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1947 BCE
Molotov Plan
Plan from Soviet Union to rebuild Eastern European countries. -
1945 BCE
Iron Curtain
Separated Europe into two separate regions. One side was the Soviet Union -
Russian Revolution
Competing ideas of Communism and Liberal democracy. Soviet Union rose during this time. -
Soviet Bomb Test
Authorized Stalin to developed during World War 2. -
Potsdam Conference
Stalin was determined to dominate Europe. Goal was to secure political freedom and democratic governments. -
Atomic Bomb- Hiroshima/Nagaski
Very powerful bomb that can take out cities. No sudden attacks or declarations of war. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman requesting aid for Greece and Turkey. Basis of the Cold War policy of containment. -
Hollywood 10
10 Hollywood film industry members were sentenced to jail. They denounced the HUAC and would not cooperate or answer questions about communist ties. -
Marshall Plan
American initiative to help give aid to Western Europe. $13 billion given for economic support. -
Berlin Airlift
US and United Kingdom airlifted food and fuel to Berlin -
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union wanted to limit the ability for France, Great Britain, and US to get to their sectors in Berlin. Eventually much needed supplies and relief were brought to West Berlin. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states. -
Alger Hiss Case
Convicted of perjuring himself in regards to his testimony about his involvement in a soviet spy ring. Spent nearly 4 years in jail. -
Korean War
North Korea invaded South Korea. Air to air combat -
Rosenberg Trial
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg accused of selling nuclear secrets. Sentenced to death row. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
French view before the event, a battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower. First confrontation of Indochina War. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
Army accused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give better treatment to G. David Schine. McCarthy argued that this accusation was made in bad faith and in retaliation for his recent investigations of suspected Communists and security risks in the Army. -
Geneva Conference
conference among several nations that was in Geneva, Switzerland, in order to settle issues resulting from the Korean War. -
Warsaw Pact
a collective defense treaty betwee the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War. -
Hungarian Revolution
nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet imposed policies -
U2 Incident
A United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet missile deployment in Cuba. -
Assassination of Diem
South Vietnam celebrated. Success -
Assasination of JFK
Shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while he was riding with his wife. -
Tonkin Gulf resolution
Authorized Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against the Democratics -
Tet Offensive
one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Assassination of MLK
fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Assassination of RFK
Fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election -
Invasion of Czechoslovokia
A joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by four Warsaw Pact nations, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland -
Riots of 1968 Democratic Convention
tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over a disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. -
Election of Nixon
ran an anti-war campaign against Republican incumbent. -
Kent State
shootings of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War -
Nixon Visits China
Began the slow process of re-establishing diplomatic relations between US and China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
When the cease-fire went into effect, Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam’s territory and 85 percent of the population. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon by the army's people of Vietnam. -
Reagan Elected
Reagan era. 49th president. -
SDI announced
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
First time in 8 years leaders from US and Soviet Union have met. Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev produced no earth-shattering agreements. -
'Tear Down This Wall' Speech
Reagan gave speech. Very risky to do this speech but he did it anyway. -
Berlin Wall
Divided Berlin into 2 completely. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Thousands demanded passage through the Berlin Wall. Faced with a growing demonstration, East German border guards allowed citizens to cross.
