities, such as communist. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade cut off access to roads, railway, or canal. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was to aid countries in Europe who needed, the U.S gave 12 billion dollars to help aid the countries who were falling apart. Without the Marshall Plan, the U.S was afraid that communism would spread. -
Alger Hiss Case
Ex Communist Chambers accused a former state department employee named Alger Hiss of spying through the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift ended the Berlin Blockade, the planes would drop aid. -
NATO
The NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it was created to go against the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union made and tested their own atomic bomb, which scared the United States. -
Rosenburg Trial
The Rosenburg's were accused of giving nuclear bomb secrets to the Soviet Union, they were found guilty, in punishment, they were sent to the electric chair. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a battle between North and South Korea. -
Army- McCarthy Hearings
Joseph McCarthy was a U.S Senator and demagogue, the system of government later exposed him -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland, it was made to settle the actions in the Korean War. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The first Indochina war between the French Union and the Vietnam communist . -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, among the Soviet Union. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a revolt against Marxist-Leninist government. -
The U2 incident
An American spy plan was shot down by the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
JFK had come up with a strategy of all or nothing to destroy the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons. He changed it to a flexible response. -
Berlin Wall
The Soviets had built a wall along East Germany so that the citizens would not leave. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union was attempting to launch missiles from Cuba, American military forces were preparing for an invasion on Cuba. The situation was resolved when Russia agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba, the U.S agreed on not to invade Cuba, and take away missiles that were aimed at the Soviet Union. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a campaign operated by the U.S. Navy, nonstop bombing for about three years. -
Assassination of Diem
Diem was captured and killed by a group of soldiers after his overthrow in the government. -
Assassination of JFK
The assassination of JFK was taken place in Dallas, Texas at around 12:20 pm, President Kennedy was riding in a motorcade with his wife, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife. He was shot by a former U.S. Marine Lee Harvey Oswald. -
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
On August 7, 1964 the Tonkin Gulf Resolution allowed the president to have any measures to maintain southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (Vietnamese communist) -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Lither King Jr. was a civil rights leader/ spokesperson for the African American community in the South, he was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel at around midnight just after winning the California presidential primary. The man who shot him was a 22-year-old Palestinian, Sirhan. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia was also known as Operation Danube, 137 citizens were killed during the event. -
The Riots of Democratic Convention
The convention was held at the International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois, the purpose of it was to select a new democratic nominee for office. -
Election of Nixon
In 1968 the presidential election Nixon, former vice president won the election over a democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey -
Kent State
A mass protest against the bombing on Cambodia from the United States was taking place, twenty-eight guardsmen shot at the students and killed four, injured nine -
Nixon visits China
U.S President Richard Nixon went to China, he was the first to go to the PRC, he went there to gain more leverage towards the Soviet Union. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The Ceasefire in Vietnam was announced, it was an Agreement on ending the war with Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was when the communist of Vietnam captured the capital of Vietnam, forcing South Vietnam to Surrender and trying to bring an end to the war. -
Reagan Elected
When Ronald Reagan was elected it was the 49th presidential election, it was on November 4, 1980. Ronald Reagan defeated a Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. -
SDI announced
SDI stood for Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as Star Wars, it was a program meant to take out other countries missiles and prevent nuclear attacks. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev met for the first time at a conference held in Switzerland, where the two talked about their diplomatic relations and the future. -
" Tear down this wall " Speech
Held in West Berlin, Reagan gave a speech calling for the leader to take down the wall that divided west and east Berlin since 1961. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
As the cold war started to end around Eastern Europe, The spokesman for East Berlin stated that starting at midnight on November 9th, citizens were allowed to cross the other side.
