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Suez Canal/ Nasser
The Suez Canal was a canal in Egypt connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Nasser(Egypts leaser0 nationalized the Suez Canal Company. -
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Cold War
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Stalin
Stalin was a leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin pushed for the Russian Revolution, and had the Great Purge in which he killed thousands of innocent civilians. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a symbol to desribe how the East Communist Europe is divided from the West Democratic nations. -
United Nations
It was founded after WWII to replace the League of Nations. Their main thing was detente and wanted to limit the arms race. It wanted to help stop wars between countries and try to make peace. -
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh became the presiden of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh led a major independence move and later Vietnam's capitol was named after him. -
Truman Doctrine
A policy made by Harry Truman in which we would support TUrkey and Greece with financial aid to make sure they dont fall into Communism. It helped our relationship with these two nations and also stopped communism. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a United States program to aid Europe after WWII to help their economies as well as helping to stop the spread of Communism. Overall it helped our relationships with European nations and helped stop the spread of Communism. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was when Western Allies brought food and supplies to West Berlin since the Soviet Union blocked off places from getting their supplies. It helped the citizens of West Berlin and stopped the Soviet Union from advancing. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
A treaty formed by the United States, Canada, and ten other nations. They where to help one other try to stop communism and help one another if they got attacked. This helped tensions grow as communsit countries where making their own treaties. -
Peoples Republic of China
The Peoples Republic of China is officially china the state.After WWII the Communist Party defeated the Nationalist Party and established China as the Peoples Republic of China which is still here today. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between north and south korea. North was communist allies with the soviet union while south was capitalist and allies with the U.S. North Koreans attacked South, and later resulted in the permanent division Korea on the 38th parallel. -
Explosion of the First Hydrogen Bomb
The first Hydrogen Bomb was exploded and was called "Ivy Mike." The explosition of the first bomb lead to more arms race among nations and also increased tensions. -
KGB (Committee for state security)
The agency was formed in 1954 till the soviet union collapsed and was the main security agency. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords was a conference in attemp to settle peace in Indochina and help unify Vietnam. THe Geneva Accords seperated Vietnam into two zones. The Geneva Accords helped settle disputes and changed VIetnam forever. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a treat signed between eight communist countries. They wanted to help eachother in time of War and also try to spread communism. -
European Economic Cooperation
Treaty in which all six major nations of Europe in which each helped eachother economically and allowed free trade throughout each nation. This helped Europe remain stable and prospered their economies. -
Sputnik
Sputnik was the first satellite to orbit earth by the Soviet Unions. This triggered a major space race between competing nations. -
Khrushev
He was the leader of Russia and was all for destalinization. He was also responsible for the Cuban Missle Crisis leading tighter tensions between the US and the Soviet Union and Cuba. -
Berlin Wall is Erected
The Berlin wall was a wall constructed to split up West and East Berlin. It stopped people from the Communist East Berlin from sneaking over to West Berlin.The Berlin wall made it impossible for communism to spread throughout Berlin, and also made it harder for unification. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Cuban Missle Crisis was a major nuclear conflict in which the Soviet Union sent missles to Cuba in case U.S. would invade. Soviet Union took the misslees out, and ever since then made a tension between Cuba and the U.S. -
Brezhnev
Brezhnev became the leader of the Soviet Union and preceded Nikita. Brezhnev pushed for detente between all nations, and would help the Russian economy prosper. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet offensive was a military campaign by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam agaisnt the South Vietnam and U.S. In the end, the communist where defeated military wise but US economy was struggling. -
Helsinki Accords
The Helsinki Accords was a conference held between 36 nations to improve relations between the communist nations and democracies nations. The Helsinki accords didnt have a major impact, but helped ease tensions a little. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Iranian Hostage Crisis was when Iran held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. This led to Afghanistan invading Iran, but Iran eventually let the hostages go. -
Russian Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. US aided afghanistan with billions of dollars, and Soviet Union retreated in 1988. Millions of civilians died and/or had to flee their own country. -
Moscow Olympics
The Moscow Olympics where held in Moscow in the SOviet Union. The United States and several other countires boycotted the games since the Soviet Union was at war with afghanistan at the time. -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement
Lech was a polish politician and founded solidarity. Solidarity was basically the Polish trade union federation. It was the first non communist union to emerge in the Warsaw Pact country. This would help communist dissolve in the close nations. -
Los Angeles Olympics
Was summer olympics that where held in Los Angeles, US. because Tehran declined since it was going through Iranian social and Political changes. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
Was a major political movement in which Soviet Union leader Gorbachev wanted to Reform the Communsit Party. This movement is said to be the cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was a major nuclear accident in which Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up. Chernobyl released many radioactive toxens in the air, that are still there today. -
Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square is in the heart of Beijing, China. Protest occured here due to the political leadership of China. In the end the government said they where "unrevolutionary acts" and some citizens where killed. -
Berlin Wall is Torn Down
The wall was torn down, and citizens of West and East Berlin where aloud to cross over. Tearing down the Berlin Wall would later help lead to reunification of Europe nations. -
Gorbachev
Gorbachev became president of the Soveit Union. He reformed the Soviet Union and also ended the Communist Party in Russia. Doing this led a major end to the Cold War, and Russia became a democracy. -
End of the USSR
THe Soviet Union collapsed, and became a democracy. This would help end major communism throughout Europe and help break tensions between the US and Russia. -
Yeltsin
Yeltsin was the first president of the Russian Federation. He wanted to transform Russia's socialist command economy into a free market economy. -
Putin
Putin is the President of Russia. He has contributed to a boom in Russias economy.
