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Stalin
Communist leader who kept te Soviet Union communist, He wa not popular among the SU citizens and id nothing helpful for the economy. He also didn't stay true to peace treaties made after the World Wars. HS: HE was not good for the Soviet Union and his actions caused many future events to occur. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was a symbol of the divison of communist and socialist in Europe. NATO and The Warsaw Pact were created because of this. HS: It started the Cold War because SU isolated countries int he East from the West socialist countries. -
United Nations
The United Nations was an organization that aimed to achieve world peace. It was created after WWII to maintain peace. HS: Countries came together to achieve and maintain peace. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would help and support Turkey and Greece economically and militarily so they would not fall to communism. HS: Example of how the US was against communism. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a program created by the US to help and aid Europe after WWII and to help prevent communism from spreading. HS: Another example of the US preventing the spread of communism. -
European Economic Cooperation
The European Economic Cooperation emerged from The Marshall Plan. It sought to establish a permanent organization to continue working of recovery plans and to supervise the distribution of aid. HS: It helped European countries and their economies. -
Berlin Airlift
The allies organized the Berlin Airlift when the Soviets put up the Berlin Blockade. US air forces along with other allied countries dropped 4,700 tons of supplies to Berliners. It was successful because it brought embarrassment to the Soviets since they refused it would make a difference. HS: It was one of the first major international crisises of the Cold War. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a military alliance including all of North America and some European countries. They supported democracy and socialists and were against communism. HS: They were against commmunism. -
People's Republic of China
This was when China was under communist rule of Mao Zedong. HS: China fell under communism. -
Koream War
The Koream War was fought between North and South Korea. North Korea was communist and wanted to take over the democratic republic of South Korea. The Soviet Union supported North Korea, while The US supported South Korea. HS: One of the wars between the US and the Soviet Union. (Communist vs. Democractic) -
Ho Chi Minh
He was the prime minister of Vietnam. He led the independence movement in 1941 and treid to stop communism. HS: He led the Vietnamese to a socialist republic and independence. -
First Explosion of the Hydrogen Bomb
The first explosion of the hydrogen bomb gave the US a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviets. It was 1,000 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb. A yeqar later the Soviet Union produced one and by the 1970s, 7 nations had hydrogen bombs. HS: The nuclear arms race took a fearful step forward. -
Kruschev
He led a less repulsive era for the Soviet Union. He focused on the citizens more and the way of life in the Soviet Union. He sent missiles to Cuba, leading to teh Cuban Missile Crisis. HS: He helped the Su by undoing come of Stalin's damage. -
KGB Committee for the State Security
Soviet Unions' Securtity Agency who was responsible for monitering public and private opinion, internal subersion, and possible revolutionary plots against the Soviet Union, HS: It kept Soviets from fighting agaist communist rule. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva conference was a conference whose purpose was to attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and restoring peace to Indochina. The Geneva Accords was a set of documents on Indochina. HS: It seperated Vietname into 2 zones. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was a treay between * communist countries, including the Soviet Union,to spread communsim. HS: It kept communism alive and tried to spread it. -
Vietnam
It was the mainb battle between the4 Us and the Soviet Union in the Cold war. North Vietname was supported by communist Soviet Union, while South Vietname was supported by the democratic United States. South Vietname and America lost many soldiers so the US backed out. South Vietnam was democratic for two years before the whole country fell to communism. HS: Another example of the US trying to stop the spread of communism. -
Suez Canal
NAtO and the Warsaw Pact fought to take control of this canal. The Soviet Union took control over America. HS: They fought over the canal because it was easy to reach oil with control over it. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union created and launched the first artificial Earth satellite. HS: Example of how advanced the Soviet Union's technology was. -
Tet Offensive
North Vietnam and their allies launched suprise attacks against the US and South Vietnam's military, civilians and control centers. HS: it happened unexpectedly because no attacks were supposed to occur. -
Berlin Wall is erected
The Berlin Wall was constructed by East Germany. It completely cutt off West Germany from East Germany. Its purpose was to prevent immigration and defection from the East to the West. HS: Prevented West Germans, that were ruled by the Soviet Union, from migrating to East Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The US learned that the Soviet Union was shipping Cuba nuclear missiles. JFk demanded they remove missiles, until then the US imposed a naval blackade. HS: It almost brought the world to a nuclear war. -
Brezhnez
He was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982. His leading is marked for being the beginning of the economic stagnation era, where serious problems were overlooked. HS: This led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. -
Helsinki Accords
33 countries got together and signed a declaration to help improve relations between the communist countries and the Western countries. It was not a peace treaty, more of just an agreement to be civil. HS: It was a step to reducing cold war tensions. -
Tiananmen Square
Chinese people were not happy that the display of mourning was removed so they protested against the government during the Qingming festival. It resulted in military suppression and hudreds of civilians lefts dead. HS: Showed nationalism among the Chinese people. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days by Iranians. The US sent the USS Nimitz to rescue the prisoners held hostage after mnay failed attempts to get them to release them. HS: showed that President Reagan was a stronger leader han Carter. -
Russian Invasion of Afghanistan
Soviets begans to take over and changed the government in Afghanistan. many people revolted, and once an American Ambassador was killed, the US helped fight against the Soviets. HS: A main fight between the superpowers during the Cold War. -
Moscow Olympics
The summer Olympics of 1980 was held in Moscow in the Soviet Union. Because of this, Americansn boycotted this olympics because of the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. HS: Showed how Americans didnt support anything in the Soviet Union and showed nationalism. -
Los Angeles Summer Olympics
Most Eastern bloc. countries boycotted the olympics of 1984 held in LA, USA in response to America boycotting the Summer Olympics in 1980 held in Moscow. HS: Showed tension between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. -
Perestroika and Glasnot
Watchwords for the rennovation of the Soviet's government. This plan swept communist nations and put their leaders out of power. HS: Ended the Cold War. -
Chernobyl
Chernobyl was the world's largest nuclear- power accident. It happened in Ukraine of The Soviet Union. It spread radioactivity over most of the Soviet Union. HS: It was a major set back for the Soviets. -
Berlin Wall is torn Down
The tearing down of the Berlin Wall was a symbol of increasing freedom in Germany. When is was first being torn down people came with sledge hammers to knock is down. It was formally concluded on October 3, 1990. HS: It was a symbol of German unification -
Gorbachez
He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985-91 HS: Was the leader of the Soviet Union until it's dissolution in 1991. -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement in Poland
Lech Walesa led the first non-communist trade union in a Warsaw Pact coutnry. It was the start of Poland moving to a socailist government. HSW: The first time people fought against communism in a communist country. -
Yeltsin
Russia's first president who vowed to trasform Russia's economy into a free-market. HS: Russia's first democractic president. -
End of USSR
The Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned the day before (Dec. 25 1991). The Soviet Union was now formed into twelve independent republics. HS: Marked the end of the Cold War. -
Putin
He was the President of Russia and is credited for the return of stability and economic growth in Russia. HS: russia has grown and become more stable since the end of the Cold War.
