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The Russian Revolution
A time of social and political rebellion to establish the Russian Empire to start the monarchy.(started March 8, 1917 to June 16, 1923) Link text -
The Potsdam Conference
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Atomic Bomb
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. -
Long Telegram
War was on the march in Europe. George F Kennan created the Long Telegram. Highly sensitive. Use logic of force. Russia is insecure. -
Iron Curtain
Soviet Sphere of influence. Hand picked candidates. Many Eastern European escaped or were deported. -
Molotov Plan
A system by the Soviet Union created to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe (politically and economically) aligned to the Soviets. Originally called the "Brother Plan". -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 were a group of directors & screenwriters in 1947 who were blacklisted based on a list made by McCarthy which claimed these 10 (and many others) are spy's for the Communist Party -
Truman Doctrine
American Foreign policy stated to counter the Soviet's geopolitical expansion. "It must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" ( Truman to congress) -
Marshall Plan
Initiative American aid to western Europe. U.S. gave 13 billion dollars ( $138,500,705,394.19 in 2019 US dollars) for economic assistance to rebuild Western Eurpoe -
Berlin Blockade
One of the first major crisis of the Cold War. During the occupation of Germany the Soviet Union blocked the western allies railway, roads and canal access.(June 24, 1948- May 12,1949) -
Berlin Airlift
Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people of the West Berlin. -
NATO
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) international alliance consisting of 29 member states. If an armed attack on one member state it is considered an attack on all states -
First Soviet bomb test
First test code named RDS-1 at the Semipalatinsk test site. Device had a yield of 22 kilotons. -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was a government official accused of spying for Soviet Union. Hiss had been involved in two counts of perjury and found guilty 5 years in prison. -
Korean War
During the Cold War Korea was split into two states with a border set at the 38th parallel. Between the communist North and the anticommunist South Korea. North Korea won -
Rosenberg Trials
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg were accused and convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. They were providing top secret information about sonar radar and nuclear weapon design. Convicted in 1951. Executed in 1953 -
Army-McCarthy hearings
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Part of the first Indochina war. Purpose was to cut the supply line Viet Mihn has with the neighboring Kingdom of Laos a French Ally. The Viet Mihn brought heavy artillery and surrounded the French. The French ultimately surrendered. -
Geneva conference
A conference among several different nations. The goal of the conference was to settle issues resulting from the Korean War and the first Indochina War. -
Warsaw Pact
Formally know as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation & Assistance the Warsaw pact was a collective defense between Poland and the Soviet Union. -
Hungarian Revolution
The revolt spread like wild fire, thousands of citizens formed militias and battled AVH. One student died and was wrapped in a flag and held above the crowd. -
U2 indecent
A U2 spy plane was shot down by Soviet defenses while survivalist equipment and Soviet military bases. Once the plane was shot down the pilot (Francis Gary Powers) was ejected and safely parachuted to the ground and then captured. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
A failed attempt at reversing the Cuban revolution; starting with a military invasion of North Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
The wall cut off West Berlin from the surrounding East Germany. The wall included guard towers along with a large trench known as the "death strip". -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. Initiated by America's finding of the Soviets ballistic missile deployment of Cuba. This crisis almost started an all out nuclear war. -
Assassination of Diem
The brutal murder of South Vietnam's president and his brother happened on November 2,1963. It was a turning point in the Vietnamese War. -
Assassination of JFK
The assassination of JFK the injuries that Kennedy and Connally sustained were caused by Oswald's three rifle shots, but they also concluded that Kennedy was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy". -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Its historic significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty". This included involving armed forces. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
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Tet Offensive
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Assassination of MLK
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Riots of Democratic convention
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Assassination of RFK
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Warsaw troops invaded Czechoslovakia. East German forces, except for a small number of specialists, did not participate in the invasion because they were ordered from Moscow not to cross the Czechoslovak border just hours before the invasion -
Election of Nixon
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Kent State
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Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's. Nixon's arrival in Beijing ended 25 years of no communication or diplomatic ties between the two countries and was the key step in normalizing relations between the U.S. and China. Nixon visited China to gain more leverage over relations with the Soviet Union. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
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Fall of Saigon
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Reagan elected
Presidential election. Republican Ronald Reagan won the election in a landslide, receiving 489 electoral votes, defeating incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter, who received 49. Reagan received the highest number of electoral votes ever won by a non-incumbent presidential candidate. Republican Congressman John B. -
SDI announced
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles). The concept was first announced publicly by President Ronald Reagan on 23 March 1983. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. The two leaders met for the first time to hold talks on international diplomatic relations and the arms race -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, is a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987. Reagan called for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall, which had separated West and East Berlin since 1961 -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Brandenburg Gate in the Berlin Wall was opened on 22 December 1989. The demolition of the Wall officially began on 13 June 1990 and was completed in November 1991. The "fall of the Berlin Wall" paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October 1990.
