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The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades and takes Czechoslovakia -
End of world war 2
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The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill speech condemning the Soviet Unions polices. -
The Truman Doctrine
foreign policy to counter the soviets spread of communism -
Hollywood ten hearings
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The Molotov Plan
the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union -
Alger Hiss Case
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The Marshall Plan
American initiative to aid western Europe -
The Berlin Blockade
This was the first major international crises of the Cold War. -
The Berlin Airlift
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Which is an intergovernmental military alliance -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
Soviet first nuclear bomb test its code name was first lightning -
Soviet Nuclear test
Soviet start testing nuclear weapons -
Korean War
Began when North Korea invaded South korea -
Rosenberg Case
a couple convicted of "Conspiracy to Commit Espionage" and executed -
Vietnam
1954- 1957 -
The battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Army-McCarthy hearings
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Geneva Conference
A conference to resolve the issues in korea and restore peace in indochina -
The Warsaw Pact
Treaty of friendship -
The Invasion of Hungary
The Hungarian peoples revolution against the soviets. -
U2 incident
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Bay of Pigs
It was a failed invasion of Cuba to disable the missiles or get rid of them -
Berlin wall
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Cuban missile crisis 13 days
It was a 13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviets. -
Assassination of Diem
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Assassination of JFK
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China Nuclear test
China launches first nuclear test -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Aerial bombardment campaign -
Tet offensive
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Assassination of MLK
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Assassination of RFK
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Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
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Election of Richard Nixon
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Kent State shooting
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Nixon visits China
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Ceasefire in Vietnam
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Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon which is Vietnam capital -
Election of Ronald Reagan
49th prresident -
Announcment of SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative = missile defense system -
'Tear Down This Wall' speech
Reagan at the Berlin wall telling Gorbachev to take the wall down
