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Russian Revolution
Dismemberment of the Tsarist dictatorship- which led to the rise of Soviet Union -
Potsdam Conference
Negotiation amongst three leaders from Soviet Union, England, and the u.s. to come to terms upon the ending of WW2. -
Atomic Bomb- Hiroshima & Nagasaki
U.S. bombed Japanese cities during the final stage of WW2 -
Iron Curtain
A term that was brought into effect by British prime minister-Winston Churchill that adopted the notion of laying a boundary between two parts of Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
Truman doctrine announced to establish the U.S. as providing political, military and economic assistance to all citizens. -
Molotov Plan
A system created by the Soviet Union in order to aide eastern European countries -
Marshall Plan
A plan devised by America to aide western Europe -
Berlin Blockade
Stalin's strategy of sealing of the borders of Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
Administered by the U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, and France, military forced set up 4 'occupation' zones in which Berlin and the rest of Germany was to be divided. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- gave way to forming the warsaw pact alliance, giving order to how the continent of Europe was to be divided. -
Soviet Bomb Test
Bomb(s) created by Soviet phsysicist Igor Kurchatov, whose atomic experiments were expanded over years. -
Hollywood Ten
An incident that occured when ten hollywood motion picture producers and directors were accused of having communist afilliations. -
Alger Hiss Case
Case presented to supreme court upon investigating man who was accused of 'spying' for the Soviet Union. -
Korean war
When North Korea invaded the south, it gave way for most of China, and of course Korea to end up in battle, and ended 3 years later after being intervened by the Soviet Union and U.S., 2 million lives and 3 years later. -
Rosenburg Trial
Case that was presented when a couple, Ethel and Julius Rosenburg were accused of 'selling' nuclear secrets to the Soviets. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Hearings held to present Senator Joseph McCarthy against accusations of communist-afilliation -
Warsaw Pact
Treaty alliance shared between Soviet Union and other soviet owned land, in which shared similarities between the NATO alliance that was also formed around the time. -
Hungarian Revolution
Uprising revolt of Hungarian citizens after the realization of being Hungarian peoples being taken over by Soviet-imposed power. -
U2 Incident
A U.S. spy plane was shot down while flying in Soviet air. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Military invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
A guarded concrete barrier that supported the blockade of both sides of Berlin, Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A debate between U.S. and Soviet leaders upon placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Joint invasion from 4 Warsaw pact nations- Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Poland. -
Nixon visits China
In an effort to normalize the previous differences between the U.S. & China, Nixon visited the people's republic of China. -
Reagan elected
The presidential election of 1980 was a rigorous election between jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. After votes were tallied up for all states, Jimmy Carter (who represented the democratic party) lost the majority vote in almost every state. Reagan won the election with 43 mil popular votes & Carter with 35 mil. -
SDI
A plan was announced by president Reagan in 1983- the Stratiegic Defense Initiative, which intended to protect the U.S. from any sort of nuclear attack launched by other countries. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
A meeting that was held in Geneva, Switzerland between Pres. Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev- a soviet general secretary to discuss arms races. -
'Tear down this wall'
Ronald Reagan made a trip to Berlin, Germany where he demanded the wall that separated east from west Berlin (a representation of the start of the cold war) be torn down. -
Fall of Berlin wall
After Reagan's speech about tearing down the wall, the destruction of the wall took place in early November of 1989.
