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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of Russia. It's significance is that it had many reasons for World War 2. -
Atomic bomb-Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The U.S. detonated two nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities. Caused Japan to surrender. -
Long Telegram
How the Soviet Union saw the world. Took information and presented it into two prior reports and constructed a road map to the cold war. -
Iron Curtain
A national barrier separating the former Soviet bloc. To the decline of communism. -
Potsdam Conference
Last of the World War meetings held by the "big three". Significant because the President had told the Soviet that they had detonated the first atomic bomb. -
Molotov Plan
A system created by the Soviet Union to provide aid to rebuild countries in eastern Europe. -
Hollywood 10
10 member of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the house un-American activities committee -
Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy, the purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion. Hoped to stop the spread of communism. Requested aid for the countries Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
Spent 12 billion dollars on a program of massive economic assistance to help rebuild Western European countries after the end of WWII. -
Berlin Airlift
United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from allied airbases in western Germany. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the Untied States. A gamble to gain exclusive control over west Berlin. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an international alliance the consists of 29 member states. To provide collective security against Soviet Union. -
First Soviet bomb test
Internally code named First Lightning. -
Chinese communist revolution
Led by communist party of China, resulted in proclamation of the people's republic of China -
Alger hiss case
A State Department official who was convicted of perjury concerning his dealings with Whittaker Chambers and spying for the Soviet Union. -
Rosenberg Trial
The first American civilians to be executed for espionage and the first to suffer that penalty. -
The Korean War
War between North and South Korea. Conflict between the Democratic people's republic (North) and the Republic of Korea (South) -
Army- McCarthy hearings
A series of hearings held by the United States Senates subcommittee to investigate. -
Warsaw pact
A treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization. -
Hungarian revolution
A 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 Defense Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep into Soviet territory. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
a failed attempt by US-sponsored Cuban exiles to reverse Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, beginning with a military invasion of northern Cuba. -
Cuban missile crisis
A confrontation that made the U.S and Soviet close to a war when the Soviet nuclear armed missiles in Cuba. this is important because it could have caused a war with the U.S. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was shot while riding with his wife and was shot by a former U.S marine who was firing in ambush from a building by where Kennedy was. this is important because it was yet another great president that had been assassinated -
Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was a barrier divided Berlin and was built by the German republic
