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Yalta Conference
After World War II ended, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill all met in Yalta, Crimea to disucss what should happen to Germany as well as involving China and France in the United Nations. https://www.saint-mike.org/library/papal_library/definitions/images/yaltaconference.jpg -
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"Sinews of Peace" Speech
Realizing Communism had taken over a significant part of Europe, Winston Churchill delivered his most famous speech and referred to the separation of countries in the USSR as an "iron curtain" due the heavy Comminist influence. http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/5680a66215cad76b5421b83b54272b82_1M.png -
Berlin Airlift
After the Soviet Union blocked West Berlin off from vital resources in an attempt to seize the land from the French, U.S., and British, the U.S. began dropping supplies in to keep the peope alive and safe. http://adst.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/6a00d83451c42969e200e54f4410ee8833-640wi.jpg -
Korean War
The confict between North and South Korea was the first actual conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces during the Cold War and demonstrated the seriousness of the war to people around the world. http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/39/151339-004-68FCF709.jpg -
Space Race
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik successfully, the United States began to race towards space exploration in an attempt to beat the Soviet Union in terms of space exploration and achievement. http://innovationcourse.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/r8TL1qUtxb_1399177636695.jpg -
U-2 Recon Plane Shot Down
The Soviet Union shoots down a U.S. U-2 Reconnaissance plane spying on the territory, leading to a poor attempt at covering the situation up by United States. https://geographicalimaginations.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/u2_spy_plane_incident_newspaper_clipping.jpg?w=627 -
Construction of the Berlin Wall
Due to growing tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S., the Soviet Union began construction of the Berlin Wall in order to separate East Germany from West Germany. http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/uploads/2014/11/7/1415408537017.jpg -
Cuban Missile Crisis
After U.S. reconnaissance reveals that the Soviet Union had started construction on nuclear missile launching sites in Cuba, tensions became extremely heated as President Kennedy stated that a missile launch out of Cuba would lead to a full-scale retailiation against the Soviet Union. https://govbooktalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/cuba-blockade-headlines.jpg -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Although the notion that North Vietnam had attacked U.S. destroyer ships has been all but proven false, this resoultion allowed the U.S. to finally enter the Vietnam conflict and have an attempt at pushing back Communist forces. http://image.slidesharecdn.com/thevietnamwar-141203072853-conversion-gate02/95/vietnam-war-ppt-16-638.jpg?cb=1417591834 -
President Nixon Enters China
As a way to try and decrease Cold War tensions, President Nixon visited China and, in doing so, became the first leader to visit the country while it was under Communist rule. http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/11948/12067638_2.jpg?v=8CECC3FAFA01AD0 -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (SALT I)
As a way to try and decrease tensions between each other, the U.S. and the Soviet Union signed the SALT I, limiting the number of nuclear weapons both powers were able to possess. http://nucleotidings.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/SALT%20II.jpg?itok=K0cDjc9i -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This program was intiated by President Reagan in order to protect the U.S. from missile strikes, speficially from the Soviet Union, at the cost of heightening tensions. https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/202/496582372_c25f0041f0.jpg -
Mikhail Gorbachev Takes Power in Soviet Union
After Konstantin Chernenko passed away Mikhail Gorbachev took power and began to instill new views called "glasnost" and "perestroika", leading to Soviet Reform.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
Due to the new reforms of Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the Berlin wall fell and both sides of Germany were able to communicate with each other along with open migration and this primarily signified the Cold War coming to an end. https://media2.wnyc.org/i/620/372/l/80/1/112122245_1.jpg -
Strategic Arms Reduction Talk (START)
The Strategic Arms Reduction Talk is signed by President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, leading to the disarmament of U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons and the Soviet Union breaking up into indepedent republics, ending the Cold War. http://www.state.gov/img/12/51563/nrrc_bush_gorbachev_300_1.jpg
