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Long Telegram
George Kennen wrote from Russia to the U.S about the culture, life, history, beliefs, and everything to know about Russia in the telegram. -
Potsdam Conference
A conference with U.S.A, England, and the Soviet Union discussing what to do with Germany -
Atomic Bomb
A bomb was used by the U.S to destroy inter cities. This bomb was used against Japan in the cold war. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill gave a speech in the U.S telling America what is really going on in Eastern Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
Harry Truman gave his speech of the Truman Doctrine explaining to the people our new foreign policy of contaiment -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was purposed to the government as a way to help rebuild the European government and help countries fight against communism. -
Hollywood 10
10 American producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee refusing to answer questions regarding their possible communist affilations. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was set up to keep supplies from coming into West Germany from the U.S -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was done by the U.S where American pilots would fly over the Berlin Blockade to bring supplies to western Berlin -
Chinese Communist Revolution
China had started a communist revolution in 1948 because of the failing economy and country. -
NATO
Nato was created from a number of countries on the east side of the world to protect Europe from any threats. -
Alger Hiss Case
Alger Hiss was prosecuted for being a spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. -
First Soviet Bomb Test
The Soviet Union created a bomb a lot quicker than they should have because they had spies in the Manhattan Project. -
Korean War
A war was fought between North and South Korea when North Korea invaded the border and was supported by China and the Soviet Union, South Korea had the United States and the UN, the war ended in an armistice. -
Rosenberg Trial
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were spies for the Soviet Union were convicted of espionage providing secrets about the American military. -
Korean Armistice
Designed to "ensure a complete cessation of hostilities and all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved". -
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Decisive engagement in the First Indochina War, consisted of a struggle between French and Viet Minh -
Army- McCarthy Hearing
Series of hearing held by the United States investigating conflict between the U.S Army and U.S Senator Joseph McCarthy. -
Warsaw Act
A collective defense treaty that the Soviet Union established, created in reaction to the integration of West Germany in 1955 -
Hungarian Revolution
Spontaneous national uprising 12 days before Hungary is crushed by soviets, thousands of protesters demanded more democratic system. -
U2 Incident
An American U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces while performing aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet Territory. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. -
Berlin Wall
A guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically split Berlin. Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13 day political and military standoff over the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba, 90 miles from U.S shores. Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove missiles from Turkey. -
Assassination of JFK
Kennedy was in a car with his wife, when he was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former marine. JFK was serving his third year in office at the office. -
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Gave President Lyndon Johnson authorization to do any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote international peace and security in southeast Asia -
Tet Offensive
Tet Offensive was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam, the attempt was to instigate South Vietnamese rebellions and show the U.S to back down in the war -
Riots at Democratic Convention
Police riot in full swing in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, television broadcasts live as anti-war protesters chant "The whole world is watching" -
Kent State
Students protested the bombing of Cambodia, the students clashed with Ohio National Guardsmen and they shot and killed 4 students, the shootings became the focal point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam War -
Ceasefire In Vietnam
The U.S. agreed to send home remaining military personnel from South Vietnam within 60 days. North Vietnam agreed to return all American prisoners of war. North Vietnam was allowed to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam. -
Fall of Saigon
Viet Cong and North Communist forces captured South Vietnam capital of Saigon forcing a surrender and bringing an end to the Vietnam War -
Reagan Elected
President Reagan received the highest number of electoral votes received by a non-incumbent presidential candidate of over a million votes. Promised restoration of military forces -
SDI Announced
Reagan announced SDI on national television stating that he calls "upon the scientific community in this country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents to the cause of mankind and world peace, to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete" -
"Tear Down This Wall" Speech
Reagan's harsh challenge to tear down the Berlin Wall gave shape to increasing international pressure on Moscow to make good on its promises of openness and reform, the wall came down two years later. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall.
East Berlin's spokesman for the communist party announced a change in his city's relationship with the West. Starting at midnight he stated the citizens of the GDR are allowed were free to cross the country's borders.