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Korean war
who: Japan, US
what: north vs south, North was communist and south was capitalists and wanted capitalism
where: Korea
how it affected liberalism: either communism or capitalism no in between they all ways had control of the people. -
Yalta conference
where: Yalta Ukraine
who: Big three ( USSR, Britain, USA)
what: divided Germany into 4 countries, USSR promised free election.
how it affected liberalism: promised to give free elections to people. -
potsdam conference
who: Big three ( US, USSR, Britain )
where: Potsdam Germany
what: surrender of Germany, the realization of no free election. start of the cold war.
How it affected liberalism: US and Britain were anti-communist. not a good look on USSR. -
Hiroshima bombing
who: US, Hiroshima
what: the US dropping a bomb on Hiroshima ending the war.
where: Hiroshima
how it affected liberalism: it killed thousands of people and terrified people. -
bombing of nagasaki
who: US, Nagasaki
what: US dropping a bomb on Nagasaki ending the war
where: Nagasaki
how it affected liberalism: killed millions of people. -
Molotov plan
who: USSR, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria,
what: system to rebuild Eastern Europe
where: soviet union
how it affected liberalism: helped people with foreign aid -
Truman Doctrine
who: Greece, Turkey
what: buying friends with money
where: Greece, Turkey
how it affected liberalism: it helped the noncommunist people. -
Brussels treaty
who: Britain, France,Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
what: assist one another if attacked
where: western European countries
how it affected liberalism: it can give people more freedom to get to each country. -
Marshall plan
who: US, George Marshall
what: to help pay European countries after the war and recover.
where: Europe
how it affected liberalism: They did it so it would be less likely to become communist again. -
berlin block aid
who: Germany, soviet union
what: soviet union blocked Germany's western railways, water access.
where: Berlin
how it affected liberalism: took away peoples water and resources -
NATO
who: US, Soviets
what: Communist vs Capitalists
where: US, Soviets
how it affected liberalism: more because they were forced on who to join and put countries under pressure. -
soviet creation of nuclear weapons
who: soviet union
what: they dropped their first nuclear bomb to test it in 1949, and just in case of a war against the USSR
where: atom grad
how it affected liberalism: it didn't affect the people but it probably did scare them thinking about nuclear war. -
stalins death
Who: Stalin
what: Stalin died on his couch full of pee
where: Russia
how did it affect liberalism: it created a collective government -
Warsaw pact
who: Soviet union
what: The opposite from NATO, creating communist alliances
where: Moscow
how it affected liberalism: Took control of the people because the governments were communist. -
Period: to
vietnam war
who: Vietnam, US, Russia
what: communism vs capitalism lots of people died
where: Vietnam
how it affected liberalism: communism effected the people -
Hungarian rev
Who: Soviet
what: giant protest started against soviets because politburo he went back on his word from withdrawing from warsaw pact
where: Soviet
how did it affect liberalism: Lots of innocent people died and lots fled because they got pushed out by the military. -
NORAD
who: US, Canada
what: To protect attacks from water and air.
where: US
how it affected liberalism: more because it gives people a safe feeling. -
fidel castro
who:US,Cuba,USSR
what: Fidel Castro took over the government and the US stopped supporting them. Then USSR started to help them buy sugar
where: Cuba
how it affected liberalism: other countries started to stop helping Cuba because of the takeover so they couldn't get any good imports like food. -
Bay of pigs
who: the US, Cuban exiles
what: the US training the Cuban exiles to take over Castro
where: Florida
how it affected liberalism: took Cubans life away because you were either training to kill Castro or being under the control of Castro. -
Creation of berlin wall
who: Russia, Germany
what: a big wall to separate people and country from the east and that side was communist and west was capitalists
where: berlin, Germany
how it affected liberalism: it took the family away from people and created separation because you were not allowed to cross. -
End of cuban missile crisis
who: Cuba, USSR
what: USSR bringing missiles to Cuba and they could hit every major city except for Seattle
where: Cuba
how it affected liberalism: It could kill lots of people, but it stayed the same because no one freaked out. -
czechoslovakia rev
Who: Alex Dubcek, soviets
what: Alex Dubcek came into power and liberalized, soviets didn't like that so they invaded and stayed till 1990.
where: Czechslovakia
how did it affect liberalism: soviets wanted complete control over everyone. -
Period: to
Nuclear arms deal
Who: US, USSR
what: Nixon the leader of the USSR finally signed the treaty of strategic arms limitation and it limited missiles
where: US, USSR
how did it affect liberalism: so it wouldn't cause brinkmanship and blow each other up. -
Period: to
Afganistan war/ Soviet war
Who: USSR, US
what: US equipment the mujahedeen, and USSR and Afghanistan government had to stop mujahedeen resistance.
where: Afghanistan
how did it affect liberalism: people that lived on a farm did not like the idea of communism because they would have to give everything to the government. -
solidarity in poland
Who: Solidarity group, communist government
what: solidarity group was protesting for more freedom and no communism from the government. and then a liberal was elected.
where:Poland
how did it affect liberalism: it took control of its people and still controlling its people with liberal but a little less. -
berlin wall falling
Who: East Germany and West Germany
what: the wall was built to separate germans and east germans but mostly Soviets, the communist leaders got kicked out the wall was brought down to end the war.
where: Germany
how did it affect liberalism: it brought people relief knowing they won't get bombed every day and brought down tensions. -
end of cold war
Who:Reagan, Mikhal Gorbachev
what: both became friends during the presidency and the cold war ended.
where: US, USSR
how did it affect liberalism: both liked economics that's why they were both successful.