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Mao Zedong
as a Chinese communist revolutionary, and political theorist. The founding father of the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949, he governed the country as Chairman of the Communist Party of China until his death. In this position he converted China into a single-party socialist state. -
Joseph Stalin
1926 he became the new Soviet dictator. In 1927 he began a massive effort to industrialize his country. Stalin was known for his most devastating policy; the collectivization of farms within the Soviet Union during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Some estimate that over 30 million Soviet citizens died from starvation as a direct consequence of Stalin's policies. -
HArry S. Truman
was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the U.S. successfully concluded World War II; in the aftermath of the conflict, tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War. -
United Nations.
The United Nations formation was a turning point in history as it replaced the League of Nations as the largest international group in the world to work to stop wars between countries and provide a platform for national dialogue. In 1942 the United Nations was formed to fight the axis powers. In 1945 the first UN meeting was held with 50 representatives from many countries and the UN Charter was drawn. -
Containment
It is significant because it tried to stop the spread of communism. The policy was established as a response to a series of moves by the soviet union to enforce communism around the world. Containment was necessary to protect freedom from communism from 1944 to 1989 when the cold war ended. -
Triman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine helped stabilize the European economy after World War II, preventing another Great Depression. President Truman set up the Truman Doctrine to help stabilize Europe economically and politically. The Doctrine went into action March 12, 1947, and saved Turkey and Greece’s governments. -
Joseph McCarthy
He was an american politician who, starting in 1950, became the most visible public face in the cold war. He made claims that there were large numbers of communists in the U.S. federal government. After all of the accusation of communism, his trials that were publically released against the army , he lost all of his support because people realized his faults and lies. It happened between 1950 to 1954, and it caused alot of politicians and celebritys to lose their jobs and reputations. -
Marshall Plan
Also known as Recovery Program. Proposed in June 1947 by secretary of State Gerorge C. Marshall. It is important because it gave European nations American aid to rebuild their economies. United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II. This was of course to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. The plan began in April of 1948 and ran for 4 years. The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-deeastated region. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift showed the Axis Powers that the Allies would not abandon its citizens. The Soviet Union blockaded West Berlin to starve the citizens so the Allies flew in supplies for over a year. The blockade lasted from 1948 to 1949, and it ended with the Soviets ending the siege when they realized the Allies wouldn’t stop. -
NATO
- This pact was the pact against the Warsaw pact. The Berlin blockade convinced many Americans that the soviets were bent on conquest.To defend themselves the countries in the NATO pact joined together against the Warsaw pact. By April, 1949, an agreement had been reached to create the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a mutual defense alliance. NATO initially consisted of US, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and the Netherland.
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Korean War
Korean War was significant because we held the border at the 38th parallel and contained Communism where it originally was. North Korea invaded South Korea with about 75000 soldiers and tried to spread Communism, the US got involved trying to contain Communism, so the Soviet Union got involved trying to spread it, the end result was that North and South Korea had a border at the 38th parallel and Communism was contained. The war started June 25th 1950, and lasted until July 1953. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was the answer to the non-NATOs. It was the commiepact. The soviets made the Warsaw pact.The Soviets made this pact soon after the NATO pact was made. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a cold war era conflict between the United States and North Vietnam. The US supported the South Vietnamese governemt, lead by nationalist Ngo Dinh Diem. Diems actions caused tensions to rise between the North and South. Over 180,000 Troops were sent to Vietnam in total. -
Nikita Khrushchev
led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. Served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev was responsible for the partial de-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, for backing the progress of the early Soviet space program, and for several relatively liberal reforms in areas of domestic policy. -
John F. Kennedy
Elected as president in 1960. He provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement. Kennedy proposed the naval block in Cuba after hearing about the missile crisis. He was againt communism. -
Berlin Wall
Krushcev, who wanted U.S to admit Berlin as East Germany. Therefore, he built this wall to seal off the Soviet sector. It is importat because to other world, it stood as a visible symbol of the cold war division between East and West. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
crisis was precipitated by the presence of Soviet missiles on Cuba, due to the closeness of Cuba to the U.S. President Kennedy initiated a naval blockade of Cuba to stop any further missile shipments, and began negotiating for the missiles removal. The Soviets finally agreed to remove the missiles in return for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and removing their missiles from Turkey. This prevented nuclear war, something both sides feared. Because such a war would be disastrous for everyone -
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson first took power after Kennedy was assassinated. Johnson focused on creating his version of the “Great Society.” This included many anti-poverty and pro-Civil Right bills. These bills and programs included: the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Act of 1965, Medicare, Medicaid, Project Head Start (for impoverished schoolchildren), Upward Bound (for impoverished teenagers seeking a college education), the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 . -
Ronald Reagan
Between 1981 and 1989, Ronald Reagan, a republican polititian, served as the 40th president of the United States. During this time, he decreased the inflation rate by 8% and developed a huge defense system. He significantly contributed to the conclusion of the Cold War. He died in 2004. -
Iran contra Scandal
This was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress. -
George BUsh
After serving as a veteran in World War II and a vice president of the United States, George H.W. Bush becomes the president of the US. Many democrats disliked his methods because his campaign portrayed him as too liberal andunpatriotic. Although, his endorsment from Regean reassured the American citizens. He played a very significant role in the Persian Gulf War, and sided drug traffickers and cracked down on opponents. He was a very good defenseman but was proceed by Clinton in 1992. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
In the early winter of 1989, Germany's eastern bloc's autorization system was liberalized. Germany was no longer able to keep the Berlin Wall stadning, so on November 9th, 1989, thousands of Germans on each side of the wall gathered around the wall to witness its demolition. As the demolition began, German civilians celebrated and stormed the wall. The civilians of both east and west Berlin were able to be together -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union. He signed the INF Treaty on December 8, 1987. He tried to transform the Soviet Union by instituting multiple reforms. He allowed Soviet citizens to freely voice their opinions and travel. He tried to resurrect the economy but instead brought it down. He released many political prisoners and advocated the use of technology. -
collapse of soviet union
A lot of self-conflict within the Soviet Union led to its collapse. They faced probelms regarding their economy, society, and military that were to difficut to overcome. When it collapsed, the Soviet Union divided into fifteen different nations, and a vast amount of tension was released. There were economic, social, and militial alliances growing throuhgout the world after the fall of the Soviet union.
