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russian revolution
Revolution with the Tsarist autocracy against the Soviet Union. This is a significant event because it started the communist movement. -
Iron curtain
the Iron curtain is the countries allied with the Soviets in the cold war. It symbolizes the Soviets efforts to isolate themselves. -
potsdam conference
The Potsdam conference is a conference between The U.S., The U.S.S.R., and The U.K. at the end of WWII. THey discussed treaties and the post-war order. It marked the end of the war in euorpe. -
atomic bomb
The atomic bomb destroyed each city it was dropped on(Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and ended the war in the Pacific. It also showed the rest of the world that the U.S. has nuclear wepons and that we are willing two use them. -
truman doctrine
The Truman doctrine started the U.S. policy of containment. It's important because it changed America's forien policy. -
marshall plan
The Marshall Plan, or European recovery program, was the US's first aid two west European countries to rebuild after WWII. Ther Marshall plan reduced communist influence in west European countries. -
berlin blockade and airlift
The Berlin blockade and airlift started when the Soviets blockaded the city from the outside world. The U.S. airlifted food and other supplies to the citizens of Berlin. -
NATO
NATO is an alliance of European countries and the US aganist the Soviets and their allies. -
soviet bomb test
On August 29, 1949, the Soviets successfully tested their atomic bomb. Now both the US and The Soviet Union hed atomic bombs. -
Hollwood 10
Ten men in Hollywood blacklisted for being accused of being communists. The film made about the situation denounces McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting. -
Korean war
A war with North Korea, the Soviet Union, and China vs. South Korea, and the US. The war lasted three years and ended when an armistice was signed and Korea was divided. It showed that the US was willing to send armed forces to contain communism. -
Khrushchev Takes over
Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union during part of the cold war. -
Eisenhower’s Massive Retaliation Policy
Massive retaliation policy is the idea that if the other side knew we had these wepons and would use them they wouldn't attack. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Hearings with McCarthy against the army. The army said that he was pushing them to give preferential treatment to one of McCarthy's friends. McCarthy said these accusations were only because of his accusations of communism in the military. the result was the end of the McCarthyism era. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was the counter-alliance to NATO. There was never a direct conflict against Warsaw and NATO, but they fought in ideologies and in proxy wars. -
The Vietnam War
Communist North Vietnam won the war. Causing US troops to leave and the start of the war with vietnam and cambodea. -
Hungarian Revolution
It started as a student uprising and thousands of people joined in to take down the comunist govement in their country. It started the fall of comunism in east euorpe. -
U2 Incident
A US u2 plane was shot down flying over the Soviet Union while conducting ariel pictues of the soviet union. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
A failed military mission in Cuba to dismantle Cubas communist government. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall divided Berlin from the rest of the country for 28 years. The wall symbolized the lack of freedom with communism. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A thirteen-day conflict where we dismantled our missles in turkey and the soviets dismatled their missles in cuba. -
Detente under Nixon
A policy that Nixon used to de-escalate the chance of nuclear war. -
The Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a strategy that Regan used in the cold war to fight against communism. It was used until the end of the cold war in 1991. -
Reagan’s Berlin Wall Speech
A speech Regan made urging the Soviet leader to tear down the Berlin wall if he truly wanted peace. This lead to the tearing down of the Berlin wall. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was torn down officially on 3 October 1990 but it was anonced in noveber 1989.
