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The Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the final meeting of the Big Three at a resort on the shores of the Black Sea. At this meeting Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt agreed upon ways to attack, but the big thing they announced was a new international peacekeeping organization called the United Nations. -
The United Nations Conference
Representatives from 50 nations met at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. At this meeting The United States took the lead in shaping and funding the new organization. -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three met again but this time to discuss the future of Europe. They ended up not reaching an agreement which then led to the onset of the Cold War. -
U.S drops first Atomic Bomb on Japan
The name of the first atomic bomb was “little boy”. Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan which was the ending of WWII. The significance was that it marked the beginning of the creation of nuclear weapons and the atomic bomb was the start of tensions of the Cold War. -
Churchill delivers iron curtain speech
In a speech, delivered by Winston Churchill in Missouri, the term iron curtain means that Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by the Soviet Union. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine said that the United States would provide military, economic, and political assistance to democratic nations that are under treat from external and internal forces. -
Marshall Plan is announced
George Marshall spoke about how we needed to help the European recovery at Harvard, which then created the Marshall plan. The purpose of the Marshall plan was to aid in the economic recovery of Nations after World War II and to reduce the influence of Communist parties. -
Berlin Blockade
The United States and Berlin were attempting to being food and supplies to the Allies in Berlin during the Cold War because the Soviets were trying to starve the Allies. -
NATO was created
NATO is also known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was formed in response to tensions growing between the Soviets during the Cold War and to help stop another world war from happening again. The countries that were in this alliance were the U.S, England, France, Canada, and Western European countries. -
The Korean War
During the Cold War, the Korean War started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean War was significant because it was an important development to the Cold War. -
Joseph Stalin dies
Stalin died from a cerebral Hemorrhage. When he died the Korean War had turned. More and more countries were now wanting to sign an armistice. -
The end of the Korean War
On July 27, 1963 the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. This agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone to separate North and South Korea and allowed for the return of any prisoners. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was created as a mutual military defense complement of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. It excluded Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War started because America believed that communism was threatening to expand all over South East Asia. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an invasion by Israel, Britain, France, and the United States on Egypt in effort to regain control over the Suez Canal. This invasion was very significant to Britain because it finally confirmed that they were a second tier world power. -
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a revolution against the Hungarian People’s Republic and the Soviet policies. The Hungarian Revolution showed the weakness of the Eastern European communism. This revolution was nationwide and lasted from October to November. -
Sputnik Crisis
The Sputnik Crisis was a time where the public feared the perceived technological gap between the United States and the Soviets. The fear first started when the Soviets launched Sputnik 1 which was the first artificial satellite in the world. -
The U-2 Incident
The U-2 incident was when the Soviets shot a U.S soldier. The Soviets shot down an United States U-2 plane because they thought that the pilot was trying to gain Soviet intelligence data. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attack that was launched by the CIA in an attempt to Cuban leader from control. -
The Berlin Wall was built
The Berlin Wall was built to stop people from the eastern, communist part of Germany from leaving to go to the west. It was built in the middle of the night and for 28 years it kept them from fleeing. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union and Cuba had been close allies for many years and the Untied States has already known that. Then the U.S found out that the Soviet Union placed nuclear missiles around Cuba which then caused the United States to have a naval blockade around Cuba. -
The Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The invasion of Czechoslovakia was a joint invasion by five countries. The Soviets, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, and Hungary invaded Czechoslovakia to crack down on the reformists in Prague. -
End of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War ended when President Nixon signed the Paris Peace Accords. This ended direct U.S involvement in the war. While the U.S signed the Peace Accords In 1973, the War didn’t officially end until the fall of Saigon. -
Soviet-Afghan War
In December of 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to prop up the communist government of the People’s Democratic Party in Afghanistan. The Soviets were fearing that they would lose one of its communist proxy. The war lasted ten years and ended 1989. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was destroyed and West and East Germany would soon unite in October of 1990.
