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Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill meet at the Yalta Conference to discuss postwar procedures. The conference was meant to reestablish the continents, but the Cold War then made this controversial -
The Arms Race
The Arms Race for nuclear supremacy between the nations began. The nations began constructing many nuclear weapons. -
Korea Split at the 38th Parallel
Korea divided into what is now North Korea and South Korea. North Korea became a Communist government while South Korea was an anticommunist government. -
Second Red Scare and Hollywood Blacklists
From 1947-1957, fear of Soviet/Communist intrusion into the US was prominent. Joseph McCarthy investigated any allegations for traitors in the US which led to a blacklist of many Hollywood actors. -
The Berlin Airlift
U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin, divided into occupational zones, was located in Soviet-controlled Germany. -
The creation of the Warsaw Pact and NATO
The United States and 11 other Western nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) because of the Communist expansion, so the Soviet Union and other Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact -
The Domino Theory
The theory that came about in early 1950 that stated that if a country were to fall to Communism, then the surrounding countries would also then fall to Communism. -
Creation of the first H-Bomb and destroying the island of Elugelab
The United States created and tested the first hydrogen bomb due to the nuclear threat of the Soviet Union. The US tested the bomb on a small island known as Elugelab which completely destroyed the entire island. -
The Rosenberg's Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of being traitors and conspiring to pass the US' atomic secrets to the soviet. They were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York by way of the electric chair. They were the first citizens to be accused of espionage, and their case is controversial due to their pleas of innocence up until their time of death. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. This spurred on the Space Race. -
Bay of Pigs
The United States secretly tried to take over Cuba; however, the mission failed and many of our men were killed. America was caught trying to take over a Communist nation close to our borders which worsened the relationship between us and Communist nations. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
East Germany began building a wall to separate Berlin into East/West Berlin. It became known as the "Iron Curtain" -
The Cultural Revolution
Chila's communist leader, Mao Zedong, launches the Cultural Revolution in order to reassert his power in the Chinese government. He shut down schools and had youth be in paramilitary groups. -
Nixon goes to China
President Nixon travelled to China which was Communist. The goal of the trip was to improve relations between the United States and a Communist nation. -
The SALT Treaty
The production of nuclear weapons between the US and USSR had become more that the nations could handle. Johnson therefore called for strategic arms limitations talks (SALT). This caused the US and USSR to limit the number of nuclear weapons produced. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
All but one of the Soviet's republics declared independence of the USSR. This caused the Soviet Union to no longer be a nation.
