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Soviet Development of Nuclear Weapons
The Soviet created nuclear weapons and used them from 1942 to 1949. They created these weapons to threaten America because they wanted to be on equal terms as America already had Nuclear Weapons. These weapons affected the Cold war because through the creation of the nuclear weapons they attacked countries. These weapons affected liberalism in a negative way because it was restricting peoples rights. -
Yalta conference
A conference held in Yalta, Ukraine in 1945. The conference was held to discuss how Britain, the US and, the USSR wanted to re-draw the lines of Europe. Throughout the conference several agreements were made including that free elections were going to be available in liberated countries and that Germany was going to divided into four. This conference started to form the spheres of influence. This effected liberalism being that elections were now made free and that was a form of freedom. -
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Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam conference was a conference held in the summer of 1945 where the big three met (US,Britain, USSR) in Potsdam Germany and was the last of the World War II meetings. They arrived at several agreements such as, punishment for war criminals and land boundaries and reparations. This conference started the Cold War and effected liberalism being that they wanted to create new borders and restrict some freedoms. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
The bombing of Nagasaki bombing was the second bombing in Japan made by the United States in 1945. This had the same impact and needs as the Hiroshima Bombing. -
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Hiroshima Bombing
Hiroshima bombing was a bombing made by the United States and was in effect from August 6 to August 9th 1945. This bombing affected the Cold War because it was to show countries how powerful the United States was with their Nuclear Weapons. This affected liberalism because it restricted peoples rights and made people feel unsafe. -
The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a doctrine created in 1947 by Harry S. Truman that was made to support anti communist forces in Greece and Turkey. During the conference many ideas were reflected about containment. This doctrine made on impact on the Cold War because Harry wanted to create expansion throughout the war as well as to shift American Foreign policy towards the Soviet Union. This had an impact on liberalism because it emphases on freedom. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was a system created in 1947 by the Soviet Union. The system's goal was to ensure that Eastern Europe was provided with aide as well as to rebuild the countries aligned to the Soviet Union. The Molotov plan had goals to make all countries that were communist to resign from that. This plan affected the cold war because they wanted to change other worldviews. This plan affected liberalism as well because -
Brussels Treaty
The Treaty Of Brussels was an agreement signed by Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. This agreement was signed to create a collective defense alliance. The goal of this treaty was to encourage the United States to give security/protection to Western Europe. The way this agreement impacted the Cold War was that it protected certain countries and gave them security and comfort. This agreement affected liberalism because it gave certain countries freedom. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan was a thirteen billion dollar plan introduced in 1948. The plan was introduced to help European countries devastated by WWII recover. This plan was larger than the Truman Doctrine.The purpose of this act was to ensure that Western European economies were stable after the World War Two events. This plan affected the Cold War because it was a settlement made before the cold war started. This plan helped to impact liberalism because it gave European countries a sense of freedom. -
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Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was a crisis attempt in 1948 to 1949 by the Soviet Union to ensure that the Western Allied Powers abandoned their post war jurisdictions. This crisis attempt had an impact on the Cold War because it was the first major international crises attempt and affected liberalism in a negative way as people did not have a choice in what they wanted to do during this battle. -
NATO
Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an organization introduced in 1949 consisting of twenty nine members. This organization's goal is to safeguard the Allie's freedom and security by political and military means. This organization affected the Cold War because they provided a frontline deterrence and against the Soviet Union. This program impacted liberalism because although it increased tensions it protected certain countries from being attacked. -
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Korean War
The Korean War was a war that lasted from 1950-1953 between North and South Korea. This war began with the invasion of South Korea. This war affected the Cold War because it was the first war fought outside Europe using third parties. -
Stalin's Death
Joseph Stalin was a leader of the Soviet Union from the 1920's to 1953. Stalin's goal was to ensure that the Soviet Union was lead efficiently although it was ran with terror as well. Stalin died on March 5th 1953. Stalin contributed to the Cold War because he wanted to gain as much power as he could to defend himself. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty organization and alliance established on May 14, 1955 by the Soviet Union and many European countries. The members were East Germany and Czechoslovakia. This organization was created in reaction to the integration of West Germany into NATO. This impacted the Cold War because the signing of the pact became a symbol of Soviet Dominance in Eastern Europe. -
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a war between North and South Vietnam as well as the ally America. This war took place from 1955 to 1975 and was made to be as a result of the U.S.'s strategy of containment during the Cold War. This war affected liberalism in a negative was there was little to no freedom in what you could do. -
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Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolution against Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. This affected the Cold War because the people protested against the Soviet ran government. It resulted in the control over several social institutions and much of the country. This affected liberalism because people of the country protested for what they believed was right and had freedom to do so. -
NORAD
Northern American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was a combined organization (introduced in September of 1957) of the United States and Canada. They provided aerospace warning and protection for Northern America. NORAD helped in the Cold War because they provided protection through satellites. This had an impact on liberalism because it was an organization that used deterrence. -
Fidel Castro Taking Over
Fidel Castro was a Cuban Communist politician who governed Cuba as the prime minister from 1959 to 1976. -
Bay of Pigs
The Bay of Pigs is an Inlet in Cuba. Several world events happened here including the Invasion. The invasion of the Bay of Pigs occurred in 1961 and was attempted by the US-Sponsored Cuban exiles, in their failed attempt they wanted to reverse Fidel Castro's Cuban revolution. They first invaded a military in Northern Cuba. This invasion effected the Cold War because it was considered an attempted prevention of communism. -
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Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a wall created in August 1961 to divide West Berlin, both physically and ideologically. This wall was created to keep the countries people in. This wall impacted the Cold War because it was meant to divide democratic countries from communist countries and related to liberalism in a negative way because it was restricting people's freedom. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a war that occurred for less than two weeks. This war was between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This affected the Cold war because it was the closest time the two superpowers came to nuclear conflict. -
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Afghanistan/Soviet War
The Afghanistan/Soviet war was a war that lasted over nine years and was brought to be because the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan against a growing insurgency. This affected the Cold War because it was a disagreement being that it was anti-Communist Vs. Communist. This affected liberalism because in communism there were no rights and freedoms while anti-communists believed in that. -
Solidarity in Poland
Solidarity emerged in August of 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyard when the communist government of Poland signed an agreement. This affected the Cold War because it was a negotiation/agreement to attempt to settle the world. It affected liberalism because people of the country got to speak their mind. -
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Czechoslovakia Rev
The Velvet Revolution was a revolution that was non violent protest against the communist government in 1989. This affected the cold war because it was a silent act but made a big impact. -
Berlin Wall Fall
The Berlin wall was torn down in November of 1991. -
The End of The Cold War
The end of the Cold War was in 1991. The cold war was a war that lasted for several years with multiple events, wars and agreements.
