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Russian Communist Revolution
2 revolutions sweept through Russia ending imperal rule and started a communist Soviet Union led by Vladimir Lenin. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty ended WWI but started WWII. Blames Germany for the entire war which sends them into depression. This allowes Hitler to come to power. -
League of Nations
An internatinal organization created after WWI to resolve internatinal disputes. Proposed by Woodrow Wilson but the US never became a member which made it weak and unable to stop Hitler and WWII. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting between Stalin, Churchill, and FDR and they would decide what would happen to the woprld post WWII. This is where friction between Stalin and FDR began to grow. -
United Nations
Improved Leauge of Nations. Matters between the US and Soviet Union would be sorted out here allong with the rest of the world's problems. -
Nuremberg trials
Were held by Allie forces after trials Germans and Japan were offically no longer super powers. Leaving just the U.S. and Soviets as super powers -
General Assembly
The General assembaly started to play a large role in making decisions inthe United Nations because the Security Council could never agree because the Sovite Union and the United States would veto what ever decision the other supported. -
Iron Curtian speech
Many people say the iron curtian speech was the beginning of the Cold war. The speech was by Harry truman, the Iron curtain divided east and west Europe. The Soviets tried to block them selfs and there satellitesd from open contact with the west. -
Baruch Plan
To regulate atomic energy mostly drawn up by Bernard Baruch. This was to regulate atomic energy between the U.S and U.S.S.R, but the Soviets denied this plan -
Chinese Communist Revolution
In 1949 the Cold war moved into the Asian hemisphere when China was seized by communist revolutionaries. Civil war between Chinese communist and leader Chiang kai-Shek. The fall of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the U.S. on bad terms with people republic of China for decades. -
Truman Doctrine
This document asked congress for money to aid Greece and Turkey to fight agianst communisem and contain it. This ended up becoming the U.S. forign policy of containment. -
The Marshall Plan
Plan to pay for war damages in Europe. Offered to all nations affected but only the West used it. It was very successful. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union set up a blockade in Berlin so the allies could not enter or exit Berlin. The Allies began to fly over imorts and exports to Berlin. This was a success for the Allies and an embarassment for Stalin. -
NATO created
The NATO was against communism and was an orginization that constitutes a system of collective defence. It was like an alliance and made rilviary during the Cold war between warsaw pact, European states, and the U.S. It provided a defence for when Soviets invaded. -
Joseph McCarthy speech
He is addressing everyone how this is the time of the cold war, and the world has split into two vast. And how he wants of new birth of honesty and decency in the government. -
Korean War
75,000 North Korean soldiers crossed over the 38th Parallel. The invasion was the first millitary action of the Cold War. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and it's European satellites sign a treaty makingg an alliance agianst NATO. It consisted of the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. -
Sputnik launched
The Soviets launched first sateillite in space successfully, this is what started the space race and was also a factor in the Cold war. It was launched off an ICBM which is used to launch missles so they were a head of us in the competiton and the fact they lauched it off an ICMB scared us because of nuclear war -
M.A.D - Mutally Assured Destruction
If the U.S or U.S.S.R fired on one another, the first one fired upon would fire back, then it would go back and fouth, causing assured destruction. -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba
In 1960 it became offical that the communist revolution in Cuba had now taken over with Castro at the helm. Cuba offcialy becomes a communist country. -
Nuclear Deterrent
Using nuclear energy as a scare The U.S had nuclear weapons in Turkey and the U.S.S.R had nuclear weapons in Cuba. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The US supplied Cuban refuges to spark an uprise agienst the Communist Cuban leader Fidel Castro. It failed and embaressed the US. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
East Germany built a wall seperating east and west Berlin to keep western fascists from entering communist East Germany. -
Cuban missle crisis
Soviets put missles in Cuba pointed at the U.S. because we have missles in turkey near them. This is the most tense time during the cold war and both countries were very close to using nuclear power. -
The Berlin Wall
West Berlin citizens may vist East Berlin for the first time in over 2 years. This show a decreases in tention between communism and democaracy in Europe. -
U.S. sends troops to the Vietnam War
Response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. 3,500 U.S. marines landed near Da Nang in South Vietnam to control communism. -
Non-Proliferation Treaty
A treaty that would prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and promote peacful use of nuclear engery. This was put into place to regulate, and stop the spread of nuclear power for both the United States and U.S.S.R -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was a mission to complete the first manned lunar landing. it was a big event in the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union. This mission was a win for the U.S. in the space race and changed history. The Cold war and space race were connected because Kennedy made kind of a rivelry between the two nations. -
Kent state shooting
Known as the kent state massacre, students protesting about invasion of Cambodia and many campuses across the country were protesting. There was a draft for this. South vietnam needed help so we came in. -
Deng Xiaoping
In the 18 years since he became China's undisputed leader, Mr. Deng nourished an economic boom that radically improved the lives of China's 1.2 billion citizens. By early in the next decade, the reforms Mr. Deng ignited may well propel China's economy to the position of third largest, after the United States and Japan, but China's prosperity will be diluted by the increasing number of Chinese. He cracked open China's communism party and wanted to spread democracy. He was exiled but he came back -
Fall of Saigon
Communist North Vietinamies fores take over the democratic South Vietnam capital. -
Pope John Paul II
Teamed up with President Reagon to end the Cold war.
Helped defeat the Iron Curtain
Known as the "Holy Alliance" -
Margaret Thatcher
Known as the "Iron Lady". She helped take down the Berlin Wall. She met with Soviet Leaders to get comminusm under control. She was also a good friend of President Reagon. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
The soviets invaded Afghanistan to continue to spread communism and try and take over. Part of the cold war was fought here. -
Lech Walesa
In 1981 from other Warsaw Pact nations and with the possible threat of military intervention imposed martial law, "suspended" Solidarity and arrested many of its leaders. Walesa was arrested and then interned in south-eastern Poland near the Soviet border in a country house. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Communist East Germany anaunced a change in relation with the democratic West Germany so the border was taken down.
