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The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is considered to be the shortest link between the east and the west due to its unique geographic location; it is an important international navigation canal linking between the Mediterranean sea at Port said and the red sea at Suez . -
The Yalta Conference
Three leaders ; Winston Churchill , Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt , they agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world -
End of WWII
The end of WWII was so important because the Axis powers surrendeed -
The Creations of the United Nations
The central purpose for the United Nations was to keep peace and security and also to foster cooperation in solving international economic, social , culture -
The Long Telegram
They received back an 8,000-word telegram from George Kennan, an Embassy official. This has become known as 'the Long Telegram', and it said exactly what the American government wanted it to. Kennan hated Communism and the Soviet government. -
Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill gave a speech in which he declared that Russia had built an iron curtain separating eastern Europe from western Europe. Churchill meant that the Soviet Union had separated the eastern European countries from the west so that no one knew what was going on behind the “curtain.” -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations allegedly threatened by Soviet communism , became the foundation of American Policy -
The Red Scare
The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society.As the Red Scare intensified, its political climate turned increasingly conservative -
Berlin Blockade/Airlift
the Russians who wanted Berlin all for themselves closed all highways, railroads and canals from western-occupied Germany into western-occupied Berlin. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan reduced the influence and power of Communist parties in Western Europe , this angered the Soviet Union and was seen as another anti-communist move by the USA -
The Korean War
In June 1950 communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries. -
Duck and Cover
Duck and Cover Drills Bring the Cold War Home. After the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, the American public was understandably nervous. -
The Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during and after World War II. The husband and wife were later sentenced to death and were executed in 1953. -
McCarthyism
a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. -
The Warsaw Pact
The military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites -
Eisenhower Doctrine
a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression. -
U-2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.
