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The Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution was a communist revolution in Russia in 1917. This set up the ideological differences between democratic/capitalist America and communist Russia. -
The Potsdam Conference
Potsdam conference was when Soviet Union leader Stalin and President Truman got together to discuss postwar boundaries on July 17,1945 - August 2, 1945. -
The Atomic Bomb
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Soviet Union on August 6, 1945. President Truman allowed the atomic bombs to drop in an attempt to bring Japan's surrender into WWll. -
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain is the name for an ideological barrier built by the Soviet Union after WWll. The purpose of this barrier was to divide East Germany with communism and West Germany with capitalism. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine represented a dramatic change in U.S foreign policy. President Truman announced to congress on March 12, 1947. Truman stated that the U.S would give political, economic, and military support to any countries under the threat of communism. -
The Hollywood 10
These ten people; Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner, Jr. John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo refused to answer questions about their communist connection. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan is a program of massive economic assistance to help support Europe. The United States gave $12-$13 billion to help rebuild Western Europe. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system created by the Soviet Union to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe. It was politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union in 1947. -
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift occurred on June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949. Supplies from America planes provided for over 2 million people in West Berlin being held by soviet control. -
The Alger Hiss Case
The Alger Hiss case was an ex-communist accusing Hiss of being a spy for the Soviet Union. Because of this people feared that there was spies in their government and that communism was coming. -
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin blockade occurred on June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949. Stalin was determined to force the western allies out of west Berlin by having no food provided, shutting down power, roads and railways were shut down. -
NATO
NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. U.S and Europe joined ten European nations to rebuild Europe and fighting against communism. The NATO nations had an agreement that if one needed help they would all join together and help. -
The Soviet Bomb Test
The first Soviet atomic bomb test was on August 29,1949. America didnt think they had it ready and was very nervous. This bomb put fear into the capitalist world and made us realize the spies in the government. -
The Korean War
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950 and lasted until July 27, 1953. The Korean War was conflicted by North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and South Korea, the Republic of Korea. In this war 2.5 million people lost their lives. -
The Rosenburg Trial
Months after Alger, they were accused for giving/selling bomb secrets to Russia. The couple was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. They were then sentenced to death and died in 1953. -
The Army-McCarthy Hearings
The Army-McCarthy Hearings were hearings held by the U.S senates to investigate conflicting chares between the United States Army and U.S Senator McCarthy. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was between the French Union's and the Viet Minh communist revolutionaries. The French were defeated by communists. -
The Geneva Conference
The Geneva Conference is a conference that took place between several nations to settle outstanding results from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was known as a treaty organization that a political and military alliance between the Soviet Union and several Eastern Europe countries. -
The Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution is a widespread revolution between Hungarian people's republic and Soviet imposed policies that lasted from October 23 to November 10, 1956. It was the first major threat to the Soviet Union since the End of the World War 11 in Europe. -
The U2 Incident
The United States U2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Union which caused the collapse of the summit conference in Paris between the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France. -
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
JHK inherited an all or nothing defensive policy that provided only two military options for dealing with the Soviet threat. The first invasion had eight bombers from Nicaragua on April 15, 1961 that bombed in Cuban airfields. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete wall that divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The wall had guard towers, anti-vehicle trenches and lots of other defenses. The walls purpose was to protect its population from fascist elements. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a dangerous confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a big impact during the Cold War and was when the two superpowers came closer to the nuclear conflict. -
Assassination of Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem was the president of South Vietnam. On November 2, 2963 Diem and his adviser was arrested after the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK, the 35th United States president was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while riding with his wife in a presidential motorcade. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was a joint resolution that the United States passed on in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. It was a significance because it gave U.S President authorization without a formal declaration of war by congress. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The Operation Rolling Thunder was a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States against the North Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
A series of surprise attacks by Vietcong and North Vietnamese on South Vietnamese in more than 100 cities and towns. The purpose of the attacks was to encourage the United States to scale back its involvement in the Vietnam War. -
Riots of Democratic Convention
This convention was on August 26-29, 1968. It was an event that represents the United States Democratic Party that will choose the "partys" nominees for President of the United States and V.P. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague on August 20th. Before the Second World War, the nation of Czechoslovakia had been a strong democracy in Central Europe. -
Assassination of MLK
MLK was an important leader of the Civil Rights Movement since the mid 1950's. His family and several others believed the assassination was the result of a conspiracy involving the U.S. government. -
Assassination of RFK
RFK was assassinated in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary and immediately after he announced to his supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions. Kennedy was recognized to be the only person in American politics capable of uniting the people. -
Election of Nixon
It was a major realigning election as it had always disrupted the New Deal Coalition that had dominated presidential politics for 36 years. It was the 46th quadrennial presidential election. The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, current Vice President Hubert Humphrey. -
Kent State
A shooting on May 4, 1970 when member of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd that was protesting the Vietnam War. It was a watershed moment for the nation to be divided by the conflict in Southeast Asia. -
Nixon Visits China
President Nixon takes the first step to normalizing relations with the communist People's Republic of China by traveling to Beijing. His visit began the slow process of the reestablishing diplomatic relations between the U.S and China. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. Once the ceasefire went into effect, Saigon was in charge of 75 percent of South Vietnam's territory and 85 percent of the population. -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnamese Army took over Saigon, this event marked the end of the Vietnam War. It was renamed the Ho Chi Mihn City in honor of their revolutionary leader. -
Reagan Elected
Reagan served as the 40th U.S. president from 1981 - 1989. He cut taxes, increased defense spending, negotiated a nuckear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets. -
SDI Announced
The SDI was a missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by the ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. The SDI was set up in 1984 with the U.S. Department of Defense to oversee development. Several of these concepts were tested throughout the 1980's and still to this day. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
A Cold War meeting in between U.S President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. They met for the first time to talk about the international diplomatic relations and the arms race. Diplomats struggled to come up with a plan with the Soviets rejecting majority of what the U.S. proposed. -
'Tear Down This Wall' Speech
This speech is by U.S. President Reagan, calling to open up the barrier which had divided the West and the East of Berlin since 1961. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall stayed until November 9, 1989 until the head of East German announced that citizens could cross the border whenever they pleased. That same night crowds swarmed the wall, some started chipping away at the wall while others crossed into West Berlin. To this day the Berlin Wall is one of the powerful symbols from the Cold War.
