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Potsdam Conference
What was the purpose of the Potsdam Conference?
The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Creation of United Nations
Created after World War II to maintain international peace and security and to achieve cooperation among nations. -
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the Communists as an open declaration of the Cold War. -
Second Red Scare
The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with the perception that national or foreign communists were infiltrating or subverting American society and the federal government. The name refers to the red flag as a common symbol of communism. -
Berlin Blockade
Was a attempt by the soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States. -
Creation of NATO
Creation of NATO was to inform peace in Europe to promote cooperation among its members and to guard their freedom. -
Korean War
The Korean war was fought between North and South Korea because North Korea aimed to militarily conquer South Korea and therefore unify Korea under the communist North Korean regime. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was a meeting of three World War II allies. -
Vietnam War
At the heart of the conflict was the desire of North Vietnam, which had defeated the French colonial administration of Vietnam in 1954, to unify the entire country under a single communist regime modeled after those of the Soviet Union and China -
Suez Crisis
The Egyptian Government seized control of the Suez canal from the British. -
Space Race
Americans and Soviets compete to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state and the failed mass strike in opposition that followed. -
Bay of pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly financed and directed by the United States. It was aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro's communist government. -
Berlin Crisis of 1961
East German police and military units sealed off all arteries leading to West Berlin. The communists pulled up train tracks and roads, erected barriers topped with barbed wire, completely isolating the Western sectors and preventing East Germans from escaping to the West. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
It was brought about by political reforms inside the Soviet bloc, escalating pressure from the people of eastern Europe and ultimately, confusion an east German directive to open the border.
