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The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the Russian Empire which started with the abolishment of monarchy. -
The Potsdam Conference
The meeting involving Stalin,Churchill, and President Truman to discuss Europe's post war issues. -
Atomic Bomb Nagasaki /Hiroshima
The U.S dropped the Atomic bomb on japan is two places Hiroshima on the 6th and Nagasaki on the 9th of August -
Iron Curtain
Initially a non-physical boundary that separated Europe into two parts, the free west and communist east parts. -
Long Telegram
Kennan deciphered a 8000 word paper known as the Long Telegram in which he explains that Stalin doesn't want to go to war with the west but sensitive to logic of force. -
Molotov Plan
A system created by Soviet Union to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe aligned with the Soviet Union. -
Hollywood 10
The Hollywood 10 consisted of a group of 10 people that refused to answer the questions and they were convicted for content. -
Truman Doctrine
A foreign policy announced by President Truman in which it's purpose was to help stop communism from spreading in Europe most importantly Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall plan supplied European countries with food and needs to not let them starve and join communism but to keep them free democratic countries and $12 billion loaned. -
Berlin Blockade
International crisis in which the soviets blocked the western allies' railway, road, and canal access to Berlin. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was organised to bring supplies to west Berlin a place that was very populated. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a treaty agreement between 29 North American And European countries. -
The First Soviet bomb test
The First nuclear Bomb tested by the soviets -
Chinese Communist Revolution
The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China. -
Alger Hiss case
Alger Hiss was an American government official who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in 1948, but statutes of limitations had expired for espionage. He was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. -
Korean War
The War started when North Korea invaded South Korea. North Korea was a communist country while south Korea was free an democratic -
Rosenberg trial
A trial that involved a man and a women who were convicted of being spy's for the soviets the penalty was death. -
Army-McCarthy hearings
A series of hearings of senates with us army against Joseph McCarthy -
Warsaw Pact
The treaties of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance founded in Poland -
Hungarian Revolution
The war that involved the Hungarian republic and soviets lasted about a month -
U2 Incident
The U-2 plane incident raised tensions between the U.S. and the soviets. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed attempt by US-sponsored Cuban exiles to reverse Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, beginning with a military invasion of northern Cuba. -
Berlin Wall
A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the American discovery of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
Assassination of JFK
JFK was assassinated at 12:30 pm on November 22, 1963 while riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia. -
Nixon visits China
Improved relations with the Soviet Union and the PRC are often cited as the most successful diplomatic achievements of Nixon's presidency. -
Reagan elected
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and became the highly influential voice of modern conservatism -
SDI announced
Reagan announced SDI in a nationally televised speech, stating "I call upon the scientific community who gave us nuclear weapons to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace." -
Geneva Conference with Gorbachev
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. -
‘Tear down this wall’ speech
"Tear down this wall", also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, is a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
A pivotal event in world history which marked the falling of the Iron Curtain. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterwards.
