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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a communist upbringing that was a huge part of the Cold War -
Soviet bomb test
The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II -
Atomic Bomb
during the final stage of the war with Japan the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan causing them to surrender -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a key point after WW2 that discussed main issues/tensions, and the future of the world -
Iron Curtain
Non physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991 -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
The Marshall Plan
was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion -
The Molotov Plan
Soviet aid to help support Eastern European countries that were economically and politically aligned to the Soviet Union -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950 -
Berlin Airlift
the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the city -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control -
NATO
International Alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. -
Rosenburg Trial
Rosenburg was executed for being a soviet spy, him and his wife were tried for espionage for sending classified information to the soviet union -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American 16mm short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. The film was directed by John Berry -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
Army- McCarthy Hearings
series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. -
Geneva Conference
conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 26 – July 20, 1954. It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War -
Warsaw Pact
ollective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955 -
Hungarian Revolution
nationwide revolution against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies -
U2 Incident
United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, was hit by an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored rebel group Brigade 2506 -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missle Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba -
Assassination of Diem
The arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh in November 1963 -
Assassination of JFK
35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident -
Operation Rolling Thunder
gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and North Vietnam on cities and places in South Vietcong -
Assassination of MLK
American clergyman and civil rights leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m -
Assassination of RFK
Robert F Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries – the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, East Germany and Hungary, on the night of 20–21 August 1968 -
Riots of Democratic Convention
tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets to rally against the Vietnam War and the political status quo -
Election of Nixon
The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Kent State
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre, were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces -
Nixon visits China
important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China after years of diplomatic isolation -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
On January 15, 1973, President Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. The decision came after Dr. Henry Kissinger, the National Security Affairs advisor to the president, returned to Washington from Paris, France with a draft peace proposal. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, or the Liberation of Saigon, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975 -
Reagan Elected
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 1980. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter -
SDI Announced
On 23 March 1983, Reagan announced SDI in a nationally televised speech, stating "I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. 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
U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987, calling for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961 -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Month the Berlin Wall was destroyed
