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Yalta Conference
WHERE: Livadia Palace near Yalta, in the Crimea
WHAT: As World War II was coming to a conclusion, this meeting between British Prime Minister Winston Curchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, took place. Here, the leaders agreed to require Germany to surrender and to set up four zones in this nation- each controlled by the leaders' countries and France. Another meeting was later scheduled.
WHY: To discuss the re-establishment of nations in devastated Europe -
Colonial Liberation of Vietnam from French Rule
Japanese liberated Vietnam from French rule -
2nd meeting of Yalta Conference
WHERE: San Francisco
WHY: To create the United Nations
WHAT: Stalin agreed to permit free elections in Eastern Europe and to enter the Asian war against Japan
Stalin broke promise of free elections in Eastern Europe and installed governments dominated by the Soviet Union
American crtitcs stated that FDR "sold out" to the Soviets at Yalta The Yalta Conference became controversial due to the Cold Wars division of the continent. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held from July 10th to August 2nd. The three superpowers in atendance were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and The United States. The Soviets were represented by Joseph Stalin, the United Kingdom by Winston Churchill and the United States by President Harry S. Truman. They gathered to decide how to punish the defeated Nazi Germany, which surrendered nine weeks earlier, on May 8th. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the hands of the Soviets. Truman said it was "to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” He really just doesnt want more power to the Soviets. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was developed by Gearge Marshall in the U.S.to help shore up the destroyed infrastructures of western Europe through cooperation and capitalism. It was proposed in 1947 and funded in 1948, providing more than $13 billion to reconstruct western Europe. -
Creation of NATO
In 1949 the U.S created NATO (Norh American treaty organization) as a regional military alliance against the soviets. Members included Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. They wanted to create peace through this alliance system in Europe to prevent war. In response to this the Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact, a combination of 7 communist countries that matched NATO powers. -
Jerusalem is divided between Israel and Jordan
Jordan held the Old City and east Jerusalem, and Israel retained the western and southern parts of the city. Zionism, the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to Jerusalem and their self-determination there, supported Jews in upholding their Jewish identity.
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"Domino Theory"
Theory of the United States that stated that if one country fell in Southeast Asia they would all fall
justification for the vietnam war
was the United States foreign policy starting in the 50s
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Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference took place from April 26th to July 20th 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland. The intent was to find a way to unify Vietnam and restore peace in Indochina. The conference was made up of The Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Due to many schools ingnoring the Plesy vs. Ferguson court rule "seperate but equal" and mistreating black Americans, a man named Oliver Brown developed a case to fight for integration and equality of all races in schools. Chief Justice, Earl Warren, of the U.S. supreme court stated "spereate educational facilities are inherently unequal." This led to desgregation in schools and eventually everywhere. -
Bandung Conference
in April, 1955 23 leaders from asia and six from african nations met in Bandung, Indonesia to find a third path of the stirring conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Union. In this conference, the struggle against colonialism and racism were stressed. At the end of this meeting, Indonesian president Achmad Surkarno proclaimed Bandung as “The first international conference of coloured peoples in the history of mankind," Bandung was the precursor of the broader Nonalignment Movement due to this. -
War Saw Pact
Warsaw pact
- the alliance of the Eastern European socialist states to counter weight NATO
-unlike nato it is not an independant functioning system
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Rosa Parks Incident
Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of a public bus in Montgomery and was sentenced to court. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating and is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S. They began on the day of Rosa Park's court hearing and laste 381 days. The leader of the Boycott was Martin Luther King Jr and once the Supreme court decided to integrate buses he became a prominent civil right's activist. -
The Berlin Wall is built
Berlin Wall VideoThe berlin wall is built separating the communist East Berlin and the democratic West Berlin, constructed by the GDR (German Democratic republic). The barrier even consisted of guards who weren’t afraid to shoot people trying to escape. The Berlin wall became a symbol for the cold war and how the world was split into an eastern and western hemisphere. This tore apart families, friends, people lost their jobs, and the country was split in two. The wall fell on November 9 1989. -
Cuban missile crisis
Since the Soviets were far from the United States they needed to have their missiles located within a certain distance if the need to attack arised, so they placed their missiles in Cuba. The U.S also already had missiles in Turkey for the same reason. The nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the Soviets is affecting the whole globe. It is getting other countries involved. The whole world is trembling as the Soviets and the States are getting closer to each other. -
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed
During anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama, MLK is arrested. His "Letter from Birmingham Jail," advocated nonviolent civil disobedience and influenced black nationalism to take effect in the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C. for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was designed to shed light on the challenges African Americans faced. It is best known for culminating in the Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech, "I have a Dream." -
Birmingham Church Bombing
A bomb exploded before a Sunday morning service at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama which was a church for predominantly black Americans and served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Four young girls were killed and others were injured. Protesters fought violently with police and caused U.S. government to bring attention to the mistreated black Americans. -
Civil Right's Act
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or origin. It was first proposed by President John F. Kennedy and was signed into law by his successor, London B. Johnson. National Liberation of black Americans -
Third World
The neutral countries that were not on Nato's or Warsaw's side in the Cold War
- majority of Africa
-South America
