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Russian Revolution
It was 2 revolutions that ended up fighting each other in the end. it was basically Communism vs. democracy -
Soviet bomb test
This was when the soviets found out how to make an atomic bomb. It was very unexpected because experts predicted it would take much longer than they actually made it. -
Potsdam conference
The conference failed to settle most of the important issues at hand and that helped set the stage for the Cold War that would begin shortly after World War II came to an end. -
Atomic bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement. This upset the Russian because they had no idea that Americans had this technology and that they should have been in on it. -
Iron Curtain
Iron Curtain, the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas. This was important because this stopped the spread of democracy and was making it to were contryes were forced to pic communism. -
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. this was kinda like the Truman doctrine but it offered security and food for taking control of the country -
Hollywood 10
In October 1947, 10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). So when they got questioned they exersised there 1st and 5th amendment -
Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine, pronouncement by U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, declaring immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Soviet Union Greece, threatened by Communist insurrection, and Turkey, under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean area. This helped prevent the soviets from taking over all of Europe so we can potential prevent another war. -
Marshall Plan
The marshal play Was giving money to aid Europe in total we gave 12 billion dollars to the country to stop the spread of communism. -
Berlin Blockade
The Soviets made a block aid in Berlin shutting down power to it and all access so the people in there would stare to death and it will be soviet territory. This was bad because it was an important city and it was split in 4. -
Berlin air lift.
The Berlin Airlift: The End of the Blockade. By spring 1949, it was clear that the Soviet blockade of West Berlin had failed. It had not persuaded West Berliners to reject their allies in the West, nor had it prevented the creation of a unified West German state. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. It is still the biggest treaty and still in lace at this time. -
Rosenburg trial
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. The us Government had very little evidence at the time so they shouldent have got the electric chair because they could have possibly been proven innocent. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate This was to see what people political belifes where -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive engagement in the First Indochina War. -
Geneva Conference
It was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. This was mainly to negotiate -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was to help aid countries in any way necessary. So in a way it was kinds like a Truman do train but more like a treaty. -
hungarian revolution
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 Hungarian 1956, was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. The took statues of stalen down because her was evil and shoulder have been remembered as a hero -
U2 Incident
Francis Gary Powers, an American who was shot down over the Soviet Union while flying a CIA spy plane in 1960, is released by the Soviets in exchange for the U.S. release of a Russian spy. -
Berlin Wall
The Soviet union blockaded west Berlin which was an act of war. The soviets were trying to starve the country. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. we had to do this because fild castro came to ower and the soveits were starting to sent atomic bombs to cuba. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The united states ended up making a deal that we take our nukes out of turky if you take them out of cuba. -
Assassination of Diem
Vietnamese political leader who served as president, with dictatorial powers, of what was then South Vietnam, from 1955 until his assassination. -
Assassination of JFK
John F Kennedy JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963 -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, resolution put before the U.S. Congress by Pres. This was to resolve problems and start saving American lifes. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong. trying to styop the spread of communism. -
Assassination of MLK
James Ray American assassin of the African American civil-rights leader -
Assassination of RFK
Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. He was JFK's brother. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, officially known as Operation Danube, was a joint invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries -
Riots of Democratic convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, This conventions purpose was to mainly halp civil rights -
Election of Nixon
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election this was the day that Nixion became the president of the states of america. -
kent state shooting
The Kent State shootings were the shootings on May 4, 1970, of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent -
Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. This was an end to the veit nom -
Fall of Saigon
This was the liberation of sigon. -
The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election
The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. He was probably most famous for was his star wars statigey. -
SDI announced
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), proposed U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks he clamied that he can stop nukes with lazers. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War‑era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. This was when we won the cold war. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall!" is a line from a speech made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier which had divided West and East Berlin since 1961. The president was very brave to do this. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall. On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. After this a bunch of comunis contrys fell.
