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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution abolished the monarchy and established the Soviet Union -
Potsdam Conference
The United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union met to decide what to with Germany. -
Atomic bomb
The US dropped 2 Atomic bombs on Japan which ended WWII. -
Long Telegram
Stated that the Soviet Union was not going to be able to get along with the US and capitalism, and that the US should try to contain communism -
Iron Curtain
Its a imaginary line that separated Europe. On one side was the U.S.R (Communist) and on the other side was the west (not Communist) -
Truman Doctrine
A foreign policy that said the U.S would support any country threatened by Communism. -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 was a group of movie produced and writers who were accused of being Communions and they refused to answer questions in court and went to jail -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was were the U.S gave money to rebuild Europe -
Berlin Blockade
When the Soviet Union block all land access to Berlin. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Origination a group of countries that came together to protect each other. -
Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union blockaded Berlin so that the west could not get supplies in on the ground. The US flew in supplies everyday so that the Germans in west Berlin could have food and other supplies. -
First Soviet bomb test
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb. This surprised the US because they didn't think the Soviets had the technology yet. This made the US very nervous -
Korean War
The US sent supplies and troops to Korea to help stop the spread of communism and the Soviet backed South Korea. -
Rosenburg trail
The Rosenburgs were a husband and wife who were convicted of spying on the US. They were sentence and put to death. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Televised hearing that showed the public how crazy McCarthy was -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
A battle between the french and the Viet Minh(Vietnamese Communist) -
Geneva Conference
At the Geneva Conference Vietnam was divide at the 17 parallel. Non-communist to the North, communist to the South. -
Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union agreed that Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania would protect each other if any other country attacks them. -
Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian Revolution was a speech that a Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said and it was about the new freedom of debate and criticism. -
U2 Incident
U2 was a plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union because they weren't suppose to be flying and it was a spy plane -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion was a trained group of Cuban refugees that beginning with a military invasion of northern Cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States and Cuba were going to have war over a nuclear bomb and we almost went to war with Cuba it lasted 13 days -
Assassination of Diem
He was a president of South Vietnam and was murder which created kayos and it was a turning point in the war -
Assassination of AFK
The United States president was assassinated in Dallas Texas he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Passed by congress they gave President Jonson the power to do what ever he needed to do to secure South Asia -
Tet Offensive
South Vietnam had surprise attacked during the Tet holiday which is a Vietnam new year -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther was shot in Memphis Tennessee in front of his hotel and he was the biggest leader at that time -
Assassination of RFK
He was a brother of Jon F Kennedy and he was also assassinated and he was a New York serenaded at the time of his death -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union and Warsaw pact has a invasion in Czechoslovakia to stop protesters -
Riots of Democratic convention
In Chicago anti protesters Riots were stared by protesters vietam troops and city infinities promised to maintain in order and so riots police were ready -
Election of Nixon
Republican Nixon was elected on the promise of provided better leader shit on the Vietnam war -
Kent State
The Ohio national guard shot and killed an unarmed Kent State student who was protesting the combat of Cambodia -
Nixon visits China
President Nixon Visits china to help store relations of china this was important because it was the beginning of better realizations between the countries -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
president Nixon ordered the stop of bombing of North Vietnam this marked the beinging of the United States with draw from the Vietnam war -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam then the grab by communists fores the government to surrender -
Reagan elected
Republican Ronald Reagan deafted Jimmy to become morehe promise to cut big government and lower taxes -
SDI announced
Strategic Defense Initiative was a missile defense system dysined to protect from a nuilcu attact -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
This was a conference with president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev singed the treaty -
Tear down this wall' speech
Ronald Reagan speech delivered at the Berlin wall asking the Soviet Union leader to tear down the Berlin wall -
Berlin Wall
The Communist government of East Germany built a wall separating East and West Berlin. This wall was build so they can keep the countries people in -
Fall of Berlin Wall
It marked the end of the iron curtain and it opened up a path way in the east of Germany and Berlin -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Americas attempted to show us the powerful air force during the Vietnam war it was though that the action was a complete failure -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss, an American government official was accused of being a spy of the Soviet Union he was eventually evicted of lying to the court
