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Potsdam Conference
The Big Three, Soviet leader, British Prime Minister and US President Harry Truman. They met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of World War 2. -
Yalta Conference
This was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. They discussed the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. The three states were represented by President Franklin D. -
Creation of the United Nations
Representatives of 50 countries gathered at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California. The Senate approved the UN Charter on July 28, 1945 by a vote of 82 to 2 and the United Nations finally came into existence on October 24. -
Truman Doctrine
President Harry S. Truman established an American foreign that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations against authoritarian threats. -
Creation of NATO
The North Treaty Organization was created in 1949 at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington D.C. to provide collective security against the Soviet Union (Russian) by the United States, Canada, and several other Western European nations. The main goal is to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by political and military means. -
Second Red Scare
It occurred immediately after World War 2, a political repression against communists as well as campaign spreading fear of their influence on American Institutions. -
Korean War
North Korea, supported by the Soviet Union invaded the south which was supported by the United States. The three-year war was exceptionally bloody and led to the many deaths of 3 million people and thousands of casualties. -
Cuban Revolution
A social and armed conflict led by Fidel Castro to overthrow the government of Fulgencio Batista. Many people in Cuba were unhappy with the social and racial equality. -
Creation of the Iron Curtain/ Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. It was created on reaction to the Integration of West Germany into NATO. -
Space Race
The space race was a 20th Century struggle between two nation-states, the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR).The main pursuit for both was the domination of space flight technologies. -
Vietnam War
It was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam, its ally and the United States. The Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S economy. -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab–Israeli War. British and France found their influence as world power weakened as the US and Soviet Union took a more powerful role in global affairs. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an abortive invasion of Cuba in 1961 by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposes to Fidel Castro. This invasion was directed and financed by the US government. -
Belin Crisis of 1961
It was the last major European political and military incident of the Cold war. The United States did not get involved because the Soviet Union was exercising control over its sector. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
East and West Berliners came together in celebration. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step toward German reunification which took revenge for the suffering of the Soviet people since 1941.