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The Russian Revolution
Following WWI many Russian citizens were not happy. There were hints of a Capitalist country, a war broke out between the Bolshevik party and the Mensheviks. Later problems raised when the U.S. sent troops and relief to assist the Mensheviks who had a more Democratic view. The thought of a Capitalist government was soon crushed by the likes of Vladimir Lenin and his communistic beliefs. -
The Truman Doctrine
The president requested economic and circumstantial aid to help two countries in Europe that were in danger of falling to communism. The two countries were Greece and Turkey who were being pressured to choose communism due to there economic downfall during WWII. -
NATO
NATO was an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American European countries. This kept peace between countries after the conclusion of the war. -
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a meeting of the three allied winners of WWII. Many matters were discussed, such as the control of defeated Germany, post war boundaries and securing lasting peace for the world. The U.S. and Britain were asking nothing other than a secure plan to ensure peace of the entire earth, yet Stallin wanted more territory simply to keep the Germans as far from Russia as possible. -
The Atomic Bomb
During the time of the Potsdam Conference, the Manhattan Project was in full swing as they tested the atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert. With President Truman attempting to save American lives and finish the war as quickly as possible, he used two different Atomic bombs on two Japanese civilian cities killing hundreds of thousands. Russian leader Joseph Stalin and the soviets had still not figured out how to make an Atomic Bomb making them seam like the little brother of the situation. -
The Iron Curtain
The iron curtain was a "boundary" layed across Europe that kept communism at bay from western Europe. The allied nations sent aid to countries that were torn apart by the war. With The soviet union breathing down the backs of many countries the aid was vital. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was thought up by the Soviet Union, trying to turn eastern European countries into Communist countries in the early cold war. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an american aid bill that was created to send over $13 Billion to the countries that were in danger of falling to communism. -
The Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 was a group of popular actors from Hollywood who would not confirm or deny if they were promoting communist idealistic values into the films they had been creating. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was simply because of how much the Russians hated the Germans. When post war Germany was divided into four sectors the Russians took the opportunity to distance themselves and try and delay the evolution of Germany the best they could. -
The Berlin Airlift
Post war Germany was divided into four different sections and given territory to four different countries. The Soviets were very scared of Germany so they pushed them back as far as possible. -
The Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union was catching up in the nuclear race when the tested the first nuclear bomb in 1949. This was a turning point during the cold war because the Americans didn't expect them to have one so soon. -
The Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was an american politician working for the U.S. government. In 1948 he was accused of being a soviet spy and in connection with trading nuclear secrets. -
The Korean War
The Korean War was fought during the early 1950s between the support of the U.S. and the Communist republic of Korea. -
Rosenburg Trials
The Rosenburgs were a family that was found and convicted in affiliations with trading nuclear secrets. No evidence was found to convict the couple but in the hysteria of communism had them executed. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
This battle was a very important part of the indochinese war, it consisted of a hard fought battle between the French and the Viet Minh. -
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Joseph McCarthy was an american politician who began interviewing army officials for being to light on communism. He fed on the fact that Americans feared communism and used that to scare them. -
The Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference was a meeting between many nations to settle outstanding issues from the Korean and Indo china wars. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw pact was an alliance between communist countries in Europe. This pact was signed soon after NATO began, used to counter-act. -
The Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian Republic and its Communist policies. -
The U2 incident
The U2 incident was when an American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, the plane was shot down over a no fly zone. The pilot was captured and tortured by the Soviets. -
The Bay Of Pigs
Since the U.S. didn't want to start a war with a communist partner, they trained over 1400 Cuban exiles to try and go assassinate the Cuban leader. -
The Berlin Wall
Communist east germany, currently ruled by the soviet union built a wall to keep the germans from fleeing to west Germany where they would be free from rule of the Soviets. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when the Soviet Union had stationed missiles on the island of Cuba, just 90 miles off the coast of the U.S. -
The assassination of Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem was a south Vietnamese poltician that was assassinated. -
The JFK Assasination
The day JFK was assassinated. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a bill signed by the U.S. congress, this was in response to a U.S. ship being fired on. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
This was a gradual and steady bombardment of North Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam war. -
TET Offensive
During the Lunar new year also known as "TET", North Vietnam launched a coordinated attack on many south Vietnamese targets. -
The Assassination of MLK
Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was killed in cold blood, known as a hate crime. -
Assassination of RFK
Robert F. Kennedy was an American politician who was assassinated. -
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet led forces sent troops into Prague to slow and stop the continuation of reformist trends. The Soviets didn't realize the bad that would come from this invasion until it was too late. -
Riots of Democratic Convention
Tens of thousands of Vietnam Protesters walked the streets of Chicago, during this the democratic party begins to fall apart over a dispute of the Vietnam war. -
The Election of Nixon
The Republican Primary, former vice president was elected as the 46th president of the United States. -
Kent State
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire during a march to bring home the soldiers in Vietnam. -
Nixon Visits China
The U.S president Richard Nixon visited the Republic of china trying to mend relations with them. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Richard Nixon and the U.S. ordered a ceasefire for the bombing of north Vietnam targets. -
The fall of Saigon
On this date, North Vietnamese forces captured the south Vietnamese capital of Saigon. Many civilians were killed in brutal ways for being in connection with the U.S. and south Vietnam. -
The Election of Ronald Reagan
The presidential election of 1980 chose republican nominee Ronald Reagan. -
The Announcement of SDI
The strategic defense initiative also known as Star Wars was a play on the soviet union that we had a "blanket" over the U.S. that would shoot down nuclear missiles threatening the U.S. -
The Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva conference with Gorbachev was when the U.S. president and the Russian prime minister met and soon became friends and mended many relations with the soviet union. -
"Tear Down This Wall"
The President of the United States gives a speech on live television at the Berlin wall calling out Gorbachev to tear it down and reunify Germany. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Soviet Union responded to the speech made by President Reagan by taking down the wall.
