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The Yalta Conference
The leaders of state of the US, UK, and USSR convened during World War II to talk on the reconstruction of Germany and Europe after the war. -
The Potsdan Conference
Germany and the whole European theater of war were militarily occupied and rebuilt as a result of the Potsdam Agreements. Demilitarization, reparations, and the prosecution of war criminals in Germany were also mentioned. -
The Second Red Scare
The political persecution and repression of left-wing people was known as the Second Red Scare. A campaign that fostered fear of Soviet spying and purported communist and Soviet influence on American institutions. -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy, known as the Truman Doctrine, promises "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." During the Cold War, the main objective of the doctrine's inception was to impede the expansion of the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the Western Allies. They did this by blocking railway, roads, and canal access points. -
The Creation of NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and many other Western European nations to protect each other from the Soviet Union. -
Korean War
North Korea was communist region. While the South wasn't again they want to make it one big communist country so North Korea and South Korea sparked a war. -
Space Race
President Kennedy's proclamation gave Americans a clear objective for the Space Race: to put a man on the moon before the Soviet Union. The race to the Moon. -
Vietnam War
Communist China had control over North Vietnam. North Vietnam wanted to take over South Vietnam to make it one big communist country. American sent troops to help them. -
The Suez Crisis
The 1956 Suez Crisis, in which the Egyptian government took over management of the Suez Canal from a business owned by the British and French, had a significant impact on U.S. relations with friends in Europe as well as the Middle East. -
The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw Pact forces, led by the Soviet Union, invaded Czechoslovakia in order to repress reformist movements in Prague. The Soviet Union's intervention effectively slowed down Czechoslovakia's reform process, but it also had unexpected effects for the bloc's unity. -
The Soviet-Afghan War
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. The intention was to support the recently installed communist government and stopping the Mujahideen uprising against it. -
The Chernobyl Disaster
At the nuclear power facility at Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 1986, a low-power test went wrong with the number 4 nuclear reactor. This resulted in an explosion and fire that destroyed the reactor building and released a significant amount of radiation into the atmosphere. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall was Germany's first step to reunification. It meant the fall of communism in central eastern Europe. -
Fall of Soviet Union
Gorbachev's decision to permit multi-party elections and establish a presidential system for the Soviet Union marked the beginning of a gradual democratization process that ultimately undermined Communist rule and played a role in the fall of the Soviet Union.