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Yalta Conference
A meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. this relates to h gaspire theme of Social because leaders of three large powers come together to meet. -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. this represents the gaspire theme of geography because the did no want communism t spread any more land. -
Marshall Plan
an American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of August 2015) in economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II. this represents economy because this plan had an effect on multiple economies. -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. This can be related to geography because this was a division of land. -
Comecon Forms
Comecon was the Eastern Bloc's reply to the formation of the Organization for European Economic both operating in Western Europe. The descriptive term was often applied to all multilateral activities involving members of the organization, rather than being restricted to the direct functions of Comecon and its organs. this would be social because they are coming together for an alliance. -
NATO forms
military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. this is social because they come together for this alliance. -
Oppinion of NATO forming from grandma Beverly
When I asked my grandma about this she said that she was in her late teenage years when this alliance was formed and the people, although they knew about it, were not all the intrigued. But, overall had a good feeling about the alliance and that the countries that formed these alliances were very similar to the US. this gaspire theme would be social because these countries are comin together for an alliance. -
Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to the aid of South Korea. China came to the aid of North Korea, and the Soviet Union gave some assistance. this is political because North Korea was communist and U.S. was democracy. -
Warsaw Pact
a collective defence treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. this was social because it brought different countries together for it. -
Beginning of the Space Race
competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II. This is geography because they were racing to space and the were on the opposite side of the world. -
Fidel Castro takes Cuba
Established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. This is cultural because the communist leader did no match up with the people's culture. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic, starting on 13 August 1961. this is geography and political because this is separating two separate policies. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This is about politics because they were communists and the us wasn't. -
Berlin Wall Falls
Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in 1992. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area that contained anti-vehicle trenches. this is political because they com to an agreement for their govs. -
Cold War ends
Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947, the year the Truman Doctrine was announced, and 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed. this was political because they come to an agreement.
