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Russian revolution
The Russian revolution started in february 1917, which removed the Russians from World War one. This transformed the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This removed Russians regular monarchy with the world's first communist state. -
Potsdam Conference
The meeting of potsdam was a conference between the leaders of the three big nations. Joseph Stalin by Russia, Winston Churchill for Britain, and Harry s. Truman for America. They were there to discuss the reconstruction of Germany, its borders, and European war territory. -
Atomic Bomb Hiroshima
On August 6 the Americans dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The bomb killed roughly 90,000 to 146,000 people died on the first day. Truman ordered to drop the bomb because invading Japan would cause a gruesome amount of American casualties. -
Atomic bomb Nagasaki
Nagasaki was bombed on august 9, 1945. It took the lives of 39,000 to 80,000 the first day it was dropped. These atomic bombs caused the japanese to surrender on August 15. -
Iron Curtain
The boundary separating Europe into two seperate areas from 1945 to 1991 when the cold war ended. Cut off the Soviet Union and the dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas. -
Hollywood Ten
10 motion-picture producers, screenwriters, and directors were accused of being in the House un-American activities committee. The House of un-American activities committee were later accused and charged with allegations of communist influence and subversion in United States. Members of the committee became part of the hollywood film industry. This could mean that communist views could be spreaded through popular movies. -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy, purpose was to counter geopolitical expansion during the cold war. The policy explains how United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat. This meant for the cold war that if Russia took control of a country, America would help them and go to war with them. -
Marshall Plan
A program made by United States that gave large amounts of economic aid to European countries after WW2. American ended up giving over a total of 13 billion. -
Berlin Blockade and airlift
Soviet Union built a blockade cutting of the western allies from railway, road, and canal. These meant that the people cut off would not receive food and useful supplies. In response Western allies created the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to people of west Berlin. Later the soviet lifted the blockade letting back in supplies from western allies. -
Nato
North Atlantic treaty organization also known as Nato. Nato is a alliance between America and Europe. The purpose was to defend each other from communist rule. -
Soviet bomb test
Soviet tested their first atomic bomb on august 29, 1949 and were successful. This meant that America had to fear the Soviet Union more than before. Also meant is advancing in military technology. -
Korean war
North Korea a communist army invaded South Korea a non-communist. The North Koreans were aided by the Soviet Union, and the South Koreans were aided by the United States. Showed how the Soviet Union wanted to capture more land. The war ended with a armistice and both countries retained the same land the war started with. -
Khruschev Takes over
The Soviet government selecta Nikita Khrushchev as the first Secretariat of the Communist Party. He lead the Cuban Missile Crisis, by placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. -
Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation Policy
President Eisenhower created a foreign policy called massive retaliation.The policy was mad to counter the growing Soviet threat. The idea behind the policy was that if the Soviet Union attacked Europe, the United States would use nuclear weapons in defense. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The McCarthy hearing were hearings held by the United States Senate Subcommittee to investigate accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was known to capture and expose political communists in America. -
Warsaw Pact
A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. This a the communist response to NATO. The Warsaw Pact consisted of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian revolution was a nationwide revolt against communist government. They were revolting against Soviet imposed policies. This showed promise of war, America may join to aid the Hungarian revolution. -
U2 Incident
An American U-2 play was shot down while in Soviet airspace. The Soviets then convicted the pilot with charges of espionage and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. This later canceled an important meeting between United states and the Soviets. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence. The bay of pigs was a trained group of Cuban refugees, that landed in Cuba to destroy Castro's communist government. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The wall was built to prevent East Germans and others from fleeing to the democratic west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis, placing nuclear weapons 90 miles from Florida. The Cuban Missile Crisis, was a 13-day event between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning America deploying missiles and the Soviets missiles located in Cuba. -
Detente under Nixon
Détente was a time Nixon lessened the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.There was increased trade and cooperation with the Soviet Union. This means that the cold war is slowly coming to a end. -
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a armed conflict between America, and South Vietnam, fighting the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies. America had to join the war due to communist rule and in return suffered many casualties, also lost the war. -
The Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a plan made by United States to scare the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Cold War. The Soviet Union's moral became low and they tried to keep up and this lead to they going bankrupt. -
Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech
Ronald Reagan tells Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to take down the Berlin Wall. Two years later the Berlin wall is taken down. This describes the Soviet Union falling and losing control. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
The Berlin wall was taken down on November 9, 1989. The Cold War began to die across Eastern Europe. Citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. This lead to the end of the cold war
