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the Russian revolution
a communist revolution in Russia in 1917. this set up the differences between america and Russia -
Potsdam conference
conference in Berlin with Stalin, Truman and Churchill -
1st atomic bomb dropped
the united states dropped the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
2nd atomic bomb dropped on japan
the 2 atomic bomb dropped on japan to insure surrender in Nagasaki -
iron curtain
a blockade put in by the soviets to protect communism and defend against democracy -
Marshall plan
a European rebuild program that was funded by the united stated worth 12 billion dollars -
Molotov plan
a plan to rebuild soviet controlled country's into communism -
Berlin air lift
Americans drop supply every 3 minutes for 3 months in east Germany. -
nato
a treaty that united a lot of country's into a power. ( north Atlantic treaty organisation) -
Berlin blockade
a blockade that separated east and west Germany -
soviet bomb test
soviets surprised the america with a atomic bomb test. this marks the begin of the arms race -
Hollywood 10
10 Hollywood actors/ directors that were accused of treason -
Alger hiss case
a american government official accused of being a communist. -
Korean war
war between north and south Korea -
Rosenberg trial
a couple accused of sending bomb secrets to Russia during the Manhattan project -
Army-McCarthy hearings
he Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War -
Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
Warsaw pact
treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization -
Hungarian Revolution
following a speech by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in which he attacked the period of Joseph Stalin’s rule. Encouraged by the new freedom of debate and criticism, a rising tide of unrest and discontent in Hungary broke out into active fighting in October 1956. -
U2 Incident
confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane over the Soviet Union and that caused the collapse of a summit conference in Paris between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
Berlin wall
the berlin wall divided the free and the Communist in Germany -
Cuban missile crisis
the confrontation between america and Russia -
Assassination of Diem
the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem -
assassination of JFK
the assassination of JFK during a parade -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
rolling thunder was a bombing raid on Vietnam -
Tet Offensive
a series of surprise attaches by the vc -
Assassination of MLK
the assassination of mlk the head leader for the civil rights movement -
Riots of Democratic convention
The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr -
Assassination of RFK
senator Robert Kennedy was shot and killed -
invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries -
Election of Nixon
Nixon is elected as president -
Kent state
students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces, clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus. When the Guardsmen shot and killed four students on May 4, -
Nixon visits China
diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam -
fall of saigon
The Fall of Saigon, or the Liberation of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong -
Reagan elected
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. -
sdi announced
proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev produced no earth-shattering agreements. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987, calling for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin
