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Joseph Stalin
He became the new Soviet dictator. In 1927 he began a massive effort to industrialize his country. Stalin was known for his most devastating policy; the collectivization of farms within the Soviet Union during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Some estimate that over 30 million Soviet citizens died from starvation as a direct consequence of Stalin's policies. -
United Nations
President Roosevelt believed that creating the United Nations would to peace but appparently it didn't. The result of the United Nations was not good since -
Harry S. Truman
He was the 33rd president of the United States and was the person was dedicated to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. He became president after FDR passed away due to his health issues. He was president from 1945-1953 and had to endure the hard times of the Cold War. -
Mao Zedong
This man was a communist leader that wished to gain support in China. This group had to struggle for dominance against the nationalist party supported by the U.S., but the Communists eventually won. This man later made numerous policies and advancements for the Chinese while in power. This growth worried the U.S. for fear of communist expansion taking place. -
Joseph McCarthy/McCarthyism
In the 1950's, the red scare and advance of communism caused much chaos. This resulted in the senator known as McCarthy to take control of the pandemonium and abuse others with his power. He predicted that there are numerous Soviet spies in the U.S., so they needed to discover them all and blacklist those that seemed suspicious. This ruined the careers of many, put the nation in a fear of communism and fear of possibly being suspected of supporting communism in any way which resulted in numerous -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a policy set by Harry Truman in his speech saying that Greece and Turkey would have support from the U.S. economically and militarily in order to prevent them to fall to Soviet Sphere. It wasconsidered as the start of the Cold War. Greece and Turkey recieved aid equally though Greece's problems were more severe. -
Containment
A policy of keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic and military actions. This policy rose from Kennan’s idea of how to prevail over the Russians during the Cold War by keeping them from expanding. -
Marshall Plan
An American Program to aid Europe. The reconstruction plan was offereing to the Soviet Union and its allies, but was not accepted. The Soviet Union rejected all American and British proposals and Stalin tried to destroy the Marshall Plan because it had "conditions" -
Berlin Airlift
It was an aid to West Berlin and planes would deliver all food, fuel, and the other essential goods to the civillians living there. The effects of the airlift were a great success and it embarassed the Soviets whom thought that the airlift would make no huge difference to West Berlin. -
N.A.T.O.
An agreement reached to create the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a mutual defense alliance. It included 12 countries: US, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg and Iceland. NATO members members agreed t come to the aid of any member who was attacked.
This is significant because it defended Western Europe from attacks after having 2 in the past 30 years.
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Korean War
This event created the division of North and South Korea. The United States troops and Soviet troops occupied Korea in order to rid the Japanese stationed there. Soviets held North Korea and Americans held the south. On June 25, 1950 however, Soviets armed North Korea which believed all of Korea was there and invaded the south. The Koreans in the South received support from Americans and drove them back. There is now a boundary line between the north and south known as the 38th parallel. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was a general in World War II and planned the invasion of the Western front, he later became 34th president of the United States. He commanded the invasion of Normandy through Germany. In 1952 he ran for president with a strong anti-communist campaign and won in a landslide vote. -
Warsaw Pact
In 1955 The US and it's allies decided to allow West Germany to rearm and join NATO. The decision alarmed Soviet leaders, who responded by organizing a military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. It's significant because the it provided stablity between both conflicting forces and was a form of non-nuclear confrontation between the allied Soviet and the United States. -
Vietnam War
This event knocked Americans down from their high horse. The United States had wished to support southern Vietnam from the communist control. In order to support them, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, but shortly afterwards, North Vietnam attacked the American advisers in Vietnam. This provoked an assault with aircraft by president Johnson. Not long after, the American involvement increased until war came about. -
Nikita Krushchev
Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union. He gave a speech to the Soviet leaders and attacked Stalin's policies and insisted there were many ways to build a Communist society. -
John F. Kennedy
He was the 35th president of the United States and had lead America through the Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuban Missle Crisis, the space race, and the Vietnam War. He became president after defeating Nixon in the 1960 elections. He resolved many communist problems. He was in office from 1961-1963.During his inaugural address, Kennedy famously said "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country". He was assassinated in November 22nd, 1963. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier created by German Democratic Republic which was meant to protect the population from Fascist elements. The borders symbolized the "Iron Curtain" that seperated Western Europe and Eastern Block during the Cold War. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
It was the most terrifying crisis of the Kennedy era. American intelligence agencies learned that Soviet technicians and equipment arrived in Cuba. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade to stop the Soviets from delivering more missiles and wanted to put a halt to Cuba. It is significant because the missile crisis brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since World War II. -
Lyndon B. Johnson
He was the 36th ppresident of the United States. He sent in more troops to Vietnam and angered many of the U.S. population. He signed the Civil Right Act giving African Americans equal rights, he also made the Great Society Program to aid education, medical, ther fight against poverty, and crime. He -
Georg H. W. Bush
1980 Bush campaigned for the Republican nomination for President. He lost. After losing he was chosen as a running mate by Ronald Reagan. As Vice President, Bush had responsibility in many domestic areas, including Federal deregulation and anti-drug programs, and visited scores of foreign countries. In 1988 Bush won the Republican nomination for President and, with Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate, he defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the general election. Bush -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan stepped into office but only 69 days later he was shot. He was able to quickly recover and return to his duties as the president. The way he handled the event made him very popular among the people. He was able to convince legislature to increase economic growth, curb inflation, employment, and strengthen national defense. Reagan worked towards cutting taxes and Government expenditures. 1984 Reagan won his second term as president. In his two terms he was able to increase defense spendin -
Iran Contra Scandal
Congress had prohibited aid to Nicaraguan Contras. These officials secretly sold weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages being held in Middle East. Profits form these sales were then sent to the contras. News of the illegal operations broke in November 1986. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall was created to keep East Germans from fleeing to the West. It stayed up for 28 years. People were not happy with the wall. Mass demonstrations against the government and the system in East Germany begun at the end of September and took until November 1989. The new government made a law to remove the wall. At a press conference a government office was asked when the wall was coming down and he said straight away. Thousands of East Germans stood by the wall and demanded it be taken -
Mikhail Gorbachev
He was the president of Soviet Union, his cooperation with President Reagan helped to end the Cold War and ended the Soviet Union.He led the Soviets from 1990-1991, but had already been in prevbious office positions of the communist soviets. He was in high positions for many years and was known for helping America put an end to the Cold War. -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Representatives from 11 Soviet republics (Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) met and announced that they would no longer be part of the Soviet Union. Instead, they said they had already declared their independence from the USSR, only one of its 15 republics, Georgia, remained. The Soviet Union had fallen, mostly due to the great number of radical reforms that Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev h
