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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution started in 1917. There was two revolutions in the same year, one in February and the other in October. It all started by the working class people in Russia revolted against there government. The leader of this revolution was named Vladimir Lenin. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Bomb Test started in 1940-1949. Joseph Stalin was the one that wanted to start having atomic bombs for the Soviet Union. One day in Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan the USSR detonated their first atomic bomb. The USSR wanted to test to see how the bomb would effect nuclear radiation for humans. In stand of testing humans then got animals. This is important to the Cold War because if the U.S and the Soviets went to war and we both have atomic bombs, wars would be different from now on. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was with Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman. It was in Potsdam, Germany. The three leaders came together for the last WWll meeting. One thing that they discussed was how Europe was going to be ran. -
Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Nuclear weapons weren't something that were introduced into wars at the time. During WWll the United States kept something from the rest of the world. It was called the Manhattan Project, it was a nuclear bomb that could take out a whole city. That's just what we did to Japan. A B-29 bomber dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. Sooner after the second one was dropped. Killing more than 200,000 people from both bombs. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain, the dividing into two parts in Europe. This event was created by the three main men, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin in 1946. The reason behind this is to explain the tension between countries. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo. All in the movie making business. Some were producers, directors or screenwriters. When they went up before the HUAC in October 1947, they refused to answer questions regarding possible communist stands. later were sentence to prison and were banned to work in the Hollywood studios. -
Molotov Plan
This plan was established by the Soviet Union in 1947. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (the one in the picture) was the Soviet foreign minster, how rejected the Marshall Plan so came up with this plan. The purpose of the Molotov Plan was to rebuild the Eastern Europe. -
Alger Hiss Case
Whittaker Chambers an ex-communist went against Alger Hiss for being a communist in the 1930s & 1940s. Chambers also said that in the 1930s while Hiss was working in the Department of State, he had passed on top secret reports. Hiss appeared before the HUAC stating that he didn't even know Chambers. Hiss then pulled out the "Pumpkin Papers", named that because during the time Hiss showed Chambers the secret documents he hind them in one of this pumpkins at Hiss' pumpkin patch. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan also known as the European Recovery Program gave Eastern Europe $13 billion to rebuild the broken city. This plan was started by George C. Marshall who announced his idea at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. This plan is important to the Cold War because it reduced influence and power of communist parties in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union didn't like the Marshall Plan, but that didn't stop America. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift started on June 24, 1948 and went till May 12, 1949. After World War ll Germany divided into for parts. The United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France each had a part. In Berlin in was also divided into four parts. The part that the Soviets had was East Germany, they had brought in machinery to rebuild. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade started on June 24, 1948 and went till May 12, 1949. This began by the Soviet Union. The meaning on this was to stop France, Great Britain and the United Sates from going though the Soviet Unions sector in Berlin. Stalin blocked off all the railways, railroads and canals. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was created on March 12, 1947. It was an American foreign policy created to counter the Soviet expansion. President Truman introduced it to congress but finally develop on July 12, 1948. -
NATO
The NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization was organization by the US, Canada, and many Western European nations. It provided collective security against the Soviet Union. The purpose was to defend themselves by possible communist Soviet Union, taking control of their nations. (The photo is of Truman signing the nato). -
Korean War
The Korean War started when 75,000 North Korean soldiers went across the 38th parallel. Sooner later American troops came into South Korean to help on there behave. After the war ended in 1953, about 5 million people lost there lives. This war was an important shift in the Cold War. -
Rosenberg Trail
The trail with Ethal and Julius Rosenberg began in New York. They were accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. The only direct evidence of there case involvement was the confession of Greenglass. This case was very important to the Cold War because the Russians got secrets to how to build nuclear bombs. On April 6th the Rosenberg were sentenced to death row. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Washington D.C, 1954 was the start of McCarthy hearings. These type of hearings were held by the United States senators and more. Joseph McCarthy was a U.S senator who accused many people as being a communist mainly other senators. He later got exposed as being a fraud, people later called him an arrogant tyrant. Then died sooner after he was exposed. This was important to the Cold War because people were "soft" about others being a communist, hearings were used as getting the word out. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
This battle was between French Union's Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries, and was known as the first Indochina War. This battle went till May 7, 1954. The result of this battle was Vietnam temporarily divided at the 17th parallel. This was very important to the cold war because it was a turning point in Indochina. Viet Minh claimed victory. -
Geneva Conference
The conference started in April 26, 1954 and went on till July 20, 1954. Many nations were there like the United States, Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, and Great Britain came together in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the issues about the results of the Korean War. Many said that this conference marked a huge turning point in the United States involvement in Vietnam. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was also known as the Treaty of Friendship. It was signed in Warsaw, Poland on May 11, 1955. It included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. It ended July 1, 1991. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Soviet imposed policies. The revolt spread quickly across Hungary. It ended on November 10, 1956. -
U-2 Incident
It occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960 while President Eisenhower was in office. One of the United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while it was in Soviet airspace. Gary Powers was the one that was fighting it. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro. The Bay of Pigs Invasion failed, it happened on the south coast of Cuba. This was a huge embarrassment for Kennedy. He wanted to bring Castro down. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall went up to stop refugees trying to leave East Berlin. Sooner later the communist government of Eastern Germany began building the wall to divide East and West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was one of the most important symbols of the Cold War. People said, "It felt like it went up in a night", and that's just what happened. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a giant awaken for the United States. This event was 13 days, from October 16-28, 1962. The Soviet Union basally put "missiles on our doorstep", Just 90 miles from the United States. John F. Kennedy televised about the blockade around Cuba. -
Assassination of Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm was the president for South Vietnam. Diem wasn't that well-liked by the people because he had a different religion than most of the people. He refused to ally with Ho Chi Minh and then it caused conflict. On November 2, Diem and his brother were murdered by the South Vietnamese Army. -
Assassination Of JFK
Our 35th president was assassination on November 22, 1963, while being in Dallas, Texas. He was shot by former U.S Marine, Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was marked as the fourth president who got assassinated. Kennedy's death brought America into intense mourning and also had future generations having "what if's'" about the Cold War. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tonkin Gulf Resolution can as be seen as a "blank check" because when you have a blank check you can get however many and whatever you please. Same thing with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, it gave President Johnson the ability to take many measures he could. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a code name that the U.S used when they were about to bomb North Vietnam. This operation marked the first sustained American assault on North Vietnamese territory. The bombing went till October 1968. -
Tet Offensive
While people were celebrating the lunar New Year the Tet Offensive occurred, it was a huge attack that North Vietnam did on South Vietnam. This attack destroyed 100 cities, killed 67,00 people, invaded bases and the America embassy. This was on of the major turning points in the Cold War, this went on till September 23, 1968. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr, was a Civil Rights Leader that lead many people to freedom. King was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was killed by James Earl Ray, then was arrested and was in jail till he died. King's family had believed that the government had something to do with MLK's death. He was 39 years old when he passed. After his death many riots started around the Untied States. -
Assassination of RFK
On June 5, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy was a Presidential candidate of the 1968 election. After winning the California and South Dakota primary election, he was shot the day after while being at Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Later died at the Good Samaritan Hospital at the age of 42. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia was started by the Warsaw Pact including Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany and more. This invasion happened on the night of August 20, 1968. Killing 137 people and leaving many wounded. -
Riots of Democratic convention
The Riots of the Democratic Convention, was a Vietnam War protest that tens of thousands of people attended. It happened in Chicago on August 28, 1968. Protester battled police in the streets while the Democratic Party fell apart. -
Election of Nixon
Richard Nixon was the 46th quadrennial president. With 31,710,470 popular votes. With his nominee Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. -
Kent State
The Kent State shooting also known as the Kent State massacre occurred on May 4, 1970. Members of the Ohio National Guard shot 67 rounds over a period of 16 seconds, at some protesters protesting the Vietnam war, and some weren't. Killing four students. The protest was so important to the war because people turned there focus over to the Americans. -
Nixon Visits China
Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president that visited China since it was established in 1949. This is important to the Cold War because the US was seeking a better relation with a communist country while the Cold War was happening. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
A ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war. This came in effect on January 28, 1973 with President Nixon declaring it. As a result of a post-ceasefire action about 25,000 South Vietnamese were killed in a battle on 1973. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was what the city was called before it was renamed to Ho Chi Mnh City. Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam. In 1975 after a horrible battle between North and South Vietnam, with the North taking the victory. They went to the Souths capital took over and renamed it Ho Chi Mnh city for the old leader of the north. -
Reagan elected
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States from 1981-1989. Reagan was an American politician and actor. He came from a poor family that lived in Illinois. He then graduated from Eureka College and worked as a sports announcer. He then passed June 5, 2004. -
SDI Announced
The SDI as the Strategic Defense Initiative is a missile defense system to protect the United States from any attacks by the Soviet Union. This was a space-based anti-missile system. This program was named "star wars". -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The first time in eight years the president of the United States and the Leader of the Soviets met. They held a summit Conference and met in Geneva. At the meeting they discussed the future between themselves, exchanged personal talks and looked like they developed a close relationship. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
The 'Tear down this wall' speech was given by President Reagan. This speech was to the people of West Berlin. He asked the Soviet leaders "Why is the wall there?". After Reagan's speech a newspaper in West Germany called the Bild-Zeitung, stated he thought the wall could be 'torn down'. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
As the Cold War began to end, the Berlin Wall fell. The spokesman for East Berlin's communist Party said, that there will be a change in the relationship between to the East and West. More than 2 million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin that weekend, to celebrate what some said as the "The greatest street party in the history of the world".
