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Potsdam Conference
United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China to draft peace treaties with Germany's former allies. -
Atomic bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasak
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Long Telegram
The long telegram explained Soviet motivations by pointing to the history of Russian rulers and their ideology of Marxism -
Iron Curtain Speech
he stressed the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism -
Truman Doctrine
the United States would help with political, military and economic aid to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. -
Marshall Plan
providing aid to Western Europe following World War II -
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 -
Berlin Blockade
Since the Soviets cut Berlin off of many necessities, the U.S. Army flew plans over to drop off food, coal and many other things. -
Berlin Airlift
In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens -
NATO
to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means -
First Soviet bomb test
The Soviet Union accomplished their first nuclear bomb test -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao Zedong, that resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China -
Hollywood 10
10 motion picture producers, directors,and screen writers went to the House of Un-American Activities Committee -
Alger Hiss case
An American government official accused of being a spy for the Soviet Union -
Rosenberg trial
Convicted for passing secrets of the atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets during and after WW II -
Korean War
The war between the people who wanted a democracy (South Korea), and the people that wanted communism and a dictator (North Korea) -
Korean Armistice
Complete cessation of all hostilities in Korea by all armed force that was to be enforced by the commanders of both sides -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh -
Army-McCarthy hearings
a series of hearings held by the United States Senate to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy -
Warsaw Pact
a treaty establishing a mutual-defense organization -
Hungarian Revolution
post-war Hungary's crippling development under Moscow's Soviet policies and oppression. -
U2 Incident
the pilot of an American U-2 spyplane was shot down while flying though Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
abortive invasion of Cuba -
Berlin Wall
to stop an exodus from the eastern, communist part of divided Germany to the more prosperous west. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
an American U-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba. -
Assassination of JFK
Was shot and killed -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tet Offensive
a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. -
1968 riots at Democratic convention
the police riot in full swing on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel, television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching". -
Kent State
the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam's territory and 85 percent of the population. -
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon, also known as the Liberation of Saigon by North Vietnamese, was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. -
Reagan elected
President Regan was elected -
SDI announced
Reagan announced SDI in a nationally televised speech, stating "I call upon the scientific community in this country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace, to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete." -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
Reagan's stark challenge to tear down the Berlin Wall gave shape to increasing international pressure on Moscow to make good on its promises of openness and reform. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany.