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The Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution was the first successful communist revolution in the world. It set the ideological base the would cause the cold war -
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam conference was a post war conference attended by the U.S., Britain, and Russia -
The Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb signaled a permanent shift in the costs and ways that war would be fought, it meant that a war of annihilation could be fought without any soldiers. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron curtain is the physical boundary that separated the western bloc from the Russian eastern bloc. the iron curtain symbolized Russia's attempt to block itself off both physically and ideologically from the rest of the world -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov plan was the Soviet Union's response to the American Marshall plan designed to provide aid to countries politically and economically aligned with the Soviet union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was American foreign policy aimed at countering Soviet expansion and the spread of communism -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was the U.S. giving money and support to European countries to help them rebuild/ prevent the spread of communism. -
Hollywood Ten
Ten Hollywood writers and directors that were blacklist and arrested for refusing to testify before HUAC. -
Alger hiss case
Alger Hiss a Government official working for the State Department was accused and tried for spying and copy important documents -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin the U.S. begin air lift supplies such as food, water, medical, etc... and for over a year the U.S. sustained the besieged city of over 2 million on airlifts alone -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviet Union blockades the parts of Berlin under there control indenting to starve the citizens into submission, this event was the first major international crisis of the cold war. -
NATO
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was an alliance between many North American and European countries formed during the Cold War meant to dis wade the Soviet Union from attacking and protect smaller countries -
Korean War
The Korean war was the first time the U.S. used military force to try to prevent the spread of communism. -
The Rosenberg trial
The Rosenberg's an american couple accused of being communist spies are arrested and sent to trial, after being found guilty the Rosenberg are executed -
Soviet bomb test
The Soviet bomb test was the Soviets first successful test of the atomic bomb, This test occurred far before we thought they could which sparked the fear and suspicion of soviet spies. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Senator McCarthy famous for his aggressive accusations of suspected communists turns his focus on Army security which leads to the army accusing him of using improper influence to obtain preferential treatment. This event is important because its signal the start of the decline of McCarthyism. -
Th Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a diplomatic meeting between several nations to discuss and resolve issues resulting from the Korean war and the First Indochina war. This was important because it show and attempt to deescalate the cold war -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was a mutual defense pact signed by the Soviet union and seven of its eastern bloc satellites as a direct response to the formation of NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution which stated as an impromptu protest was an effort by the Hungarian people to overthrow and force out the communist and soviet leadership of their country. After the Soviet forces and leader ship are driven out of Hungary the soviet Union responded in Force which drove away the support of many western Marxists -
U2 incident
The U-2 incident which began with the shooting down of an American reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory and lead to the collapse of a summit conference. -
The Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed invasion by over 1400 american trained and backed Cubans who had fled their homes after Fidel Castro took power -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was bulwark built to prevent the entrance and influenced of western "fascists", but in reality served more as a way to prevent defection from east to west. Even after the fall of the wall it still stands as a symbol of the cold war -
Cuban Missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a 13-day political and military standoff between the U.S and Soviet Union over the installment Of Soviet nuclear weapons on Cuba. This event was important because many thought this was the brink of nuclear war, but the conflict was peacefully removed when the soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba, and the U.S. agreed to not invade Cuba and remove missiles from turkey -
Assassination of Diem
The assassination of Diem was the culmination of a U.S. backed Coup d'état after years of discontent and protest under the harsh rule of Diem and his family -
Assassination Of JFK
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in front of a crowd while riding in the president limousine with the roof down. This event is important because it caused a large political and cultural impact. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The battle of Dien Bien Phu was the final and decisive battle of the war between the French and communist Viet Minh, that ended with the defeat and retreat of french forces from Vietnam -
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
After the Tonkin Gulf incident President Lyndon Johnson was given a "blank Check", allowing him to rapidly increase the amount of troops in Vietnam -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling thunder was an ongoing bombing operation by the U.S and it signal the first sustained assault against North Vietnam by The U.S. -
The Tet offensive
The Tet offensive was a coordinated series of attacks by the Viet Cong on more than 100 south Vietnam cities that caught the U.S. off guard before being pushed back. In the after math of the Tet offensive the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese armies almost completely destroyed but was seen as a major defeat by the U.S. media. -
The Assassination of MLK
The assassination of Martin Lr. King Jr. a leader and figure head of the civil rights movement. His assassination sparked massive outrage and protest from much of the black and civil rights community and help speed up the equal housing bill. -
Riots at the democratic Convention
During the 1968 Democratic Convention tens of thousands of people collected to protest the Vietnam war which lead to riots in which the national guard were called in to stop the riots which then turned violent -
The assassination of RFK
Robert f. Kennedy was assassinated shortly after announcing his win of the California Presidential Primary, this shocked many as they thought RFK was the only man capable of uniting the U.S. -
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
In 1968 5 members of the war saw pact invade Czechoslovakia in order to occupy and control Czechoslovakia -
Election of Nixon
After Richard Nixon's election in 1968, he announced his plan for withdrawing from Vietnam he called vietnamization by slowly turning the fight over to the south Vietnamese -
Kent State
Four students are killed at Ohio's Kent State by the national guard after a long series of anti-war protests -
Nixon's visit to china
Nixon's diplomatic visit to China signaled a change in the balance of power of the cold war and the formation of a long lasting and important relationship -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
A ceasefire is negotiated between the U.S. and North Vietnam, the U.S. begins to withdraw its forces, leading to the eventual fall of Saigon an South Vietnam -
The fall of Saigon
After the almost total withdraw of American civilians and military from Saigon the Viet Cong launch their final attack taking Saigon -
Reagans elected
Ronald Reagan is elected president in 1980 with the goalto not only end the cold war but to be the victor -
SDI Announced
In 1983 Reagan announced his plans for the SDI or Strategic defense initiative, which was a missile defense program intended to protect the U.S. from ballistic nuclear weapons. -
Geneva conference with Gorbachev
This conference was the first summit held between the U.S. and Soviet Union in eight years, while no ground breaking agreements were made it was successful in building a relationship, easing tensions, and lay a foundation. -
'Tear Down this Wall' speech
The 'tear down this wall' speech was a call by Reagan for Gorbachev to both figuratively and literally dear down the wall that separated Germany and Berlin, The speech was a call to open negotiation and begin unification. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
On midnight of November 11, 1989, The gates of the Berlin wall were opened after which many east Germans flooded through the gates and joined in the celebrations taking place in west Germany, this event was seen as the final turning point of the cold war.
