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Russian Revolution
the Russian revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the Russian empire which started with the abolition of monarchy and concluded with the establishment of the soviet union by the Bolsheviks and the end of the civil war. ended june 16th 1923 -
Potsdam Conference
A meeting between the three main allied forces: Russia, England, and United States. Germany's economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations were all discussed at the meeting. It would be the last meeting between the three countries. -
Atomic Bomb- Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima an August 6th and 9th of 1945, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. the bombs killed between 90,000- 12,600 in Hiroshima and 39,000- 80,000 in Nagasaki. This led us to have leverage over Stalin and other world powers. -
Long Telegram- containment
George Kennan sends an 8,000 word telegram to the department of the state detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan's analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America's Cold War policy of containment. -
Iron Curtain
The iron curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War 2 in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the west and non Soviet-controlled areas. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. It can be seen to be the Soviet Union's version of the Marshall Plan. The Molotov Plan was symbolic of the Soviet Union's refusal to accept aid from the Marshall Plan. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine represented dramatic change in the US foreign policy. It established that the US was responsible for suppressing the expansion of communism and would provide political, military, and economic support to nations under threat from communism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion in economic assistance to rebuild Western European economics after the end of World War 2. The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of communism. -
Berlin Blockade
After World War 2 the agreement between the allied powers was to divide Germany and Berlin. In 1948 the Soviet Union attempted to cut off their part of Berlin, with people starving and conditions getting worse the western powers created an airlift that supplied the people of West Berlin. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in 1948, but statutes of limitations had expired for espionage. He was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, principally from the United States). The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a result of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States divided Korea into two sovereign states in 1948 with the border set at the 38th parallel. The war ended on June 25, 1953. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The building of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic on August 13th, 1961.The Wall cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany, including East Berlin.