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The Cold War Points
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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was basically the starting point of the Cold war. It was a Meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to decide what would happen at the end of the war. It is Political because it was a meeting between Political leaders to discuss politics. -
V-E Day
This event marks the end of WW2. V Day stands for victory day, it was a great victory due to Germany's surrender to Russia. It is Social because it was a great victory not only for the country but its people, it was greatly celebrated by people in all social classes. -
Hiroshima
The day when the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed. This is Cultural because it affected the future culture of Japan massively. -
Nagasaki
The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the USA in Nagasaki, Japan. The casualty wasn't as severe as Hiroshima. This was cultural because it affected the culture of Japan even more, since it was the second bomb. -
The Truman Doctrine
This was a doctrine that was put in place by President Truman. It stated that he would help any countries facing communist takeover, in order to prevent the spread of Communism. This is political because it deals with political ideals such as communism and capitalism, and political leaders. -
The Marshall Plan
This was an action of economic aid provided by the USA to European countries. Stalin was the only leader who declined this aid. This is economic because it deals with the USA providing other countries providing ECONOMIC support. -
Vietnam War
This day marks the start of the Vietnam war. Soviet Union and Communist China supported the Communist North Vietnam. The US gave aid and support to democratic south Vietnam.This is Geographical because it is a war between two sides of a country. (No day/month available) -
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro overthrew a corrupt government and began is reign. He turned the country into a totalitarian state with support from USSR. This is Intellectual because Fidel Castro was smart enough to become a leader of the whole nation and be able to transform it into a totalitarian regime. -
Space Race
This was the day that a Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyvich Gagarin became the first ever human to enter space. This was a great victory for Russia. This is intellectual because it showed the world how intellectually advanced Russia was. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
The USA trained about 1,000 Cuban refugees and sent them to overthrow the Communist Government. The attempt failed as a whole. This is artistic because it shows how creative the US can be in attempts to prevent communism, even though the attempt failed. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A US spy plane saw Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba. Kennedy demanded they are removed. War was prevented on Oct 28th when USA took missiles out of Turkey in order to have the Russians take their missiles out from Cuba. This is geographical because it deals with the USA having missiles in turkey and Russia having missiles in Cuba and the countries arguing and interacting between each other. -
JFK Death
This marks the sad day that America lost their president John F. Kennedy in a tragic and selfish assassination. He was in a car on his visit to Dallas. This is Cultural because it was the death of an amazing president, the people were lost and the country was lost too, it changed the culture of USA forever. -
Space Race (USA)
This marks the landing of the Apollo 11. Inside the Apollo 11 was Niel Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon. This social because i was such a big deal in the US civilians eyes, it boosted their nationalism and they celebrated largely. -
Olympics
The USA basketball team was the strongest by far the previous years. The world was in shock when the USSR beat the USA in the gold medal game 51-50. This is Social because it was a great victory for Russia, they celebrated and it boosted their nationalism, since they had beaten the #1 basketball team in the world. -
Problems in Soviet Union
In the 1980's the Soviet Union faced major struggles. They had a stagnant command economy, problems with arms race, and the afghanistan invasion. There were bread lines and money was low. This is economic because it deals wit how bad the economy was in the 1980's for the Soviet Union, they were struggling with money very badly.
