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Revolutions in Russia that eventually led to the creation of the Soviet Union. This is where the Cold War began.
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A conference among world leaders to establish post-war order, peace treaty issues, and countering the effects of the war.
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The first ever atomic bomb to be used in warfare, dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. This signified the end of WW2.
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The second atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan.
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The boundary that divided Europe between the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union used it to barricade itself from non-communist countries.
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Essentially the USSR's version of the Marshall Plan, it was designed so the soviets could provide aid to rebuild countries in Eastern Europe.
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The Hollywood Ten was a group of people on a blacklist of potential communists.
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A U.S. initiative to aid western Europe to help them rebuild their economies.
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The soviets blockaded the Western Allies from railway, road, and canal access until they withdrew the Deutsche mark.
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In response to the Berlin Blockade, the U.S. flew supplies to the people of West Berlin.
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American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
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An American government official accused of being a soviet spy, He was tried and convicted of perjury.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, A military alliance between several North American and European states.
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In secret, The Russians tested there own atomic bomb based on U.S. design.
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A war essentially like Vietnam, North Korea invaded the South with the help of China and Russia, while South Korea was aided by the U.S.
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A couple, accused and executed for being soviet spies, thought to have sold American atomic bomb plans to the russians.
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The climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French and the Viet Minh, This would eventually lead to the Vietnam War.
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A series of hearing involving the U.S. Army and senator McCarthy, they were held to investigate conflict between the two.
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A conference among nations to settle the issues after the Korean War and restoring the peace in Indochina.
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A collective defense treat among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states, Essentially NATO for the Soviets
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A nationwide revolt among the Hungarian people against the government and its Soviet-imposed policies.
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A U.S. U-2 spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance
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A failed assassination attempt against Fidel Castro. They intended to overthrow Castro's increasingly communist government.
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A guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin physically and ideologically. It was completely destroyed in 1992
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A missile scare for the U.S. when the Soviet Union tried to place nuclear weapons in Cuba. After, the U.S. put nuclear weapons in Italy and Trukey
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A C.I.A. siege to capture Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother. The mission was successful Diem and his brother were granted safe exile but then executed.
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The assassination of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was the 4th and most recent presidential assassination.
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A resolution passed of the Tonkin Gulf incident. This was essentially a blank check for Lyndon Johnson to send troops into Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
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A gradual and sustained bombing against Vietnam. It became one of the intense air/ground battles waged during the Cold War.
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One of the largest military campaigns in Vietnam.The attack was launched on the Vietnamese New Year, the Viet Cong attacked 36 Capitals in Vietnam.
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The assassination of clergyman and civil right activist Martin Luther King Jr. He was fatally shot at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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The assassination of presidential candidate and brother of JFK, Robert F. Kennedy. He was assassinated shortly after winning the primaries in the 1968 election.
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An invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union, Bulgari, Hungary, and Poland.
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A protest during the Democratic Convention of 1968 resulted in riots. The protester tried to disrupt the convention but the city promised to maintain law and order.
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In 1968 Republican candidate Richard Nixon won the presidency. We won the campaign to restore law and order to the nation's cities and provide new leadership in Vietnam
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A shooting at Kent State of four college students during a protest. Twenty-nine guardsmen opened fire for period of 13 seconds, this resulted in the death of four students.
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In 1972 Nixon visited China to formally normalize relations China. It was the first presidential visit to China in 25 years.
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A treaty to officially end the war in Vietnam. Also known as the Paris Peace Accords.
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The capture of the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon. This marked the end of the Vietnam War.
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In 1980 Ronald Reagan won the presidency. He won the election by a landslide against Jimmy Carter.
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A proposed missile defense system designed to protect the U.S. from nuclear weapons. The program became known as "Star Wars".
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A meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhal Gorbachev. They had talks of international diplomatic relations and the arms race.
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A speech given by Reagan at the Berlin Wall criticizing Gorbachev to open the barrier dividing Berlin.
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Demolition on the Berlin Wall begins. This signifies the end of the Cold War.
