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Yalta Conference
At the Yalta Conference, three leaders came together from the U.S., England and the U.S.S.R.. They gathered to talk about the punishment for Germany for losing the war. the conversations were kept secret but then later came out.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference -
Berlin Declaration
At the Berlin Declaration, they declared that Berlin, which is the capital of Germany, would be divided into 4 sections. one for the U.S., one for England, one for Italy, and one for Russia.
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Potsdam Conference
The big three, came together and decided the outcome for Germany. They talked about the economy, the prisoners, and boundaries. They also talked about the "unconditional Surrender" of Japan.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
North Vietnam
After the Japanese surrendered from World War II, North Vietnam declared independent from Japan. Their Leader believed in equal rights for every human being so they wanted to be independent and away from communism.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vietnam-independence-proclaimed -
Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill makes a speech about the expansion of the Soviet Union. they planned to make a baracade so enemies would have to go through the colonies in oreder to get to them.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-delivers-iron-curtain-speech -
Greek Civil War
The Greeks wanted their independence. They made thier own government, set up an army, and other things. Over the course of the civil war, the greeks lost 8% of their population which was 500.000 people that were killed.
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The First Indochina War
The war was between many asian countries against the French. the Asian countries wanted independence from the Frech so they fought them for it. The French would end up losing and sureendering.
http://www.historyguy.com/indochina_war_first.htm#.VV4qbWfwvcs -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was made to help the countries that were affected by the war. They wanted to rebuild their countries and help them be better.
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Containment Policy
The containment plan was a plan made by the U.S. to contain the Russians from expanding even farther than they have already. They would do this by providing military support for countries that may be affected.
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Berlin Blockade
During the blockade, the Russians closed all of the streets to get into East Berrlin. They then built a wall which was called the Berlin Wall which was destroyed in the 1990's
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-blockade-west-berlin -
Berlin Airlift
In the Berlin airlift, the Allied powers came togeher to help the people in east Berlin. The russian military had shut down the roads to get into berlin so they powers used planes to deliver it.
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NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This was put together to solve problmes that may come up in europe or Asia. This organization is still used today.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nato-pact-signed -
Soviet Union Tests A-Bomb
The soviet Union tests their first A-bomb which wsa called "First lightning" this bomb was bigger than am,ericaand destroyed buildings and animals.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-explode-atomic-bomb -
Peoples Republic of China Founded
The People of China came together and decided to form a socialist party and run their own republic.
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Second Red Scare
During the Second Red Scare, there was a fear of communism that spread throughout the United States. Just like the first Red Scare, the U.S. was afraid of the commists from Russia to try to persuade the American People to believe in commnism. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/fifties/essays/anti-communism-1950s -
Korean War
America was working on preventing the spread of communism throughout the world. North Korea was communism and south Korea was democratic. they fought and the U.S, joined to help fight against communism. They fought back and forth and ended at the 38th parallel where it is still divided today.
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ANZUS Treaty
The ANZUS Treaty was a treaty signed by the U.S. and New Zeland to make their own country. after World War II, New Zeland was apart of Britain. The Brtitish governmnet was to sfocused on rebuilding their cities and not paying attention to the colonies that they run. They wanted reconstruction of their cities and they were not getting any help after being bombed by the Japanese during World War II.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/anzus -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of stealing top secret property from the government. they stole a spy ring and tried to persuade everyone that they are inncocent. In the end they were found guilty and were both executed in the electric chair.
ttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/julius-and-ethel-rosenberg-executed -
Eisenhower
Eisenhower had a past for being a general during World War II. After the war there was an election. He wasnt really interested in running for president but he did and he won. His nick name was "Ike" so there were many slogans made after him. During his presidency he was most famous for creating the highway system which we stil use today eveyday.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower -
Nikita Khrschev
Khruschev was the leader of the U.S.S.R. He came to power after previous leader Stalin died. He lead the country through a lot and planned to De-Stalinize the country. He caused some problems for the U.S. in the future.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/nikita-sergeyevich-khrushchev -
USS Nautilus
The USS Nautilus was a submarine for the U.S. Navy. It was no ordinary submarine, it was the subamarine that carried nuclear missles on it. It was retired and now is a museum.
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Warsaw Pact
This pact was formed to set up allies with other countries. The agrrement was that if one of the countries goes to war, the others will put together unified army to help fight. the pact was between countries in europe only and not the U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-warsaw-pact-is-formed -
De-Stalinization
De-Stalinization was the Cleaning up of Stalins crimes that he commited. Khruschev cleaned his record and it shocked all of the people of the Soviet Union. -
Suez Crisis
The Egyptians nationalized the Suez Canal and the French and British. This pulled the Russians in and ruined the relationship woth the U.S. they then pulled out their troops later that year to end the fight.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/suez-crisis -
Hungarian Revolution
The pople of Hangaria crowded the streest and started protesting. They did not like the idea of communism. They started protesting and soviet tanks showed up. many Hungarians died in the protests and many fled to be refugees in other countries.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-put-brutal-end-to-hungarian-revolution -
Sputnik
America was in a space race with Russia and Russia won. they were the first to launch into outerpace. Sputnik was the space ship that went into space. It was a major advancement in technology and human life.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched -
Cuban revolution
At this time, Castro is leader and is secretly communist. Many cubans did not like the idea of Communism but ith didnt matter to Castro. The Marxists were killed and many civilians were killled under the ruling of Castro.
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/p/08cubanrevo.htm -
Kennedy Presidency
John F. Kennedy was a very liked President. He is the youngest president to be elcted and the first Roman catholic president. He Had many problmes when he was president. One of the most popular was the Cuban Missle crisis. He was assasinated when drivng down the street in texas.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy -
U2 Incident
The U2 was a spy plane that flew missions over the Soviet Union. the plane the was shot down and the pilot was captured. He was put in jail and was traded two years later for the russian spy that was captured also.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/u2-spy-incident -
Bay of Pigs
The U.S. planned to capture Castro in an invasion. They planned to take out the air force first and then move in. It did not go as plan and the invaders were stopped at the beach and no one was captured. the president did not want to abandon Cuba and give it to the communists so he had to think of something else.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gargarin was the first man in space. He was a russian astronaut. He made the trip in the first space ship, the Sputnik, and became the first human in orbit.
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was set up to divide East Germany which was ran by the soviet UNion and West Germany which was ran by the allied powers. It caused the people of berlin be separated. the blocked the roads and no one could get in or out. The allied powers would then do the Berlin airlift and help the pole of east Berlin.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Checkpoint Charlie
checkpoint charlie was a checkpoint that evryone jas to go through to get in or out of east Berlin. there were 3 in total and the other two were taken over by the U.S. and Checkpoint Harlie was the last one.
http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/checkpoint-charlie.htm -
JFK Assasination
John F. Kennedy was assasinated november 2, 1963. he was in dallas Texas going down the streets in a convertible car when he was sniped and he died. No one knows who killed him to this date.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated -
Gulf Tonkin
The U.S. planned to move North. They were having problems because there were submarines attcking their destroyers. one Destroyer was destroyed and in the same area another one was convited to be under attack.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution -
U.S. Military Buildup in South Vietnam
The U.S. sent troops out to South Vietnam to help with their countrie. They wanted to protect it so no communism is soread to their from the russians.
https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965 -
SALT I
At SALT I they talked about the arms race. At this point many countries are worried that there may be another war so they are restocking. they planned to limit the amount of arms a countrie may have.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salt-i-negotiations-begin -
Prague Spring
In Prague there was 500,000 soviet troops that invaded to spread the idea of Comunism. they held demonstrations in the city and protests.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prague-spring-begins-in-czechoslovakia -
Nixon Presidency
Nixon was most famous for he participation in Watergate and also withdrawing troops from Vietnam. He was also well known for being theonly presidne tat has ever resigned from office.
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/richard-m-nixon -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first manned triped to the moon. their goal was to have the austronauts step on the moon. Buzz aldren was one of the men in apallo 11 and was the first man to step on the moon.
http://www.history.com/topics/apollo-11 -
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
This treaty was formed to limit the amount of nuclear weapons. Everyone knows how powerful a nuclear bomb is so they want to make sure no country is stick pilling them. they also talked about not spreading the nuclear missles.
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Khruschev Dies
Khruschev dies as a big figure in the Cold War .He had some hardships like the Cuban missle crisis which was an embarassment to the Soviet Union.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nikita-khrushchev-dies -
Détente
The word Detente comes from the French as releasing tension. The U.S. met up with the Soviets to talk about things. they came to some resolutions.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/detente -
Fall of Saigon
This fall marked the end of the Vietnam war. It ended by the US invading Saigon and taking over the embassy. they realized that they needed america so they dont get attcked by comunism.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/fall_saigon.htm -
Iranian Revolution
the Country of Iran didnt not like their leader. With the help of the U.S., they were able to overthrow their emperor and have a free country. there were many cgatherings throughout the cities.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f091806_TP_Iran -
SALT II
At the SALTII conference, they also talked about arms like the first one, but thsi time it was focused on nuclear weapons. they came to an agreement on how many nuclear weapons a countrie is able to have.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carter-and-brezhnev-sign-the-salt-ii-treaty -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iranians invaded the American Embassy in Iran and took 60 Amewricans hostage. the hostages were treated poorly and some were even killed.
http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
When they tore down the Berlin Wall they reunited East Germany and West Germany. after many years of it being separated it was finnaly put back together.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall -
Gulf War
Iraqi leader declared an attack on Kuwait. The U.S. stepped in and stopped their invasion. they declared a seize fire 42 days later but most had already fled.
http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Contries that had been apart of the Soviet Union had declared themsleves independent from Russia and created a Commonweath government.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
