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Suez Canal
What: The Suez canal is a shipping canal that runs to the Med. Sea. Why H/S: The canal was a transportation method for several goods throughout the Cold War and previous wars -
Brezhnev
What: Brezhnev was General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union Why H/S: Brezhnev improved the state of the Soviet Union and was an important leader in the Soviet Union. -
Stalin
What: Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist part in SU. Why H/S: He advanced Russia’s technology and also created a successful space program for them. -
Gorbachev
What: Gorbachev was the former Soviet Union statesman, served as General Secretary of the Communist party from 1985- 1991 Why H/S: He was the 1st president of the Soviet Union. -
United Nations (UN)
What: The United Nations was a group of nations whom tried to keep peace and stability among the world. Why H/S: The United Nations took place of the League of Nations and made some countries feel more stable, even though its power was very limited. -
Iron Curtain
What: The Iron Curtain was a metaphor that represented the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas. Why H/S: This was a result of WWII and displayed the difference in ideas between two parts of a continent. -
Truman Doctrine
What: The Truman Doctrine was when President Truman said that the US would help Greece and Turkey in avoiding Communism. Why H/S: The US stopped two countries from falling to Communism which would have cause a domino effect of some sort. -
Marshall Plan
What: The Marshall Plan was help by the U.S. to help economies and societies of western Europe after World War II. (AKA European Recovery Program) Why H/S: It was the start of Europe rebuilding its economy after WWII. -
European Economic Cooperation
What: It was a program that helped Europe after WWII which was derived from the Marshall Plan. Why H/S: The program helped Europe recover post-WWII. -
Berlin Airlift
What: The airlift was a US response to the Soviet Union blockade of Berlin, Germany, etc. Why H/S: It was the 1st international crisis of the Cold War between Soviet Union and the West. -
People's Republic of China
What: This is the official name of the country of China with its capital in Beijing. Why H/S: China contains the largest population in the world and played an important role in the Cold War. -
Korean War
What: The Korean War was a war between the two Koreas that changed their structure permanently Why H/S:It divided North and South Korea and made North Korea communist and South Korea capitalist. -
Explosion of the 1st Hydrogen Bomb
What: The explosion was a US test in the Pacific Ocean that gave them a slight advantage in the nuclear arms race vs the Soviet Union. Why: It gave the US a short advantage in the arms race until the Soviet Union showed their more advanced technology shortly after. -
Khrushchev
What: He was the General Secretary of the Communist part in the Soviet Union during part of the Cold war. Why H/S: He served as the first Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. -
Geneva Accords
What: Geneva Accords was a conference in Geneva, Switzerland to attempt to find a way to unify Vietna and perhaps correct some issues in Indochina. Why H/S: -
KGB
What: The KGB was the main security agency in the Soviet Union 1954- 1991. Why H/S: KGB provided large amounts of National Security information and protected the SU for years. -
Warsaw Pact
What: The Warsaw Pact was a treaty of mutual defense and military aid by Soviet union states. Why H/S: The Warsaw Pact was in response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO. -
Vietnam
What: The Vietnam War was a war between North and South Vietnam due to rising tensions in governmental issues between the two countries. The Soviets supported the North while the U.S. backed South Vietnam. Why H/S: The U.S.’s strength was declined due to South Vietnam’s weak defense and government. -
Sputnik
What: Sputknik was was the world's 1st satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union. Why H/S: Sputnik caused the Soviet Union to be ahead in the technology and "space race" amongst the countries of the world during this era for a short time. -
Erection of Berlin Wall
What: physical division between East Germany and West Berlin & was also a division between democracy and Communism Why H/S: divided two different governments and established a division two different opinions in parts of Germany -
Cuban Missile Crisis
What: Cuban Missile Crisis was a series of events caused by tensions between US and Cuba that led to a possible Nuclear War launched by Cuba. Why H/S: It caused the withdrawal of SU nuclear missiles from Cuba and an agreement that US wouldn't invade Cuba without proper provocation. -
Tet Offensive
What: The Vietcong and North Vietnamese army launched a strong offensive attack against South Vietnam that took a severe impact on them. Why H/S: This was the crumbling point for the US in which its defenses became so weak that it withdrew its troops from Vietnam altogether. -
Helsinki Accords
What: The Helsinki Accors was an effort to reduce tension between the Soviet Union and the WEst by showing acceptance of post WWII Europe from both sides. Why H/S: It eased tensions between Soviet Union and West. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis
What: 52 Americans were held captive for 444 days by Saudi Islam radicals. Why H/S: It was a blow to the United States and caused tensions between the two nations -
Russian Invasion of Afghanistan
What: It was a Russian attack on Afhanistan launched by the Prime Minister to create a western slant. Why H/S: the US Provided aid to Afghan forces which was somewhat of a blow to Russia and caused tension. -
Moscow Olympics
What: boycott by several countries from the Olympics initiated by United States that helped support the protest against the Soviet Union invasion in Afghanistan Why H/S: showed the United States picking a side in the boycott situation -
Los Angeles Olympics
What: The Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics in LA due to the US boycott (among several other countries) in the Olympic games prior. Why H/S: This only increased tensions between the two countries. -
Perestroika and Glasnost
What: These Russian words mean "restructuring and openness" which explains Gorbachev's intentions for the Soviet union political world. Why H/S: This method reformed Soviet Union ways and government for the future. -
Chernobyl
What: Chernobyl was an accident at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that resulted in 30+ deaths. Why H/S: Chernobyl caused increased safety in nuclear plants worldwide. -
Berlin Wall Torn Down
What: It was a symbol of freedom by citizens of Berlin that lasted days and weeks. Why H/S: It established freedom and the end of being controlled by East Germans -
End of the USSR
What: The last president of the USSR resigned and dissolved the nation. Why H/S: This act deleted the USSR from history and made it no longer relevant. -
Yeltsin
What: Yeltsin was a Russian politician during the Cold War. Why H/S: He served as the first President of the Russian Federation for eight years. -
Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement in Poland
What: The Movement was an Anti-Soviet movement that swept through Poland. Why H/S: The Solidarity Movement created increased hatred toward Soviet and communist forces. -
Putin
What: Putin was a Russian statesman chosen as the new Russian Federation President following Yeltin’s term and resignation. Why H/S: Putin gave Russia more power than before and now serves as the Current Prime Minister. -
Ho Chi Minh
What: Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist Revolution leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Why H/S: -
NATO
What: NATO was European and North American countries that fought together to stop the falling to Communism by European nations. Why H/S: NATO created tensions with Communist countries and stopped the domino effect that had been occurring in European nations. -
Tiananmen Square
What: Tiananmen Square is a large square in the center of Beijing in China that separates the city from the Forbidden City. Why H/S:
