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Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. -
Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from July 17 to August 2nd, 1945. -
Atomic bomb - Hiroshima/Nagasaki
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945, respectively. -
Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was the system created by the Soviet Union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
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Early Cold War
The Early Cold War, was the beginning of a long and uneventful fight between America and the Soviet Union. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12th, 1947 and further developed on July 12th, 1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Berlin Airlift
U.S. and its allies decided to supply their sectors of the city from the air. This effort, known as the “Berlin Airlift,” lasted for more than a year and carried more than 2.3 million tons of cargo into West Berlin. -
Alger Hiss Case
An American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies. -
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. -
The Hollywood Ten
The Hollywood Ten is a 1950 American short documentary film. In the film, each member of the Hollywood Ten made a short speech denouncing McCarthyism and the Hollywood blacklisting. The film was directed by John Berry. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on June 25th, 1950. When North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
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The Eisenhower Era
The Eisenhower era of the 1950s was a time of unprecedented economic growth and prosperity. -
Rosenburg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who spied for the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted and executed by the United States government. -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. -
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Vietnam Unit
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Geneva Conference
a conference among several nations that took place in Geneva, it was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War. -
Army- McCarthy Hearings
The Army–McCarthy hearings were a series of hearings held by the United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate conflicting accusations between the United States Army and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellites. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from October 23rd to November 10th, 1956. -
U2 Incident
The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1st, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
1400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
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The Kennedy Era
The Kennedy Era consisted of tragedies. -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was put up to prevent the fleeing of Berlin citizen that were divided by German Democratic. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between America and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missiles. -
Assassination of Diem
Arrest and assassination. -
Assassination of JFK
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Congress passed this giving President Johnson permission to take action on securing southeast Asia. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
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Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
the title of a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the U.S. 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam. -
Assassination of MLK
Civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Assassination of RFK
Mortally wounded after midnight PDT at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He had just won the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Joint invasion by five Warsaw Pact nations – the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany and Poland. -
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End of the Cold War Unit
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Riots of Democratic convention
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Election of Nixon
The Republican nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon, elected president. -
Kent State
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Nixon visits China
Important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination. -
Ceasefire in Vietnam
President Richard Nixon of the USA ordered a ceasefire of the aerial bombings in North Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
Was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. -
Reagan elected
American politician and actor elected president. -
SDI announced
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Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
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‘Tear down this wall’ speech
US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, calling for the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open up the barrier -
Fall of Berlin Wall
East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in city's relations with the West. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
