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Yalta Conference
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Second wartime meeting including Winston Chrurchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The conference was to talk about Germany surrendering and plans after the war was over. Germany was to split up into four different sections. The four sections would be occupied by the United States, British, Soviet, and French forces. -
Berlin Declaration
us.wow.com/wiki/Berlin_Declaration_(1945) The Berlin Declaration was about what would happen to Germany and what the Allies planned to do with Germany. This declaration confirmed what was said essentially in the Yalta Conference. Gemany would remain howver it would be split into four, part of each owned by part of the allies. -
Potsdam Conference
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Last World War II meeting that included Harry S. Truman, Winston Chruchill, and Joesph Stalin. They talked about Germans conditions with reperations and Japan's surrender. -
Iron Curtain Speech
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The Iron Curtain Speech is considered the most important and influnecial speech that was given in the Cold War. It was presented by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Iron Curtain Speech was disagreeing with the actions the Soviet Union had taken. The so-called iron curtain that the Soviet Union had establish represented the disconnect that had occur with the rest of Europe. -
First Indochina War
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The First Indochina War France wanted control over East Asia. The first Indochina War included France and Vietnam. At the time Vietnam was a communist country that also strongly supported nationalism. France eventually grew weak in battles and gave up thier colonies under the Genevia Accords. Later Americans would get involved with Vietnam and it will have negative results. -
Containment Policy
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The containment policy was the first important policy that Truman created during the Cold War. It was created to stop the spread of communism not only in the United States but everywhere else in the country. At the time more than five countires had a communist ruler. -
Berlin Blockade
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The Berlin Blockade was an attempt to block off Britain, France, and the United States, from visitng parts of East Germany. The Berlin Blockade was the first event in the Cold War that had created problems with the United States. As a result the United States made an attempt everyday for a eyar to deliver supplies despite the blockade. -
Marshall Plan
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The Marshall Plan was a created to help rebuild Europe after World War II. It raised a total of $12 billion dollars to rebuild western Europe. It also helped US economy by establishing markets for United States products. It became one of the United States most remembered Foreign Policy. -
Berlin Airlift
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Since the Berlin Blocksde had occured the United States felt the need to step in. The blockade not only prevented people from coming in it prevented poeple from getting out as well. The United States dropped of supplies fo Germany everyday for nearly a year. In a way it proved the Blockade did not work how the Soviets wanted it to work. -
NATO
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NATO was the first peaceful military allience that was created. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was created by United States, Canada, and some Western European countries to defend themselves against the Soviet Union. The main point of NATO was defense if one country attacked a country in NATO the rest of the countries in NATO were to get involved to help defend. -
Soviet Union tests A-Bomb
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The Soviet Union successfully sets off an atomic bomb under hte code name "First Lightning". The Soviets created a scenario for the atomic bomb, they set up building and bridges; basically a fake neighborhood. Truman found out the bobmb had been set off based of the radioactive material left behind. He let the United States know this and began working on a defensive weapon against the Soviet Union. -
People’s Republic of China founded
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Mao Zedong officially acknowledges the existstance of the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong was a communist leader. The fact that China had become officially a communist country greatly affected the United States. Since China was such a large, important nation in the world. -
Korean War- American Involvement
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Even though the World War II was over the tension between the Soviet Union and Americac grew stronger. America feared that the Soviet Union would spread the idea of communism. Even though America set up several policy and plans against communism they still feared it. North Korean grew communist opposite of South Korea. The North Korea conflict occured during Truman's presidency, -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was a married couple who were accused of commiting espionage. They were sent to the electric chair. The espionage was about the Soviet Union's atomic bomb. The decsion America made by sentencing them to death was an extremely harsh punishment, There was no proof against them and stated they were innoncent until their death. -
Eisenhower's Presidency
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Prior to being in president Eisenhower had led an invasion against Nazi's in World War II. During Eisenhower's presidency he dealt with the Cold War and the threat of nuclear weapons. He also created the Interstate Highway System we currently have. He was a very popular president was was nicknamed "Ike". -
Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Khrushchev also was the leader after Stalin. Even though we set up peacful policy towards the west he set up the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also approved the construction of the Berlin Wall. -
Iranian Coup D'etat
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Warsaw Pact
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The Warsaw pact was a defensive pact and had the Soviet Union in command of memeber states. It was named the Warsaw Pact because it was signed in Warsaw.This was Soviet's response to the NATO documents. IT resolved around Western Germany.
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Suez Crisis
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Israeli pushed forces towards the Suez canal. The Israeli's joined hte British and French forces. The United States was not involved in this. However all three countries withdrew their troops from the Suez Canal after giving up their campaign. -
Hungarian Revolution
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Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe were ruled by communist Russia.Russia placed thousands of troops and tanks in Hungary to prove their power. With Stalin's death there was a thought that Hunagry would be free from communist power. However that was not case, sveral thousands of people were killed in Hungary because of Communist Russia. But President Eisenhower did not do anything to prevent this. -
Sputnik
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The Soviet Union launches the first satellite in space. This age after the launching was called the "Space Age". The Sputnik succesfully sent radio signals from space back to Earth. Eventually the satellite was burned up in Earth's atmosphere. The US launched their own satellite a few months later. -
Cuban Revolution
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The Cuban Revolution was a result from Cuba's past leaders. Fidel Castro took over Cuba Janurary 1st 1959. Cuba then became a somewaht prosperous country. The revolution had sparked similar thoughts that occured with the United States and the Soviet Union. -
U2 Incident
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The Soviet Union shot down an American U2 plane. An American U2 plane is a spy plane. It was shot down adn they captured the pilot. Eisenhower was forced to admit that the United States had been spying on the Soviets. This incident raised even more tension between the two countries. -
Kennedy Presidency
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President Kennedy was the youngest president both elected and to pass away. He was president during the set of the Berlin Wall. He was also president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He is best known for how he handle the Cuban Missile Crisis. He handled in what seemd a calm way without negoating nuclear bombs everywhere would have been set up leading to the destruction of the Earth. -
Bay of Pigs
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Fidel Castro led his army to Havana to overthrow General Batista. The United States and the CIA had fought to secretly push Castro out of power. America set up troops to invade Cuba in oreder to get Castro out of power. However, the invasion did not go as planned and the United States were outnumbered. The United States eventually surrendered because of the circumstances. -
Berlin Wall
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The communist German government slowly began to build a wall seperating themselves from the rest of the world. It started off with barbed wire. The purpose of the wall was to keep out the western "facists". It was eventually made out of concrete. Several people tried to escape Eastern Germany. They tried to dig under the wall, climb it, etc. The Berlin Wall is still a major symbol that shows the hardships of the Cold War. -
Checkpoint Charlie
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After the wall was built and set up Checkpoin Charlie was made. This was a way to cross the border without getting killed. It was typically only used for military purposes. -
JFK Assassination
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President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot in amoving vehicle. He was announced dead within 30 minutes of the incident. He died at the age of 46. The man who shot him was arrested at a movie theater within the same day. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution expanded the Vietnam War. Plans to attack the North but the president feared the public would not support it. The United States was in control of nearly half of Vietnam. However there was disagreement. Some though that he President should have pursued the war in a more agressive manner. -
Vietnam War- American Involvement
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South Vietnam had signed a treaty with the United States concering economic and military aid. US military aid increased in South Vietnam. The United States had started air raids on the Northern side of Vietnam. The Untied States and Southern Vietnam were unable to take down Northern Vietnam. -
SALT I
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The United States had found out that the Soviet Union had plans regarding missiles. SALT was created to get both the United States and Soviet Untion agree to limit the use of nuclear weapons. It is considered to be Nixon's biggest achievement while he was in office. SALT stands for strategic and limitations talks. -
Prague Spring
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Dubcek created reforms that strongly opposed Soviet Union ideals. The Soviet Union reacted to reforms that were created. They sent more than half a million Warsaw troops into Czechoslovakia. Prague became a scene that demonstrated fr Democratic reforms. -
Tet Offensive
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North Vietnam forces launched the tet offensive. Which was a series of attacks agaisnt hundreds of cities in South Vietnam. The United States and South Vietnam did thier best to fight off communism but it was still covered on the news. North Vietnam won this battle and was the beginning of America retreating from Vietnam. -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty consisted of 190 countires. The point of this treaty was that these countries agrred to use nuclear energy in a peaceful manner. It allowed countries to keep their nuclear power if they did not have any they would not recieve any. If any country needed nuclear energy for something peaceful they were allowed to recieve it . -
Nixon Presidency
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NIxon achieved a lot during his presidency. He ended America's war in Vietnam. He also relieved tension between the Soviet Union and China. He was vice president under Eisenhower's administration. However despite his accomplishments he reigned from office after the "Watergate" scandal. -
Apollo 11
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. The Apollo 11 mission occurred eight years after Kennedy's presidency. During Kennedy's presidency he adressed the fact that the United States would attempt a moon landing by the end of the 1960s. -
Nixon visits China
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President Nixon's visit to China was the first step to smooth out he events that had occured before. This visit would re-establish the two's diplomatic realtion. Prior to this visit they had been enemies. The United States also thought they could team up with China to take down North Vietnam and the Soviet Union. It did however welcome the possibility of US and China trading. -
SALT II
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The same message of SALT I is in SALT II. It limited the use of offensive weapons it also had to deal woth nuclear activity for other countries. SALT II was signed by President Carter and General Seceretay Brezhnev in Vienna. -
Paris Peace Accords
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Paris Peace Accords was an agreement to end and restore peace in Vietnam. It was a treaty between South Vietnam, North Vietnam, ANd The United States and was signed in Paris. It inclueded cease fire throughout Vietnam. Both sides were to withdrawl their troops. There was also no force in reuniting the two countries. -
Yom Kippur War
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Eygptian and Syrian forces fought to get back territory they had lost to Israeli forces years before. Eygpt had lost 25,000 square mile. This was the fourth Arab-Israeli War to occur. But twenty one days later a cease-fire was established by the United Nations. -
Fall of Saigon
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The Fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War. Saigon is the capital of South Vietnam that was taken over by North Vietnam. North Vietnam took down the presidential gates from South Vietnam to force a surrender. They were given a surrender and North Vietnam had taken complete control of South Vietnam. North and South Vietnam were reunited and Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. -
Reagan Presidency
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President Reagan was originally an actor and politician. An assassinated attempted to kill him within his 69 days in office. However he was able to make a recovery an serve his term. He sought to achieve "peace through strength". He sought to improve realtions between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Nearly a million Chinese citizens and students went to the center of Beijing. They went to protest for a greater democracy and protest against communism. It went on for three weeks before Chinese police came. When the police showed up they began to shoot the protestors randomly. The United States Congress thought this was a act against basic human rights. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
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As the Cold War came to a visible end protestors started to say to take down the Berlin Wall. More than two million from East Berlin visited West Berlin the weekend the wall was taken down. Some people picked away at the wall with hammers before bulldozers and cranes came to destroy it. A year later East and West Germany were officially reunited. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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The Dissolution of the Soviet Union is also known as the Fall of the Soviet Union. It had fallen due to the radical reforms President Gorbachev had placed in the Soviet Union. Gorbachev was upset over the fall of the Soviet Union and resigned on the twenty fifth of Decemeber. It was a somewhat anti-climatic end to a long bloody Cold War.
