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Yalta Conference
WW2 meeting of the "big three" -
Potsdam Conference
The last "big three" meeting of world war 2 -
Truman Doctrine
US would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all to all democratic nations under threat from internal/external authoritarian forces -
Iron Curtain
Boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas -
Marshall Plan
The US gives $13 billion is economic aid to western Europe -
Berlin Blockade
Start of Berlin Blockade, attempt by Russia to prevent other countries from traveling their territory of Germany -
Berlin Airlift
US was forced to airlift supplies to Berlin due to the blockade made by the Soviets -
Formation of NATO
This was the formation of the Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization -
Arms Race
Competition for nuclear supremacy during the cold war between the US, Russia, and their allies -
Korean War
Start of Korean war, between America, North and South Korea -
Joseph Stalin dies
Beloved dictator of Russia dies from stroke -
Nikita Khrushchev comes to power
Khrushchev was one of five men selected as the new secretariat of the communist party -
Nuclear-Test ban treaty
Treaty banning nuclear weapon testing in the atmosphere, outer space, and under water -
Domino Theory
The theory that an event in one country will spark another in a neighboring country -
Warsaw Pact
Defense treaty among the Soviet Union -
Vietnam War
The start of the Vietnam War, war between America and Vietnam -
Suez Crisis
Invasion of Egypt -
Space Race
Competition between cold war rivals for spaceflight supremacy -
Fidel Castro comes to power
This caused the rise of communism in Cuba -
U-2 Incident
U-2 US spy plane shot done while in Soviet territory -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Botched invasion of 1400 exiled Cubans on the south coast of Cuba -
Creation of Berlin Wall
Creation of Berlin wall to separate eastern and western Germany was in us until 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the US and Soviets concerning missile deployment in Italy and Turkey -
JFK Assassination
Assassination of the president John F Kennedy -
Detente
Period of time when relationship between the Soviet Union and US were improved -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
War that lasted nine years. Group called the Mujahideen fought the Soviets -
INF Treaty
Treaty signed to eliminate all intermediate and short ranged missiles between the USSR and the USA -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes to Power
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected president of the Soviet Union -
German re-unification
A process in which both separate republics rejoined to create a unified Germany -
USSR Breakup
This was the dissolution of the original USSR
