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Russian Communist Revolution
The Russian Communist Revolution took place during the end of WWI. Created the USSR, which formed the worlds first communist state. This connects to the cold war because it is the start of communism. -
Treaty of Versailes
Created at the end of WWI, the Treaty of Versailes created for the purpose of maintaining peace. The treaty placed all blame and war debts on Germany which in turn sent them into a depression. Since the country was struggling East Germany fell to communsim while West Germany was democratic. This relates to the cold war because of the spread of communism. -
Yalta Agreement
Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met in Russia to dicuss future progress of the war and the post-war world. -
Berlin Airlift
East Berlin put a blockade on anyone trying to get into or dropping off supplies to West Berlin. The U.S. decided to drop supplies off by air craft. -
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Nuremberg Trial
After World War 2 to punish the Germans for war crimes the Allies created the Nuremburg trials beetween 1945- 1946. 13 trails involving 200 defendants were held in West Germany. -
General Assembly
The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London and decided there should be an Atomic Development Authority which would have a worldwide monopoly over atomic missiles. -
Baruch Plan
The Clold War connects to the baruch plan because it deals with Nuclear competition between the US and Soviet Union. The Baruch Plan would have established international control of atomic energy and weapons under control of the United Nations. -
Truman Timeline
The Doctrine stated that th US would contain and confront communism whenever is was being influenced. This relates to the Cold War because they were trying to stop the spread of communism. -
Marshall Plan
The United States gave thirteen billion dollars to European countries. On one condition, the countries only bought American made products with the thirteen billions dollars. -
NATO Created
Alliance of sixteen Western Nations providing for joint military cooperation, originally formed in Washington D.C. with 12 nations, the other nations joined later after. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
Mao Ze Dong proclaimed the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the NAtionalist Party in China. -
Nulcear Deterrent
The U.S. and the Soviet Union would stockpile nuclear weapons. -
Joseph McCarthy Speech
Joseph McCarthy's speech was warning everyone in America of communism spreading. He gave specific names of people working Within the State Department and listed their crimes. -
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Korean War
WWII divided Korea into North and South. The norhtern half was under communist control and the southern half was democratic. During the Cold War the political environment was important because they did not want to appeaar "soft on communism." -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty between Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hhungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union. Rival Alliance towards NATO, which includes the United States. The military standoff between the U.S and Soviet Union was created and continued through the Cold War. -
Sputnik Launched
Soviet satellite launchedat 7:28pm. launched from Gagarian's start. The Soviets won the "Space Rcae" by putting the first satellite in space. -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba
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MAD
Mutual Assured Destruction if america was under attack the other country would be assured destruction most likely by nuclear weapons because thats when the term was made when nuclear weapons were created. -
Building of Berlin Wall
During the Cold War thousnads of East Germans feld to the west democratic side, to aviod communism. As a result the East German authorities constructed a wall that encircled West Berlin to prevent Germans from leaving. -
The Bay of Pigs
The U.S. trained Cuban rebels to try to overthrow Fidel Castro. When we invaded Castro's army was too powerful and the rebels and the U.S. surrendered. -
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Cuban Missle Crisis
13 day political and military standoff. After finding missiles in Cuba by a plane with a camera they blockaded Cuba so the Soviet Union couldn't get any more supplies into Cuba. -
Iron Curtain Speech
In Early 1964 Winston Churchill the British Prime Minister worned everyone about communism spreading in Eastern Europe. -
US Sends Troops to Vietnam
The U.S sends troops to southern Vietnam in 1964 to stop the spread of communism. -
Non - Proliferation Agreement
The cold war was seen as a competition between the US and Soviet Union for many reasons such as nuclear weapondry. The treaty / agreement was created to prevent the spred of nuclear weapons and increased technology of nuclear weapondry. -
Apollo 11
It was the first spacecraft to land on the moon. America was the winner of the lunear space race against the Soviets. "thats one small step for man one giant leap for man kind." -
SALT I and II
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were put into place to contain the Arms Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. -
Kent State Shootings
4 students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a demonstration of protesting the Vietnam War. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon occured in South Vietnam, falling to North Vietnam forces marking the end of the Vietnam War. This was the beginning of Vitenam under communist control. -
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization that is commited to keeping peace and security abd Develop friendly relations with other nations. -
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The Soviets Invade Afghanistan
The end of December 1977 through February 1980 the Soviets sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan. "it was a brutal beginning." -
John Paul II became the Pope
Pope John Paul II was a vocal advocate of human rights, and was the first non-Italian Pope in 400 years. -
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (Chinease Revolutionary) was in power from 1978 to 1922. He wanted to spread democracy through china. Xiaoping led China to have th third largest economy in the world. Deng Xiaoping is related to the Cold war because he was part of the Chinease communists that were favored byt the Soviets during the Cold War. -
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Margaret Thatcher
leaderof the Conservative party. SHe was the firt woman prime minister in British History. By 1988 she held the longest office time than any other British Prime minister in the 20th centery. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall the was separating East and West Berlin has been taken down. The families that were separated can finally come together after about 30 years. -
Lech Walesa
Walsea was a Human Rights Ctivist and Polish politician. He founded and led Poland Solidarity, which was the first independant labor union. The Solidarity had a non violent anti communist movement with millions of followers. Said to effect the fall of communism. -
START 1
July 31, 1991 START 1 was signed by US Presidnet GEorge H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. It was to provide for deep reductions of U.S. and Soviet Strategic nuclear weapons. -
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START2
It was signed January 3,1993 by president George Bush and President Boris Yeltsin. This treaty codifies the Joint Understanding signed by the two presidents on the Washington summit on June 17,1992
