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Russian Revolution
The lower class of Russia revolted against Tsar Nicholas II, led by Vladimir Lenin they were called the Bolsheviks. This led to the establishment of the soviet union. -
Potsdam Conference
President Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill met in Potsdam in Germany to discuss fair terms for the end of the war. -
Atomic Bomb Hiroshima/Nagasaki
President Truman ordered to have the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in hopes of ending the war -
Iron Curtain
The iron curtain was a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and Germany -
Truman Doctrine
This was idea first brought up by President Truman in 1947, it was that we were going to win the war by using money. -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 was 10 people that were involved with making films, they were questioned about being communist -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was to aid western Europe after the end of WWII, the us put about 110 billion dollars into Europe. -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
The soviet union blockaded everything to Berlin so the US started flying planes in with food and resources -
NATO
NATO is a alliance with the us and other countries to have protection against the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Bomb Test
This was a trial of 5 nuclear bombs tested in 1953 -
Army McCarthy Hearings
McCarthy setup televised hearings to investigate the US army -
Eisenhower's Massive Retaliation Policy
This was a retaliation using military doctrine and nuclear strategy's, this is a full retaliation. -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact was a military alliance in eastern Europe in response to NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
This was a revolt against the communist government that only lasted a couple of months -
Khrushchev Takes over
Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union in the peak of the Cold war -
U2 incident
The U2 was a spy plane for the US that was spying on the soviet union and got shot down which led to conflict -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Fidel Castro led a revolt to take over Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on the south coast of Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was when the US and the Soviet Union were the closest to nuclear warfare. -
Detente under Nixon
During a meeting in washington on 1973 was a cooling point in the cold war -
The Reagan Doctrine
This was a strategy used to try and influence the Soviet Union to try and stop the Cold war. -
Reagan's Berlin wall speech
In 1987 Ronald Reagan gave a speech where he challenges Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall. -
The fall of the Berlin wall
The Berlin wall fell then west and east Germany united again. -
Berlin Wall
Berlins communist party declared west and east Germany as one again. This happened one year after in 1990
