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Potsdam Conference
The 3 major allied powers had a conference to talk terms of what the end of WW2 would look like. Stalin ended up lying about his promises. -
Atomic bomb
The atomic bomb was the first nuclear weapon the United States used on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombs killed between 129,000- 226,000 people who were mainly citizens. -
Long Telegram
George Kennan sent 8,000-word telegrams to the department of state telling his view of the Soviet Union and the U.S policy towards the communist state. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech was reviewed as one of the opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War. -
Turman Doctrine
Harry Truman gave a speech on the Turman Doctrine explaining to people about our new foreign policy of containment -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was purposed to the government as a way to help rebuild Europe and help countries fight against communism -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was set up to keep supplies from coming into West Germany from the U.S -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was done by the U.S where American pilots would fly over the Berlin Blockade bringing supplies to western Berlin -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was in the American government he was accused of having spied for the Soviet Union -
Chinese Communist Revolution
China started a communist revolution in 1948 because the economy and the country were failing -
NATO
NATO was created from a number of countries on the east side to protect Europe from any threats -
First Soviet bomb test
The Soviet Union created a bomb quicker than they should've because they had spies in the Manhattan project -
Hollywood 10
Hollywood 10 is a short film about 1950 American documentary each member of Hollywood 10 makes a short denouncing McCarthyism and Hollywood blacklisting -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korean and South Korean because North Korean invaded the South. The U.S and Soviet Union divide Korean from the 38th parallel. -
Rosenberg trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were Americans who spy for the Soviet Union to get information about rader, sonar, jet engines, and nuclear weapon designs -
Korean Armistice
The Korean Armistice was an agreement about the war happened it was signed by the U.S army general William Harrison Jr. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War, fought by the French Union colonial the Far East and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. -
Army- McCarthy hearing
McCarthy hearing was held by the United States investigating conflict between the U.S Army and U.S Senator Joseph McCarthy -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was countrywide against the Stalinist government of the Hungarian people republic and domestic policies -
U2 Incident
U2 incident was a United States U2 plane shot down by the Soviet Air Defence force while trying to get photos inside the Soviet area -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The U.S had hired and trained Cuban exiles to go to Cuba and try to invasion on the country but they were quickly all killed -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was built by the Soviet Union to divide Berlin from the Soviet part from the rest of the city -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union was using Cuba to build nuclear weapons. The missiles and supplies being brought to Cuba which tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S until the Soviet Union stopped building the bombs and remove them -
Assassination JFK
On November 22,1963 John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas he was shot twice and killed -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a joint resolution that was signed by the United States Congress and gave President Lydon B. Johnson authorzation. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns in the Vietnam War, attacking more than 100 cities and taking over South Vietnam -
1968 riots at Democratic convention
1968 riots at Democratic convention was an anti-Vietnam War protest group that planned protest and demonstration in response to the convention, the city promised to maintain law and order -
Kent State
Kent State also known as May 4 massacre was a peaceful rally opposing the Vietnam War, four were killed and nine were wounded and unarmed -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
At the beginning of the Vietnam War was a peace agreement that Paris Peace Accord signed by the United States and South Vietnam, the agreement was violated by North and South Vietnam for power and control of territory in the South. -
Fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, falls to the army of Vietnam and the South Vietnamese forces collapsed under the North Vietnamese -
Reagan elected
In 1980 republican nominee Ronald Reagon won incumbent democratic President Jimmy Carter, was the second election where the incumbent president was defeated -
SDI announced
SDI was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the US from being attacked by nuclear weapons and submarines launching missiles. -
'Tear down this wall' speech
'Tear down this wall' speech was given by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin, he called the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to open the Berlin Wall that separates West and East Berlin -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall was an event that marks the falling of the Iron Curtain and the start of fall of the communism in Eastern and Central Europe