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Yalta Conference
The WWII meeting held by the allies to discuss Europeans postwar reorganization. This last from the fourth of February to the eleventh of February -
Arms Race
The Arms Race was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War -
The Red Scare
One Red scare for the U.S occurred during the Cold War, when they perceived national or foreign communists infiltrating or subverting U.S. society or the federal government. This lasted for about ten years, from 1947 to 1957 -
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to Aid western Europe, in which the United States gave over approximately $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild western European economies after WWII -
Berlin Blockade
Russia blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. This lasted from the fifth of June 1948 to the twelfth of may 1949 -
Berlin Airlift
As a response of the Berlin blockade, the western allies organized the Berlin airlift, which was to carry supplies to the people of west Berlin. this lasted from the 26th of June 1948 to the 30th of September 1949 -
Formation of NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
Korean War
When North Korea invaded south Korea, the United States came to the aid of South Korea thus which lead Russia and china to the aid of North Korea. the war lasted from 25th of June 1950 to 27th of July 1953 -
Death of Joseph Stalin
Was supposed to diffuse the tension between the Americans and Russians, but did not -
Nakita Khrushchev Comes To Power
Nakita led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He was in office from March 9, 1953 to October 14, 1964 -
The Domino Theory
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe -
Vietnam War
A war that occurred in Vietnamese, Laos, and Cambodia from the first of November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The north Vietnamese army was supported by Russia, china, and other communist countries, the south Vietnamese army was supported by the United States of American, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist countries. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. This lasted from October 29, 1956 to November 7, 196 -
Sputnik Crisis
The Sputnik Crisis was a period of public fear and anxiety about the perceived technological gap between the United States and Soviet Union caused by the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite -
U-2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Russians while in soviet airspace while doing rconnasiance -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion on Cuba by the CIA -
Start and completion of Berlin War
A guarded concrete barrier built by east Germany (Russia) that physically and ideologically cut off Berlin from west Germany. From 1961 to 1981 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 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. Lasted from the October 13 to October 28 -
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, which prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground -
Non Proliferation Treaty
The Non-Proliferation Treaty is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for supremacy in spaceflight capability. It lasted from 1957 to 1975 -
Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
Insurgent groups known as the mujahideen fought against the Soviet Army and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. This lasted from December 24, 1979 to February 15, 1989 -
Perestroika
Perestroika was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980's, widely associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost policy reform. From 1985 to 1991 -
INF Treaty
The treaty between USSR and the U.S on the elimination of their intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles -
Mikhail Gorbachev Comes To Power
Since coming to power, Gorbachev had worked hard to open up the political process in the Soviet Union, pushing through legislation that eliminated the Communist Party’s monopoly on power and establishing the Congress of People’s Deputies. He was in office from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991 -
U.S.S.R Breakup
THe breakup of the U.S.S.R was a result of the declaration number 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and created the Commonwealth of Independent States -
Germany re-unification
After WWII Germany was split up into 4 zones occupied by the allied forces, the French, British, and Americans put their zones together to make west Germany while Russia kept their zone as east Germany. Due to their economy being poor and west Germany's economy being good, the people of east Germany migrated to west Germany. To stop them the government of east Germany sent troops to the border of east and west Germany, they are known as the iron curtain. This happened after the cold war.
