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Iron Curtain Speech
A speech by Winston Churchill, which some mark as the beginning of the cold war -
Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman declared that the US would provide military and economic aid to any country resisting communism in the world. This later grew into part of the US foreign policy of containment. -
Molotov Plan
Established by the USSR government- provided aid to any country under the USSR sphere of influence -
Hollywood-10 Hearings
A group of actors, directors, and screenwriters were convicted for not cooperating with HUAC and believed to have communist affiliations -
Marshall Plan
US provided economic aid to European countries resisting communism. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was important because it prevented west Berlin from falling under communist control after WWII. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Airlift was important because it prevented west Berlin from falling under communist control after WWII. -
NATO
Created by superpower countries, and alliance of those resisting and preventing the further spread of communism. -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
First development of Soviet Nuclear technology -
Alger Hiss Conviction
Hiss was convicted of perjury in a case about his involvement in a Soviet Spy ring before WWII, thus leading people to believe him to be a communist. -
Korean War
Began when North Korea invaded South Korea. The UK and US came to aid South Korea against communist N. Korea who was aided by China. -
Rosenberg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and executed on the belief that they were partaking in soviet espionage. Held accountable of giving away the atomic bomb secret. -
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The French underestimated the power of the N Vietnamese army leading them to defeat -
Geneva Conference
Purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle the issues in the Korea Peninsula and possibility of restoring peace to Indochina. -
Warsaw Pact
Alliance of communist countries, created as a response to NATO -
Invasion of Hungary
Uprising in Hungary as a response to being under communist control. -
U2 incident
US spy plane shot down while in Russian airspace -
Bay of Pigs
The CIA launched a full-scale invasion of Cuba trying to bring Fidel Castro down. They trained Cuban refugees. It did not work. -
Berlin Wall
Built through Berlin in the cold war- separated free and communist Berlin -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Between US and USSR. Basically USSR doesn't move out of Cuba we blow them up. Ended up not blowing them up -
Assassination of Diem
Murder of South Korean President Diem -
Assassination of JFK
US President JFK was assassinated causing LBJ to be sworn in -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Held for the purpose of addressing conflicts between the US Military and Joseph McCarthy and his recent aggressive communist hunt tactics. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Authorized President Johnson to undertake any necessary measure regarding the restoration of peace in SE Asia. Essentially a "blank check". -
China's First Nuclear Bomb Explosion
After the People's Republic of China was established, in 1964 they successfully exploded their first atomic bomb -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Sustained bombings of N Vietnam as a response to the attacks to various US installations in S Vietnam. LBJ- meant to last 8 weeks, actually lasted 3 1/2 years. 800,000+ bombs -
TET Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the war. N Vietnam and Vietcong's attack -
Assassination of MLK
Assassination of Major Civil rights activist Martin Luther King -
Assassination of RFK
JFK's brother, politician -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
USSR crackdown on reformist trend in Prague -
Riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago
Thousands of anti-war supporters showed up trying to sway public opinion. Violence broke out all over Chicago because of this. Large divisions in the Democratic party became clear. -
Election of Richard Nixon
You can't lick our Dick -
Kent State Shootings
4 students killed by police in a peaceful protest -
Nixon Visits China
President Nixon visits China. This is very controversial because he was the first US president to visit the People's republic of China, which the US didn't have the bet relationship with. -
Vietnam Ceasefire
US withdraws from S Vietnam and N Vietnam agrees to stop attacking -
The Fall of Saigon
The N Vietnam capture of Saigon the capital of S Vietnam -
Election of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States in a very interesting time in the war -
Announcement of SDI (Star Wars)
Ronald Reagan announced that the US had achieved essentially space lasers that shoot down missiles, even though we didn't. Scared the Soviet Union. -
The First Geneva Conference
This conference discussed restrictions of arms and civilian protection -
"Tear down this wall!" Speech
A speech made by Ronald Reagan in Berlin calling the Soviet Union Leader to tear down the Berlin Wall. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The destruction of the wall separating East and West Berlin and freeing East Berlin
