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The Russian Revolution
The Russian people felt that Communism is better and wealth should be shared among everyone. The people should overthrow the people who control everything. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron curtain was a barrier used by the soviets as a way to prevent a invasion as well as a way to expand on communism for Russia. It ended in 1991. -
Potsdam Conference
There was tension that occurred with Russia and the U.S. about political freedoms. Stalin wanted to control all of Europe. -
The Atomic Bomb
The Russians felt that the atomic bomb threatened so Stalin poured money and resources in to making his own. The atomic bomb changed warfare because it made war about fear rather than ambushes and surprise attacks. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy that opposed soviets expansion of communism. We would send money to any country needing it. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the Soviets version of the Marshall Plan. It was designed to offer support to countries that were aligned with the Soviet Union -
The Marshall Plan
It was the Americans way of responding to the spread of communism offering economic assistance for any country in need. It was a European reform program. -
The Berlin Blockade
It was the first major crisis in the Cold War. The Soviet Union had blocked all world communication or supplies from entering east Germany -
Soviet Bomb Tests
The first bomb test on a two stage hydrogen bomb. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a alliance consiting of 29 countries. -
Berlin Airlift
It was the first national crisis during the cold war. Stalin had blockaded the city of Berlin cutting it off from the world -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was a government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy. Before he was tried and convicted he worked as a official for the U.N. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 were a group of Hollywood actors who were accused of spying. They executed there rights to a fair trial and were ridiculed and lost there career because of it -
Korean War
It was a war between North Korea backed by the Soviet Union and South Korea backed by the United States. It began when North Korea invaded South Korea -
Rosenberg Trial
The Rosenberg's were a married jewish couple accused of spying for the Soviet Union giving them valuable information on nuclear weapons, sonar and other valuable technology -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army-McCarthy Hearings were a series of hearings held by the U.S. State Senate Subcommittee To investigate conflicting accusations made by the army and a U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a battle between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. It was important because the french were defeated by communists. -
The Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a conference among many different nations that took place in Geneva Switzerland. It was intended to resolve issues started with the Korean and Indochina war. It was important because it was one of the only to have had no resolutions -
Warsaw Pact
A collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw Poland between the Soviet Union and other satellite countries -
The Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nation wide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and it's soviet imposed ways. -
The U2 Incident
The U2 incident was when a American CIA agent was sent to take photographs of soviet controlled territory in a U2 spy plane. He was shot down and taken hostage. -
The Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs was a botched invasion in south east Cuba. It consisted of 1400 Cuban exiles -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a concrete wall erected to separate and divided Berlin in half -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13 day stand-off between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. This tense event was based on the Soviets trying to import nuclear missiles into Cuba and the U.S. creating a blockade around Cuba -
Assassination of JFK
President John F. Kennedy was shot while in a motorcade in Dallas during his campaign. It was important because our president was killed. -
Assassination of Diem
The assassination of the South Vietnam president was a successful mission backed by the CIA and Coup D'état. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a joint resolution that the United States passed on in response to Gulf of Tonkin incident. It was a signifigant event because it gave the U.S. President authorizing without a formal declaration of war from congress -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was the largest military operation that occurred in Vietnam. It was north Vietnam who launched the offensive against south Vietnam. It was significant because it was a turning point in the war. -
The Assassination Of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was a clergyman who was the leader of the civil rights movement. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee. It was significant because it lowered moral with troops -
Assassination of RFK
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was shot after midnight. It was significant because it continued to lower troop moral in Vietnam. -
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia was the joint invasion of Czechoslovakia with the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary. It was important because it showed communism expanding -
Riots of Democratic convention
As democrat delegates collected to have the election for there representative for the presidential election. Tens of thousands of people gathered in protest of the Vietnam war. It was important because it showed the anti war for Vietnam -
Operation Rolling Thunder
It was the largest sustained bombing in history. It was sustained bombing from March 2 to November 2. It was significant because nothing was accomplished with these bombings -
The election of Nixon
Richard Nixon was a republican who ran during the 46 quadrennial presidential election. It was important because he was started to pull troops out of Vietnam but expand the war. -
Kent State
Also known as the May 4 massacre. It was shootings from the guardsman onto unarmed students. It was important to the cold war because the protesters were protesting against bombings -
Nixon visits China
Nixon travels to China to was a strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and mainland China after years of diplomatic isolation. It was important because it created a relationship with China -
Cease fire in Vietnam
The ceasefire was ordered by Richard Nixon. It was the end of Vietnam war which is why it was important. -
Fall of Saigon
The fall of Saigon was the fall of the south Vietnam capital. This was important because it marked the end of the Vietnam war. -
Reagan elected
Reagan was elected in 1980. He had a overwhelming amount of votes. He was important because it marked the end coming to the cold war -
SDI announced
SDI was the Strategic Defense Initiative otherwise known as Star Wars. It was a bluff created by Reagan to drive the Soviet Union to bankruptcy. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev and Reagan was the first conference between the Soviet Union and the United States in eight years. That was why it was important. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall" was famous line from Reagan speech in front of the Berlin wall. It was important because it was a sign of the fall of the Berlin wall was near. -
The fall Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin wall marked the end of the cold war and that's why it was important
