Cold war timeline

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    soviet creation of nuclear weapons

    what: soviets making nuclear weapons
    where: russia
    what it did for the cold war: it made it that US didn't attack russia directly
    what it meant for freedom: it made the communist and the capitalist even
  • Yalta Conference

    what:meeting between US and USSR to discuss germany re-organizing
    where: yalta
    what it did for the cold war: it started the power struggle between US and USSR
    what it did for freedom: germany had no freedom
  • Potsdam Conference

    what: a meeting between US and USSR to draw the new borders
    where: potsdam
    what it did for the cold war: everything east of germany was communist, everything west was capitalist
    what did it do for freedom: east lost liberalism, west gained.
  • bombing of nagasaki

    what: us bombed nagasaki
    where: nagasaki
    what it do for the cold war: deterrence
    what it do for freedoms: it made the the communist scared of what capitalst can do
  • hiroshima bombing

    what: the US nuked hiroshima
    where: hiroshima
    what it did for the cold war: It showed the war how strong the US weapons were.
    what it meant for freedom:
  • molotov plan

    what: a meeting to rebuild eastern europe
    where: eastern europe
    what it meant for the cold war: if one communist country gets attacked they all jumpin in

    what it meant for liberalism: they were fighting against it
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    end of cold war

    what : the cold war ended
    where: US soviets
    what did it do to the cold war: it ended it
    what it meant for freedoms the world didn't have to worry about being taking over by communist
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    Brussels treaty

    what: a collive defence alliance

    where: western europe
    what it do for the cold war: encourage US the play a role in the security of western Europe
    what it meant for freedoms: it protected western europe freedoms
  • marshall plan

    what: it gave money to european countries to become capitalist
    where: US
    what it do for the cold war: it made more countries capitalist
    what it meant for freedoms: it gave more countries freedoms
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    berlin blockade

    what: soviets blocked the capitalist from eastern europe
    where: Berlin
    what it did for the cold war: it made most of the eastern european countries communist
    what it meant for freedoms: it took away eastern europe freedoms
  • truman doctrine

    what: it was to counter soviet expansion

    where: us
    what it did for the cold war: paid countries like turkey money to be capitalist and to rebuild.
    what it did for freedom: it made more countries capitalist
  • nato

    what; if one capitalist countries gets attack there all jumping in
    where; north atlantic
    what it did for the cold war; it made it so that communist countries did not attack capitalist ones

    how did it affect freedom; it protected the freedoms of capitalist counties
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    Korean war

    what: a war to make korea either communist or capitalist
    where: korea
    what it did for the cold war: proxy war to make their sphere of influence bigger
    what it did for freedom: koreans lost their lives, soldiers didnt have a choice to fight
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    fidel castro taking over

    what: fidel making cuba communist
    where: cuba
    what it do for the cold war: it gave the communist land in the capitalist sphere of influence

    what it do for freedoms:
  • stalin death

    what; stalin died
    where: russia
    what it do for the cold war: it slowed down the war
    what it meant for freedoms; the people of russia didnt have a dictator any more
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    warsaw pact

    what: was a political and military alliance established for eastern european countries
    where: eastern europe
    what it did for the cold war; it made more countries communist
    what it meant for freedom; It took more countries freedoms away
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    vietnam war

    what: war to make vietnam capitalist or communist

    where: vietnam
    what it did for the cold war: make sphere of influence bigger

    what it did for freedom: it too vietnam freedom
  • hungarian revolution

    what: hungary revolted against the soviets
    where: hungary
    what it do for the cold war: it show the other countries that they also revolt against the soviets
    what it meant for freedoms: hungary got there freedoms back
  • NORAD

    what: aerospace surveillance for incoming missiles.
    where: all over north america in space.
    what it meant for the cold war: it detected missiles and intercept them
    what it meant for liberalism:
  • bay of pigs

    what: us took exiled cubans and made them revolt and they all died
    where : Cuba
    what it do for the cold war: proxy war the capitalist couldn"t take back cuba
    what it meant for freedoms: cuba lost it freedoms
  • creation of the berlin wall

    what: making the berlin wall
    where: Berlin
    what it did for the cold war: cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany including East Berlin
    what it do for freedoms: it took away east germany freedom
  • end of cuban missile crisis

    what: it was a confrontation and the US and soviets the closest the cold war came to a nuclear war
    where:Caribbean Sea
    what it do for the cold war: it raised tension throughout the whole world
  • nuclear arms treaties

    what; agreement that said to slow down the creation of nuclear weapons
    where; russia US UK
    what it do for the cold war; it stop the race of who can make the most destructive weapon
    what it meant for freedoms; you didnt have to worry about a county making a world ending weapon
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    afghanistan/soviet war

    what: war between soviets and Afghanistan
    where: Afghanistan
    what it do for the cold war: it prevented the spread of communism
    what it meant for freedom : the Afghanistan people got to keep there freedoms
  • solidarity in poland

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    what it do for the cold war
    what it meant freedoms
  • czechoslovakia revolution

    what : czechoslovakia revolted against communist
    where :czechoslovakia
    what it do for the cold war:
  • berlin wall falling

    what :concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin
    where: berlin
    what it do for the cold war: it liberated german
    what it meat for freedoms: it made germany free