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Russian Revolution
The Russian revolution was the ending of imperialistic rule and the beginning of new social and economic change -
Potsdam conference
The Potsdam conference was about how to split up Europe after the war so the countries that won can keep an eye on it. But Russia wanted to take over Europe and make it an Communist nation -
Atomic Bomb
Two atomic bombs where dropped on the 6th of August, and one on the 9th.The bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Iron Curtain
A "curtain" that separated Eastern communist nations from Western democratic European Nations that eventually became a wall -
Truman Doctrine
Truman doctrine said that the U.S. will provide military and economic help to all countries resisting communism -
Molotov Plan
A system in which the Soviet Union provided aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were ultimately rejected -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951, which helped stop communism from spreading. This plan raised over $13 billion -
Berlin Blockade
When the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies railways, roads and their canal access to the parts of Berlin under western countries -
NATO
NATO is an alliance that has 28 independent countries from North America to Europe. The first general of NATO stated that the goal for the organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down." -
Berlin Airlift
After the Soviets blocked the part of Berlin under allied access from supplies coming in on land, the allies dropped supplies from planes into the free section into Berlin. This ended May 12, 1949 when the Soviet forces lifted the blockade on land access to western Belin -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused being a Soviet Spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. On August 3rd, 1948, Whittaker Chambers a former U.S. communist party member testified under subpoena before the (HUAC) that hiss has secretly been a communist though not a spy in federal service -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 is a 1950 American 16mm documentary. In the film each member of the Hollywood 10 made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. The film was directed by John Berry -
Korean war
A war in which China and the Soviet Union aided North Korea while the U.S. and the United Nations gave military aid to Southern Korea -
Soviet bomb test
The USSR sets of the first atomic bomb also known as "first lightning" at a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan -
Army-McCarthy hearings
This was a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on investigations between April 1954 and June 1954 about communists within the American military that McCarthy claims to have information on -
Rosenberg trial.
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. The Judge Irving Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians -
Geneva Conference
The Gathering of nations to settle issues from the Korean war and discuss the possibility of restoring the peace in Vietnam -
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw pact was a defense treaty between Eastern communist countries in response to the formation of NATO -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian revolution was a nationwide revolt against the oppression of the the Soviet rule it lived under. The Soviets crushed the revolution -
U2 incident
The U2 incident occurred during Dwight Eisenhower's presidency when an American spy plane was shot down in the Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. -
Berlin wall
The Berlin wall was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over whether there would be nuclear weapons on Cuba or not -
Assassination of Diem
The arrest and assassination of Diem was the result of a successful coup d'etat led by General Doung Van Minh -
Assassination of JFk
JFK was fatally shot in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade in Dallas Dealey Plaza -
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution
This was a document passed by congress that allowed president LBJ to go ahead with his war on Vietnam -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was the name of the U.S. tactic of continued and relentless bombing of North Vietnam -
Assassination of MLK
MLK was fatally shot at the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennessee -
Tet Offensive
Massive executed by the North Vietnamese on the Tet holiday that destroyed support for the war in the U.S -
Assassination of RFK
Shortly after winning the 1968 presidential election RFK was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and died the next day while in the the hospital -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
A joint invasion of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland into Czechoslovakia to prevent liberalization reforms -
Riots of Democratic Convention
After the assassination of MLK there were multiple occasions of violent riots at democratic convention in 1968 -
Election of Nixon
Despite losing the election several years earlier Nixon saw his opportunity over a divided democratic party and their nominee Hubert Hummphrey -
Kent State
Members of the Ohio national guard shot 4 students at a antiwar protest at Kent State -
Nixon visits China
Nixon in 1972 visits the peoples republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the U.S. and China -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
An agreement is finally reached between the U.S. and North Vietnam on an end to the fighting none of which favors the U.S. -
Fall of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam by the people's army of Vietnam occurred while the U.S. was leaving and bringing South Vietnamese refugees with them -
Reagan Elected
Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the U.S. and was elected -
SDI
SDI was a defense system proposed by Reagan in which Nuclear weapons are shot down by lasers on satellites in which atmosphere before they made it to the U.S. -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva summit of 1985 was a Cold-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, it was a meeting between U.S. president Reagan and Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev -
"Tear down this wall" speech
This was a speech in which Reagan was at the Berlin wall asking Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall -
Fall of Berlin wall
This was the day that the wall dividing eastern and western Berlin
