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Period: to
the cold war
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Russian Revolution
A pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 that dismantled the Tsarist and led to the rise of the Soviet revolution -
Iron Curtain
the boundary dividing Europe into two separate places from the end of world war two to the end of the cold war -
Potsdam Conference
Conference was held at Cecelianhof, Crown prince Wilhems' home in Potsdam, it kept Germany occupied -
Atomic Bomb Hiroshima/Nagasaki
At the end of WWll The US let off two nuclear weapons off on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Truman Doctrine
An American foreign policy that was to counter Soviet Unions expansion announced by president Harry S -
Marshall Plan
US gave over 13 billion dollars to Europe for aid in economic assistance -
Berlin Blockade and Airlift
First major international crisis in the Cold War -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military alliance between North American and European countries -
Hollywood 10
A 1950 American short film documentary, denouncing McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting -
Korean War
The korean war happened between north and south. north korea invaded south korea -
Soviet Bomb Tests
Third soviet atomic bomb, it was the first soviet air dropped bomb test -
khrushchev takes over
An active russian communist who began to rise to his power and take over -
eisenhower's massive retaliation
this retaliation ended the korean war -
army mccarthy hearings
investigation to investigate conflicting accusations between the US army and US senator joseph mccarthy -
warsaw pact
called the "treaty of friendship" but it was used for defence -
the vietnam war
a resistance war between vietnam and america -
hungarian revolution
hungarian uprising was a nationwide revolt against the communist government -
U-2 incident
US U-2 spy plane was shot down while in soviet airspce -
bay of pigs invasion
the bay of pigs invasion was a failed military invasion in cuba -
berlin wall
a concrete barrier that divides berlin in half -
cuban missile crisis
a 13 day missile scare between the US and Soviet Union -
detente under nixon
visit to washington a high water mark in detente between the US and Soviet Union -
the reagan doctrine
a strategy orchestrated by the US to overwhelm the soviet union to attempt to end the cold war -
reagan's berlin wall speech
"tear down this wall" he wanted to open up the barrier the soviet union had put up -
the fall of the berlin wall
the cold war began to thaw across the country, communists had a party. starting midnight citizens of GDR were free to cross the borders across the country
