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OPEC
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It is an oil agreement whose mission is to coordinate the policies of the oil-producing countries. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three Churchill (Great Britain), President Roosevet (USA), & Stalin (Soviet) at the end of World War II agreed that Stalin would join the fight against Japan to end World War II along as the United States & Great Britain allowed the Soviet Union to control Eastern Europe after the War. -
United Nations
The United Nations is the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization. It helped organized the country. -
The End of World War II
The Cold War began after the end of World War II because of dissagreements over postwar Europe -
V-E Day
victory in Europe is announced on May 8 as Germany surrenders to the Allied Forces. Canadians contribute to the victory by liberating Holland, allowing the Allies to continue towards Berlin. -
Iron Curtain
Symbolized the bounderies dividing europe into two separate areas from the end of ww2 in 1945 until end of cold war. -
Truman Plan
The truman plan was a world wide policy by U.S presendent Harry Truman in a speech.Which said that the U.S would support Greece and Turkey to stop them from falling in Soviet sphere. -
Marshall Plan
was the American program to Europe, which the United States gave support to remake European economies after end of World War II in order to prevent the Soviet Communism. -
Apartheid
In South Africa a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race enforced through legislation by the National Party. -
Berlin Blockade
One of the Frist major world wide crises in the cold war. During the ww2 Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal to the under Allied of berlin -
Berlin Airlift
At the end of WWII, a defeated Germany was divided among the victors, the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. The Soviet Union took control of the Eastern half of Germany, the Western half was divided amongst the US, Great Britain, and France. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. It was a great shock to the United States because they were not expecting the Soviet Union to possess nuclear weapon -
H-Bomb Development
Truman shocked the world when he announced that the Soviet Union had conducted a successful test of an atomic weapon the month before. Although many scientists and some in the US intelligence community had predicted the Soviets would acquire this advanced technology shortly after the Americans, the general surprise nonetheless sparked a sense of panic in the United States -
Korean War:
War between south korea nad north korean agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Lodge Act
a U.S. law passed which allowed foreign nationals into a military force fighting under the command of the U.S. armed forces. -
Arms Race
this was the nuclear power competition between the Unites States and the Soviet Union. The USA exploaded the H-Bomb in 1952 and the Russians followed up in 1953. -
Nuclear Arms Race
March 17-June 4 Nuclear Arms Race atomic test series of 11 explosions at Nevada Test Site -
Warsaw Pact
he Soviet Union's response to NATO. The Soveit Union and seven satellites in Eastern Europe. It created blocks in Europe along with NATO. They dominated the countries in the Eatern part of Europe. -
Vietnam War
Cold War-era conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955. was fout by north and south vietnam supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries. -
Pearson Defuses the Suez Crisis
Egypt took out the Suez Canal from France and Britain, who used the canal as a trade route. -
Bomber Gap
the Cold War-era United States that the Soviet Union had gained an advantage in getting jet-powered strategic bombers. -
Great leap forward
was an economic and social campaign of the Communist Party of China. -
U-2 incident
during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs
was a invasion of Cuba taken by the paramilitary group. counter-revolutionary military trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency -
JFK Assassination
John F. Kennedy was not only a capital crime, but one which burgled Americans of their presidential vote — for on 22 November 1963 the government of the United States was changed, with no open polls, nor any votes cast. -
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Gulf of Tonkin incident: North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin were alleged to have attacked without provocation. -
Six-Day War
was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt Jordan, and Syria. -
Tet Offensive
was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. -
US Man on the Moon
US Man on the Moon . The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission -
Nixon Visits China
Nixon's visit to China was an important step in normalizing the relationship between the United States and China. It was the first time the U.S. president had visited China. "Unexpected or uncharacteristic action by a politician. -
Watergate
that occurred in the United States in the 1970s. break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
1972 Olympics Palestinian terrorist
was a attack during the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, who were taken hostage and eventually killed . -
Operation Babylift
was the name given to the big evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other countries at the end of the Vietnam War -
The Fall of Saigon
was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975. was the end of vietnam war -
Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Accords was the final act of the conference on security and cooperation in Europe. -
Camp David Accords
were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem. The two agreements were signed at the White House, and were seen by United States President Jimmy Carter. -
Civil War in Nicaragua
The Civil War in Nicaragua showed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960's and 1970's. Violent dictatorship in 1979, resulted in reforming the societ and economy of Nicaragua. -
Ayatollah Khomeini
was an Iranian religious leader and politician, he was the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader. -
Iran hostage situation
was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days (November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981), after a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran. -
Perestroika & Glasnost
a political movement formation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. a policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Troops with rifles and tanks threaten thousands of civilians trying to block the military Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks.
