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The Russian Revolution 1917
The Russian Revolution was the first successful communist revolution in the world. it laid the ideological groundwork for the differences that would become The Cold War in the 20th century. -
The Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference was after World War ll ended when Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill all discussed plans for the administration of Germany and Poland. The four main topics were about post-war boundary's, securing piece of Europe, the control of Germany, and winning the war with Japan. -
The Atomic Bomb 1945
Hiroshima, Japan - where the first atomic bomb was dropped by an American B-29 bomber; killed approximately 80,000 people immediately and thousands of more died of radiation exposure; it also wiped out 90% of the city. Nagasaki, Japan - The second bomb was dropped three days later by another American B-29 bomber killing about 40,000 people. -Japan’s Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender in World War II due to the amount of people killed from the bombs. -
iron curtain 1946
The iron curtain was a speech given by Winston Churchill, he declared that Russia had built an "Iron Curtain" separating eastern Europe from western Europe. It basically separted Europe into two parts with an imaginary boundary from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. -
Truman doctrine 1947
The Truman doctrine is a speech that was announced by President Harry S. Truman before a joint session of congress. the purpose was to declare immediate economic, political, and military aid to the democratic nations. -
Molotov plan 1947
The Molotov plan was a system created by the soviet union, they wanted to be able to provide aid and rebuild countries in eastern Europe that were apart of the soviet union. The Molotov plan was the soviets version of the Marshall plan. -
Alger hiss case 1948
The Alger hiss case was an American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in 1950. It all happened during World War ll, he spent about four years in jail. -
Marshall plan 1948
The Marshall plan was an economic recovery act signed by president Truman.This act is that the United States need to rehabilitate the western and southern European countries to create stable conditions so democrats could survive. -
Berlin airlift 1948
The Berlin airlift was when the U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies to Berlin in airplanes because every other route was blocked by the Soviet unions. -
Berlin Blockade 1948
The Berlin Blockade was caused by the cold war when the soviet union attempted to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin. The soviet's blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access. The blockade lasted 11 months until it finally broke by a big enough flight of supplies -
NATO 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has 29 member states from Europe and North America who attend an international alliance. Created by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations in 1949. They wanted to provide security against the soviet union and defend each other from the possibility of communist taking control of their nation. -
soviet bomb test 1949
The soviet bomb was the first atomic bomb successfully tested by the Soviets, called RDS-1 or "First Lightning." It was tested at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan also known as "The Polygon", this place was where the Soviets tested their nuclear weapons. -
Hollywood 10 1950
The Hollywood 10 was a group of 10 producers, directors, and screenwriters who refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations. After they spent time in prison for contempt of Congress, they were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios. -
The Korean War 1950
The Korean war began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. The war was between south Korea and north Korea. -
Rosenberg trial 1953
The Rosenberg's were charged with espionage, they were the first American civilians to be executed. They were sentenced to death and executed in an electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. -
Army-McCarthy hearings 1954
The Army-McCarthy hearings was a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Joseph McCarthy, the U.S. Senator -
battle of Dien Bien Phu 1954
The battle of Dien Bien Phu was the First Indochina War, after French forces occupied the Dien Bien Phu valley. In the caves of the mountains that overlook the French camp, The commander of Viet Minh Vo Nguyen Giap collected troops and place heavy artillery. The Viet Minh forces overran the base, pushing the French government to find an end to the fighting. -
Geneva Conference 1954
The Geneva Conference was a conference that took place in Geneva with multiple other nations. The French agreed to remove their troops from northern Vietnam only if they would not be threatened by Germany. The Geneva Conference was intended to settle some outstanding issues like the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
Warsaw pact 1955
The Warsaw pact,also known as the Treaty of Friendship.The Soviets formed this alliance to balance the fact that there was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Seven countries came together to form the Warsaw Pact: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and The Soviet Union. The Warsaw pact was ending because the Soviet Union was losing control over their allies and the Cold War was going down hill. -
Hungarian Revolution 1956
The Hungarian revolution was a national uprising against the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. Tons of protesters came to the streets and demanded a more democratic political system and freedom from Soviet oppression. Thousands of people were killed and injured and thousands of Hungarians fled the country. -
U2 Incident 1960
The U2 Incident was when a United States U-2 spy plane was spying on the soviets and trying to get photos deep into the soviets territory. It was shot down by the Soviet Air Defense Forces Francis Gary Powers, the american pilot was captured. -
bay of pigs invasion 1961
The bay of pigs invasion was a failed military invasion where the U.S. sent trained exiles from Cuba to Cuba to try and overthrow Fidel Castro's government. The point of the invasion was for the u.s. to try and prevent communism from taking hold in the Americas. -
Berlin wall 1961
The Berlin wall was built too separate east and west Berlin, it surrounded west Berlin and prevented east Berlins access to get in. It symbolized the Cold war's the separation of East from West Germany and of eastern from western Europe. many people tried to cross and many people did cross. About 5,000 East Germans got across and reached West Berlin safely, but another 5,000 people were captured by East German's in the attempt, and 191 more were killed during their attempt to cross. -
Cuban missile crisis 1962
The Cuban missile crisis was a confrontation that lasted 13 days between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. President JFK decided to announce the presence of the missiles to american's. The missile was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader when he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. -
Assassination of Diem 1963
Ngo Dinh Diem died of assassination on November 2, 1963, he was born on January 3, 1901 into a noble Vietnamese Catholic family. Diem was a Vietnamese political leader who served as president, with dictatorial powers. He imprisoned and murdered hundreds of Buddhists, causing the U.S. to remove its support. -
Assassination of JFK 1963
President JFK was assassinated at age 46, shot in the head and neck at 12:30 pm while riding in a motorcade during a campaign visit in Dallas, Texas. Pronounced dead at 1:00 pm. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President JFK and a fatal shooting earlier that day. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1964
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Joint Resolution for the maintenance of Peace and Security in Southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder 1965
During the Vietnam War Operation Rolling Thunder was the code name for an American bombing campaign. from March 1965 to October 1968 the U.S. military sent an aircraft to attack targets throughout North Vietnam. They wanted to put pressure on North Vietnam’s communist leaders. -
Tet Offensive 1968
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks on more than 100 cities by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. -
Assassination of MLK 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee at 6:01 p.m. King was an American clergyman and civil rights leader. -
Assassination of RFK 1968
Robert F. Kennedy is shot several times by a 22-year old at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles a little bit after midnight. RFK was an American politician and lawyer and before he was shot he won the California presidential primary. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
The invasion of Czechoslovakia was when the soviet union led nearly 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invaded Czechoslovakia. -
Riots of Democratic convention
The Democratic Convention of 1968 was held August 26-29 in Chicago, Illinois. This is where former Vice President Richard Nixon won the election. The riot broke out in the streets when thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police. -
Election of Nixon 1968
On Tuesday, November 5, 1968 the 46th quadrennial presidential election was held. Former Vice President Richard Nixon (Republican nominee) defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey (Democratic nominee) in the election. -
Kent State 1970
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured during a protest for the Vietnam war when a member of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd. The university was immediately shut down and remained closed for about six weeks after the shootings. -
Nixon visits China 1971
President Richard Nixon travels to Beijing, China for a week to make an effort to improve relations with China and the soviet union, both countries were communist and strong. Nixon's goal was to get closer with China and the soviet union to try and end the Vietnam war. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam 1973
The U.S. president, Richard Nixon ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. The decision was made after the president's assistant for National Security Affairs, Dr Henry Kissinger came back from France with a draft peace proposal. -
Fall of Saigon 1975
The fall of Saigon is when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon was captured by Communist North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. This then forced South Vietnam to surrender and end the Vietnam War. It was very important because the event marked the end of the Vietnam War. -
Reagan elected 1980
Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He ran against former Vice President Walter Mondale (democratic), Reagan beat Carter by almost 10 percentage points in the popular vote. Reagan served as a Republican governor of California from 1967 to 1975. -
SDI announced 1983
President Reagan seen the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) as a safeguard against the most terrifying Cold War outcome of nuclear annihilation, he announced that he seen a world safe from nuclear threat. The SDI was an attempt to put a X-ray laser that would hit any incoming missile to shield the U.S. from any attacks from a Soviet missile. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev 1985
The first time in eight years, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States hold a summit conference. they came together so that they can bring each others nuclear arms under control, they reached six agreements. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech 1987
The ‘Tear down this wall’ speech is made by U.S. president Ronald Reagan in west Berlin 1987. Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader to tear down the Berlin wall. A couple years later, the Berlin wall was broken down by East and West Germans. -
Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
The Berlin Wall was a barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented East Berlin to have access. People used hammers, picks, cranes, and bulldozers to knock away the wall and pull it down by every section. after awhile the wall was finally gone and East and West Berlin was united for the first time since 1945.
