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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was when the the Bolshevik's condemed the new goverment then eventually became a communist country. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron curtain was a boundary that divided Europe in two seperate areas from the end of WWII until 1992. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was when Britian, US, and the Soviet Union met to discuss terms for the end of WWII. -
Atomic Bombing
The Atomic bombing happened when Japan declined unconditional surrerder to the US during WWII. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter soviet expansion by containment of the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 was 10 famous people that denied questioning from the HUAC (House of UN-American Activities). -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a program to provide economical assistance to countries that fell during WWII (Greece and Turkey). -
Alger Hiss Case
The Alger Hiss Spy case was when the US had a congressional meeting about spys. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berline Blockade was when the Soviet Union wanted to starve Berlin of all resources to make them suffer. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was put into event after the Soviet Union decided to create a bloackade. So the US decided to fly resources over the blockade to the people of Berlin -
NATO
NATO was formed to combat the Soviet Union during the cold war. -
Korean War
The Korean war was when Mao Zedong became the dictator of China. So the US and the opposition of Mao fought to try to keep China a non communist country. -
Rosenburg Trial
The Rosenburg trial was when the Rosenburg's were accused of giving the russians intelligence about the Manhattan Project. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviets tested their hydrogen bomb. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu occured when French paratroopers asended into vietnam for the last battle between French and Ho Chi Mihn for the control of Vietnam. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army-McCarthy Hearings were about a news anchor that was a demigog and created fear to make his beliefs more believeable. -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was held to eventually divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel temporarily into North (Communist) and South (Controlled by the US). -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several East European Companies. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was when there was a nation wide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government. -
U2 Incident
The U2 Incident was a US Spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces when the US was taking photos of Soviet Territory -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The bay of pigs invasion was when the US tranied Cuban exiles and sent them to invade Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built to stop West Berlin from recieving resources from the US. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis spanned 13 days. America and the Soviet Union had missile tensions and were both ready to fire everything that they had at each other. This was important because there could've been a lot of deaths on either side. -
Assassination of Diem
The assassination on Diem happened when South Vietnam (US Orders) infiltraded his house and the next day he ended up dead. -
Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy was assasinated in his car while in a parade on Nov. 22, 1963. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Johnson said the VC attacked the US's second ship that patrolled the Tonkin Gulf. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a resolution that gave the President Power to do anything to North Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was to run bombing runs for a few weeks on VC but it lasted a three years. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was when the US and VC had a peace-fire agreement, but the VC broke it any attacked multiple towns of South Vietnam all at once with guerilla tactics. -
Assassination of MLK
The Assassination of MLK happened at a Memphis Hotel where Mr. King was staying and he got shot. -
Assassination of RFK
The Assassination of RFK happened at a hotel in Los Angeles after he was shot by a twenty-two year old several times. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia was carried out by the five countries that were part of the Warsaw pact (Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary). 250,000 troops stormed Czechoslovakia in the night. This is important because the Soviet Union was trying to overthrow Czechoslovakia. -
Riots of Democratic Convention
The riots of the Democratic convention happened after the recent assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. -
Election of Nixon
The election of Nixon happened after President Johnson's withdraw from the presidency. This is important because it disrupted the New Deal Coalition. -
Kent State
Students protesting bombing of Cambodia escalated after students were throwing rocks at the Guards. The guards used tear gas, fire arms and opened fire on the crowd of protesters. This is important because students got shot by their own country. -
Nixon visits China
Nixion visited china to create a new relations to create a wedge between the Soviet Union and China to help the US with the Cold War. This is important because this is a turning point in the cold war. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The ceasefire in Vietnam was signed on January twenty-seventh, 1973. This was important because it marked the point where the US dropped out of war. -
Fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon happened two years after the US left Vietnam. The VC or the Viet-Cong took over South Vietnam making it a communist country. This is important because Vietnam became a communist country. -
Reagan elected
Reagan was elected and his goal was to destroy communism. This was important because it marked the start of the Reagan era. -
SDI announced
SDI was supposedly a missile defense system that blew up missiles when they came near the United States. It was actually a bluff to ruin the Soviet Union's economy to help win the Cold War. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
President Ronald Reagan became close with Gorbachev and talked about removing more nuclear weapons. This was important because the President established a connection with Gorbachev and could diffuse the Soviets. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
The speech to tear the wall down was important because that eventually led to East Germans being united with West Germany. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
This was important in the war because West and East Germany people got to reunite and become one country again.
