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The Yalta Conference
The Meeting between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin; deciding what would happen at the end of war. -
The End of WW2
World War 2 ended with the Axis of Power Surrendering to the League of Nations. The Allies accepted Germany's surrender, about a week after. -
The Creation Of The United Nations
The United Nations was formed to promote international cooperation, and replace the League of Nations following World War II and to prevent another conflict. -
The Long Telegraph
An 8,000-word paper written by George Kennan, whom was an Embassy official. This has become known as 'the Long Telegram', and it said exactly what the American government wanted it to. Kennan hated Communism and he especially hated the Soviet government. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is known as the boundary that divides Europe into two separate areas due to conflict. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American document that's purpose was to prevent Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. -
The Marshall's Plan
The Marshall Plan was meant to aid Western Europe, in which the United States donated over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the the powers of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin, which lay within Russian-occupied East Germany. -
The Creation of Nato
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also known as NATO, is an inner-government military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty. -
The Red Scare
As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940's and early 1950's, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the "Red Scare". -
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was known as the practice of making accusations of subversion without proper regards for evidence. -
The Korean War
The Korean War occurred because North Korea invaded South Korea prior to a series of clashes along the border. -
Duck and Cover
Intended for students in school to protect themselves from a nuclear bomb blast. -
The Rosenbergs
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were citizens of the U.S. that were executed on June 19, 1953 after being accusing of spying for the Soviet Union. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was seen as a threat and, as a sign of Communist dominance. The signing of the pact became a symbol of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. -
Suez Canal Crisis
The Suez Canal Crisis was the invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
This gave a country the ability to request American economic assistance or help from the U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. -
U-2 Incident
The U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.
