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Chinese Communist Revolution
After being in control by Mao Zedong, in 1949, the proclamation of the People's republic of China -
Potsdam Conference
gathering to decide how to administer Germany, solving issues on the peace treaty -
Atomic Bomb- Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The bombing of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki introduced the beginning of the Atomic Age. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
It was the first Indochina war that occurred between the months of March and May. In the end, France agrees to withdraw from what is now Vietnam -
Long Telegram- Containment
While he was in Moscow, George Kennan sent an 8,000-word telegram to the Department—the now-famous “long telegram”—on the aggressive nature of Stalin's foreign policy. -
Iron Curtain Speech
American and Western European opposition to communism and the Soviet Union. In his speech, Winston Churchill went on to argue that having strong American-British relations was essential to stopping the spread of communism. -
Hollywood 10
In the United States during the early years of the Cold War, the blacklist involved the practice of denying employment to entertainment industry professionals believed to be or to have been Communists or sympathizers. -
Truman Doctrine
This was a declaration that the U.S would provide political, military, and economic assistance to other democratic countries under the threat of external and internal invasions -
Marshall Plan
This was a plan to help prevent the spread of communism among the desperate countries, stabilize the international order in a way that favored the development of political democracy and free-market economies. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union cuts off access from Western Forces. It was Stalin's attempt at starving Berlin into submission. -
NATO- Berlin Airlift
Massive airlift to counter the Soviets blocking Berlin -
First Soviet atomic bomb testing
The Soviets tested their first hydrogen bomb test, -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was an American government official accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union during the 1930s. -
Warsaw Pact
This was an official treaty of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea because the two wanted to reunite, but did not want the same form of government. This resulted in conflict, and due to the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. got involved to help prevent the spread of communism -
Rosenberg Trial
The legal trial leads to the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for sharing secret atomic information with the Soviet Union. -
Korean Armistice
This agreement brought about a complete cess of hostilities and all acts of armed forces until a final peace settlement is issued. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
An investigation conflicting accusations between Joseph McCarthy. The Army accused him of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment. -
Hungarian Revolution
This was a countrywide revolution against the Stalinist government -
U-2 spy incident
A U.S. U2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets when it was preforming photography deep inside Soviet territory -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was a failed land invasion on the southwestern coast of Cuba. Its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was constructed to separate the Western parts of Germany from the Eastern parts. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
This was a one-month and four-day interaction between the U.S and the Soviet Union were their threats of nuclear war. -
Assassination of JFK
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas during a presidential motorcar ride. He was shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
This was considered a "blank check" in the Vietnam war allowed President Johnson to increase U.S. involvement in the war without having stated a declaration of war. -
Tet Offensive
It was an event in which North Vietnam launched a large attack on South Vietnam that gave them an advantage -
1968 riots of Democratic convention
This Democratic convention was held during a year of riots, Lyndon Johnson announced his plan to not rerun for president, thus making the convention about finding a new Democratic candidate to represent the Democratic party. This caused protests which resulted in violent fights back. -
Kent State Shootings
This was the killing and injury of Kent State University students during a peace rally opposing the expansion of the Vietnam war. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
This documentation agreed that all would ceasefire, but only some of the ideologies were honored. North Vietnam conquered the Southern territories. The North did release all U.S. prisoners of war and the U.S. removed their military forces from South Vietnam -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnam captured South Vietnam's capital, Saigon, marking the end of the Vietnam war, and the reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. -
Reagan Elected
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th presidential election. It was held on November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter. -
SDI Announced
Reagan announces his " Star Wars" plan proposing that he had military defenses that included missiles. -
"Tear down this wall" Speech
Ronald Reagon called for Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, it became widely known as the "fall of the Berlin wall" in 1989. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
This marked the opening of the Iron curtain and started the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe, declaring the end of the Cold war three weeks later.