-
Stalin
Was the leader of Russia in WWII Killed millions of his own people -
United Nations
The United Nations is a band of courtires but together to montor the nations. They are like the world police. Have been around for over 50 years. -
Vietnam
Is a eastern most country in south east Asia. It has 90.3 million inhabitants. 13th most populated country in the world -
Ho Chi Minh
He was a revolutionary Communist leader was Prime Minister and President of North Korea. Was Presidnet of North Korea. -
iron curtain
Chruchhill delieves a speech and said a iron curtain seperated Europe which was a figurtive symbol. It seperated Europe to two seperate sides. Was one of Churchhill's most famous speeches. -
Truman Doctrine
A international relations policy that said that the United States would support Greece and Turkey to keep it from falling to the Soviets. The United States trying to prevent the spread of Communism. -
The Marshall Plan
Was a plan set up by the United States to pay any country that promised to not turn to communism. Help stop spread communism to the rest of Europe -
European Economic Cooperation
Was a organization of European nations set up in 1948 allocate US post war aid and increase productivity and trade to other countires. Came out from the Marshall Plan. -
Berlin Airlift
When the United States brought in food and supplies by airlift when East Geramny cut off supplies to West Berlin. How during that time communism and Democracy were fighting and communist cut off the food but the democracy government found a way to bring them food. -
NATO
Is a military alliance. Is ageed that if an country from outside of the alliance of NATO attacks one of the memebers all of the countries in NATO will back them up. Still together to this day -
Peoples Republic of China
Was a people democratic dicatorship broke up into 4 sections of society. Was a mojor dictatorship empire in China -
Gorbachev
He was the former statesman of the Soviet Union. He was also the first and last president of the Sovite Union. He was the only president that the Sovite Union has ever had. -
Korean War
Was a war fought between South Korea and North Korea.
Tensions between the two countries are still tense today. -
Explosion of the first hydrogen bomb
It was the detentation of the first nuclear weapon. It was part of the reason for the Cold War called the Nuclear Arms Race. -
khrushchev
Was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War Was responsible for de-Stalinization -
KGB
Was the main security agency for the soviet union. Collapsed in 1991 -
Warsaw Pact
Was a mutual defense treaty between 8 communist states during the Cold War. During the Cold War it was NATO verses Warsaw Pact -
Geneva Accords
Was a confernce to try and find a way to unify peace in Vientam and to restore peace to Indochina. -
Suez Canal/Nasser
Was a dipolmatic and military opposition between Egypt and France, Britain and, Isreal. United States, United Nations and, the Soviet Union had to force France, Britain and , Isreal to withdrawl. -
sputnik
Was the first artifical earth satelite. Lanched by the Russians. Caused the United States to try and launch one fast. Afraid it would had Russia in the Cold War -
Berlin Wall is erected
The Berlin wall was built to keep people from escaping form West Berlin to East Berlin. It symbolised the boundary between democracy and communism -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Where the Soviet Union tried to send nuclear bombs to Cuba to be able to bomb the United States. Was the closet that we have come to a nuclear war. -
Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary for the Communist Party. He grew the global influence of the Soviet Union. He was eventually responsibile for the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Grew the Soviet Union military. Which was on cause of the Cold War -
Tet Offensive
Was a military operation launched by North Korea aginast the United States and South Korea. It was a serious of suprise attacks. It was the last attempt by the Communist to win the Vietnam War. -
Helsinki Accords
Signed a decleration in attempt to improve realtions between the Communist bloc and the west. It was an attmept to imporve some realtions. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Was a diplomatic crisis were fifty-two Americans from the American embassy were held hostage. Was one of the first acts of terrorism that America saw. -
Russian Invasion of Afghanistan
A war between Russia and Afghanistan it lasted 9 years. First superpower that took on Afghanistan -
Moscow Olympics
Olympics held in Moscow. Was boycotted by 65 countries against the Soviet war in Afghanistan First games held in eastern Europe -
Los Angeles Olympics
Olympics in 1984 held at Los Angeles and was supposed to be held in Tehran first. -
Chernobyl
Was a horrific nuclear event that occured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The Soviet Union was in charge The Cold War was a nuclear arms race. The Soviet Union was in charge of this nuclear power plant. -
Tiananmen Square
A large city square in the center of Beijing China. Also a mass massacre by Chinese. The Chinses people killed were protesting Communism. It was the site of several important Chinese events -
Berlen Wall is torn down
The Berlin Wall started to be torn down on the 9th of Nov. During the rest of the month people from all over came with tools to chip away at the wall. It was a symbol of increasing freedom -
Yeltsin
Was a Russian politcian and the first president of the Russian Federation. First President of Russian Federation -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement in Poland
First Soviet bloc's independent trade union. Also was President of Poland for five years. First trade union -
End of the USSR
Was of the offical end of the the Soviet Union. The Soviet flaged was lowered and the Russian tricolor was raised. It was officially the end of the Cold War. -
Putin
Former officer of the KGB. Is currently President of Russia. Was President of Russia before.
