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Russian Revolution
In 1917, two revolutions swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and setting in motion political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. In March, growing civil unrest, coupled with chronic food shortages, erupted into open revolt, forcing the abdication of Nicholas Il, the last Russian czar. Just months later, the newly installed provisional government was itself overthrown by the more radical Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin. -
The Beginning of the cold war
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Atomic Bomb-Hiroshima/Nagasaki.
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito stated after unconditional surrender “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
The Potsdom Conference
The potsdom conference was between Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and Joseph Stallone. They came together to discuss post war issues, peace treaties and affects on the war. -
The Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill's speech basically said that he was ready for what was going to happen. It was one of the most famous pre cold war speech . It should how confident he was going into the war. -
The Truman Doctrine
This was a foreign policy that helped counter soviet geopolitical spread during the cold war. -
Hollywood Ten hearings
10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by HUAC during the red scare. They were blacklisted for their communist suspicion. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov plan was a plan/system that was created by the soviet. This plan help rebuild Europe politically and economically the way the soviets were built. -
Marshall plan
he Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, channeled over $13 billion to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951. The Marshall Plan successfully sparked economic recovery, meeting its objective of restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole.The plan is named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an act that was by the soviet Union. They tried to keep France, united states and great britian away from Berlin. -
NATO
NATO is North Atlantic Treaty Organization which is a government military alliance. All parties have to be on the same page or no defense system will be accepted -
Soviet Atomic Bomb Test of 1949
the Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test. The soviet union felt lrft out after we created a atomic bomb. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was an american government official was accused of being a communist soviet spy. He was tried and convicted but many believe that he was swept up in the wave of communist fear and hysteria. -
The Korean War
The Korean war was the first actual conflict between the democratic Us and Communism. It was fought between north and south Korea on the 38th parallel. -
Rosenberg Case
The Rosenbergs were a couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were arrested and later executed by court decision on the conviction of conspiracy to commit espionage. The real reason they were convicted and killed is that many thought they were communists and were frightened as a result of the red scare. -
The battle of Dien Bien Phu
After French forces occupied the Dien Bien Phu valley in late 1953, Viet Minh commander Vo Nguyen Giap amassed troops and placed heavy artillery in caves of the mountains overlooking the French camp. Boosted by Chinese aid, Giap mounted assaults on the opposition’s strong points beginning. -
Geneva Conference
was a conference which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues in the Korean peninsula and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. It resulted in the end of the McCarthy era. -
1st Geneva Conference
The First Geneva Convention of the Wounded in Armies in the Field, held in 1864, is the first of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions. It defines the basis on which rest the rules of international law for the protection of the victims of armed conflicts. -
The Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact is a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states.This give the soviets power which creates threats to national security. -
The Invasion of Hungary
The Hungary people revolted against there people because they didn't like the way they were controlling them. -
U2 Incident
A US U-2 spy plane was shot down over soviet airspace increasing tensions between the US and the Soviets. Gary Powers the pilot was captured and later traded for a soviet spy 2 years later. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA trained Cuban for a coup to overthrow the communist leader Fidel Castro. The invasion was planned to be launched from the bay of pigs, but it was quickly demolished since Kennedy later refused to send in air support. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was when British soldiers delivered food to all the people in Berlin after the war. They also dropped off supplies to help recover Berlin after WW2. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was a wall that separated the city of Berlin, it split the city into two parts. The west side was free and democratic, whereas the east side was communist. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis happened when a US spy plane fly over Cuba and spotted missile nuclear missile silos. JFK responded by ordering a naval blockade over Cuba to stop anymore nuclear armaments from entering Cuba. this created a very tense situation between the US and Soviet relations both on the verge of starting a nuclear Armageddon. -
13 Days
The 13 days were the very tense days that occurred following the Cuban missile crisis. many Americans didn't know if they'd wake up the next day. The situation was resolved between Kennedy and Khrushchev after the 13th day. -
Assassination of Diem
After the death of Ngo Dinh Diem many people in the south were happy cause the north vietnam president was killed. It also led to the u.s to get involved in the war -
Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. He was aware that a feud among party leaders in Texas could jeopardize his chances of carrying the state in 1964, -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Johnson took any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
President Johnson took any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The rolling stone operation was when the U.S took actions in the war against the north Vietnamese we bomb them it was suppose to last 8 weeks but it lasted 3 years -
Tet Offensive
a coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap the leader of the Communist Army of Vietnam planned the offensive in an attempt both to rebellion among the South Vietnamese population and encourage the United States to scale back its support of the Saigon regime. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther used non violet approaches toward his civil rights but the people in tensese many the whites like kkk did not like there for killed MLK his people continued and never gave up. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert Kennedy was shot in a kitchen after he gave a speak at the ambassadors hotel by a immigrant that disagreed with him he was soon convicted for murder after his death -
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
DuringThe Invasion of Czechoslovakia approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia. The people tried to fight but they were not strong enough. -
Riots at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
On this day in 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Election of Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon ran on a campaign that promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities and provide new leadership in the Vietnam War -
Kent State shooting
students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30 -
Nixon visits China
Nixon wanted a normal relation with communist people of china. He went to talk to china and if everything went well then we might increase the trade system. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
hen the cease-fire went into effect, Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam’s territory and 85 percent of the population. The South Vietnamese Army was well equipped via last-minute deliveries of U.S. weapons and continued to receive U.S. aid after the cease-fire. -
Election of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan a former actor and California governor. He promised cut taxes, increased defense spending, help create a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets. -
Announcment of SDI
SDI was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic. We did this to tick of the soviets cause they didn't have money or resources to do this. -
'Tear Down This Wall' speech
Reagan made a very famous speech challenging the soviets to tear down the Berlin wall. He challenged communism itself using the speech to confront Gorbachev to change the USSR's ways. -
Fall of the Berlin wall
The infamous Berlin wall was taken down under Gorbachev's rule. It also symbolized the fall of communism and the USSR as a whole.
