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Russian Communist Revolution
The Russian Communist Revolution occured during the second phase of World War I. It withdrawled Russians from war and turned the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) by replacing Russia's traditional monarchy with the worlds first communist party. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations came into play after World War I, to ensure that war never broke out again and it would resolve international disputes. It was an international organization headquartered in Switzerland. -
Nuclear Deterrant
the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence; "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction" -
MAD
Mutual Assured Destruction. It is similar to Nuclear deterrent in that it is a military strategy in which a full scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would cause complete destruction of both attacker and defender. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was the World War II meeting of the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and Russia which was intended to discuss the re-establishment of the broken nations from the war. Even though after the continent was mainly divided by the Cold War and Yalta became an argument of intense controversy, but still remained controversial. -
United Nations
The United Nations came together during the secont World War, when 26 nations pledged their governmenta to continue to fight against the Axis Powers. -
General Assembly
The General Assembly was the main deliberative, policymaking and representative branch of the United Nations. It was a forum for discussion among all 193 members of the United Nations. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Shortly after Churchill failed to be reelected as Britain's Prime Minister, he traveled with President Truman to put together a speech, which turned out to become one of the most famous post-war speeches. -
Baruch Plan
a proposal by the United States government, written largely by Bernard Baruch but based on the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, to the UNAEC in its first meeting. -
Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremburg Trials were a series of military tribunals, by the Allied forces of World War II. The idea was to prosecute prominant members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany. Somfe defendents, killed themselves before their trial. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman in a speech on March 12, 1947, which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan is when the United States gave economic support to those countries in Europe who needed help rebuilding after World War II ended to help the spread of Communism. -
Berlin Airlift
After the Berlin blockade, Western allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people who were needy in West Berlin. They flew over 200,000 flights to make sure the people of West Berlin did not go without. -
NATO created
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), is a system of collective defense. Every member agrees to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over 70% of the world's defence spending. -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution was the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power. Was also the second part of the Chinese Civil War. This period was known as the War of Liberation. -
Joseph McCarthy Speech
The famoud speech given by Joseph McCarthy basically just stated his fear to spies and communism in the US. This speech fueled fears of widespread communism. This was a very untrustworthy time for the US government. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Basically, North and South Korea. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviets, where South Korea was supported by the United Nations. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, so named because the treaty was signed in Warsaw, included the Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as members. It was a mutual defense organization that put the Soviets in command of the armed forces of the member states. -
Sputnik launched
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite which was launched by Russia. This started the Space Race and Russia was already in the lead. The surprise success also precipitated the American Sputnik crisis -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba. It was trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was intended to overthrow the revolutionary left wing government of Fidel Castro. The mission was unsuccessful. -
Berlin Wall Facts
The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. At the end of World War II, the Allied powers divided conquered Germany into four zones, each occupied by either the United States, Great Britain, France, or the Soviet Union. The same was done with Germany's capital city, Berlin. -
Building of Berlin Wall begins
The Berlin wall was constructed by German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany). The wall separated West Berlin from East Germany and East Berlin. The Berlin Wall was built with an intent to protect its population from facist elements. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was between Cuba, the Soviets and then the United States on the other side. This crises was the closest time in the Cold War to turning into a nuclear conflict. Each side trying to out-do eachother in the arms race. -
U.S. sends troops to Vietnam
The United States was an anti-communist country. North-Vietnam was with the Soviets so the United states jumped in to help South Vietnam who was not communist. Another way to prevent a communist takeover in South Vietnam. -
Non-Proliferation Agreement
is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 declared the United States win in the Space Race against Russia. Apollo 11 carried "the Eagle". And then the Eagle carried the first people ever to walk on the moon. This was very important and a huge success. -
SALT I/II
SALT stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Salt was two rounds of talks and corresponding treaties involving the United States and The Soviet Union on the issue of armament control. The first SALT I treaty led to the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty. The SALT II lead to a treaty but the United States decided not to sign it because of the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR. -
Kent State Shooting
The Kent State shooting killed four students and injuring nine. Behind the gun involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard. The shooting was taken place to protest against the Cambodian Campaign. -
Fall of Saigon
This event marked the end of the Vietnam War. And to the start of a transition period leading to the reunification of Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon was the capture of the capital of South Vietnam. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II was credited with helping stop communism throughout europe. He was credited for being a spritual inspiration. He was a symbol of hope during the worlds tough times. -
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Her knickname was "The ironlady" and that came from a soviet journalist. She was the leader of the conservative party. -
Soviets invade Afghanistan
This was a decade long war which caused millions of Afghans fleeing their country to Pakistan and Iran. Hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians were killed as well as rebels. A hot part of the cold war. -
Deng Xiaoping
A politican and reformist leader of the peoples Republic of China. He shared his power with several older powerful politicans known as the eight elders. He was a communist leader for china -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was taken down after East Germany calls for a democracy. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at the Berlin Wall when the checkpoints finally opened. East Germany then began to protest until the wall was knocked down. -
Lech Walesa
was the former president of Poland between the years 1990-1995. He lead over Poland's transformation from a Communist to a post-Communist state since Poland was once a satellite country under the Soviet Union. -
START(I/II)
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It was a treaty between the United States and Russia that limited nuclear arms. However on June 14, 2002 Russia withdrew from this treaty. -
Fidel Castro Proclaims Communist Cuba
Fidel came to power by overthrowing Cuba's dictator. The US at one point welcomed his rise to power not knowing he would turn Cuba to communism. Cuba was not far from Florida and worried the Americans.
