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Russian Revolution
The february revolution and the october revolution both attempted to change russia for the better, but the latter took control. lenin took control of the nation and instituted communism. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference is held in Potsdam, a suburb of Berlin, as to what will happen to post war Europe and specifically Germany. Truman and the allies wanted peace democracy and rights while Stalin wanted revenge against the Germans, and to enstate communism all across the continent of Europe -
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
on august 6th and 9th the two most powerful bombs in existence at the time were dropped in the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. this was more of a display of power than anything else, showing the soviet union that the united states was capable of leveling cities. -
The Iron Curtain
the iron curtain referred to the border between the free world and communism, between democratic countries free of communism, and the oppressed soviet satellites. churchill referred to it in this way because the imagery shows how the two sides so far apart ideologically, even though geographically they are right next to each other. -
The Molotov Plan
The molotov plan was essentially the russian equivalent to the marshall plan, assuring aid to european countries that aligned with communism. -
hollywood ten
the hollywood ten were actors from hollywood that refused to testify before congress on whether or not they were communist. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was when the secretary of state of the united states of america introduced a policy where the USA would give foreign aid to any non communist european country. -
Truman Doctrine
the truman doctrine stated that the us would perform all necessary actions to keep soviet expansion to a minimum. the us would not let communism devour europe. -
Berlin Blockade
The berlin blockade was when the soviet union tried to starve the allies out of the german capital of berlin. for 15 months the only way to get supplies to berlin's citizens was by airlift. -
Berlin Airlift
germany develops a new currency, so the soviet union enforces a blockade on the german capital to starve them of food. the allies don't agree with this so they drop supplies on berlin with b-29 superfortresses. -
alger hiss case
Alger hiss was a government official and UN official involved with the founding of the UN. he was accused of being a communist by whittaker chambers, a known communist. he was convicted of purjury. -
NATO Formation
on april 4th, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was formed, as to avoid further wars in the future. In this alliance was essentially the allied powers, along with west germany and italy. -
Russian Bomb Test
On August 29th, 1949 the russians tested their first successful nuclear bomb, which signified the start of a nuclear stockpiling and arms race for russia and america. -
Korean War
on the 25th of june, 1950, north korea invaded south korea. the following 3 years were filled with clashes and battles between south korea and us forces against north korean and chinese forces. the war ended with a stalemate on the 38th parallel, which is still the border today. -
rosenberg trial
ethel and julius rosenberg were sentenced to death on april 6th, after being confirmed communists. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a 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
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the final engagement of the first indochina war and the greatest defeat in french history. the battle was fought for a mountain outpost on the vietnamese border with laos. -
Geneva Conference
the geneva conference was held on april 26, 1954, to decide what vietnam would become. it was decided here that the nation would be divided into two at the 17th parallel, north being communist under ho chi minh, and south being a free nation. -
Warsaw Pact
the warsaw pact was the soviet union equivalent of NATO, consisting of russia and its satellites. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. -
U2 incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
on april 17th of 1961 a CIA backed invasion of cuba at the bay of pigs failed, and showed the world that we were willing to invade cuba -
Berlin Wall
In 1961 the soviet union put up a wall between soviet east germany and free west germany, dividing the country even further. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
the cuban missile crisis was a 13 day standoff between the soviet union and the united states because the soviets put missile silos capable of hitting all of the western hemisphere in cuba. -
Assassination of Diem
the Assassination of Diem was a successful cia backed assassination because diem was too western and wouldn't have won a free election, as he was not popular. -
Assassination of JFK
on november 22, 1963, president john f kennedy was shot and killed in texas by lee harvey oswald while in his motorcade. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the continuous bombing of enemy targets in vietnam for nearly three and a half years -
Tet Offensive
the tet offensive wa when the nva and viet cong signed a temporary cease fire with the us forces near new years, to celebrate peace on the vietnamese holiday of tet. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. -
Assassination of RFK
On June 5, 1968, 42-year-old presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally wounded shortly after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He had just won the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact nations – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland – on the night of 20–21 August 1968. -
Riots of Democratic convention
The 1968 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss the representatives different opinions on the vietnam war. -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, 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
Kent State gained international attention on May 4, 1970, when an Ohio Army National Guard unit fired at students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four and wounding nine. -
Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China. -
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 National Liberation Front of South Vietnam on 30 April 1975. -
Reagan elected
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, bringing an end to the cold war. -
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. The concept was first announced publicly by President Ronald Reagan on 23 March 1983. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
For the first time in eight years, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States hold a summit conference. Meeting in Geneva, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev produced no earth-shattering agreements. However, the meeting boded well for the future, as the two men engaged in long, personal talks and seemed to develop a sincere and close relationship. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West.
