Cold War

By garciac19

  • Russian Revolution

    Vladimir Lenin led his group called Bolsheviks. Revolting against the government of Nichols. In this revolution, their goal was to become the Communist party of the Soviet Union. This was a huge turning point for the country of Russia.

  • Potsdam Conference

    The Potsdam Conference was a gathering of the 3 allied leaders; President Truman, Winston Churchill and Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin. In this Conference the 3 discussed possible terms for ending World War 2.

  • Atomic Bomb

    The Atomic Bomb was a creation that changed the world and warfare. The United States dropped a 5-ton bomb over Hiroshima demolishing the whole city. For many this was a wake-up call. It caught many off guard, leading America to have an advantage.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy created to counter soviet expansion during the Cold War. Truman promised to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey.

  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan was a program of massive economic assistance to rebuild Europe. Named after the Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.

  • Berlin Airlift

    In response, to the Berlin Blockade the United States sent planes with food, coal,and medical supplies. They brought in so much, 1 plane was coming in every 3 minutes.

  • Berlin Blockade

    Stalin blockaded the city of Berlin due to the move as American Economic Imperialism and retaliated. He ordered all access into Berlin to be denied and completely shut down the entire city. Stalin was determined to force the western allies out.

  • Alger Hiss Case

    Alger Hiss was a spy for the Soviet Union as he was working as a state department employee. Hiss was convicted of perjury, serving 4 years in jail. He appeared before the NUAC and denied all charges. It was declared that during the work of HIss, he passed the Soviet Union top secret reports.

  • NATO

    NATO was formed due to the blockade that underscored the need for a united defense against soviet aggression. The United States, Canada and 10 other European nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

  • Soviet Bomb Test

    With great shock the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. To the United States this was an eye opener because they were not expecting the Soviet Union to possess nuclear weapon knowledge so soon.

  • Hollywood 10

    The Hollywood 10 were a group of producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared against the NUAC and refused to answer questions. They were convicted of contempt and sent to prison and were blacklisted.

  • Korean War

    the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War.

  • The Rosenberg Trail

    The Rosenberg's were arrested in connection with a plot to pass the U.S. bomb secrets to the Soviets. They denied the charges and claimed they were being prosecuted as Jews. They were convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1953.

  • Army-McCarthy Hearings

    This event was a series of hearings held by the U.S. senates subcommittee on investigation of McCarthy. He was exposed as a reckless bully and officially condemned by the Senate. 2 1/2 years later he fell into alcoholism and died.

  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu

    This battle was the lead up for the first fight in Indochina. When Viet Minh forces at Chinese insistence moved to attack Lai Chau, the capital of the T’ai Federation, which was loyal to the French. Viet Minh forces overran the base in early May, prompting the French government to seek an end to the fighting with the signing of the Geneva Accords of 1954

  • Geneva Conference

    Taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, A conference was held between several nations, intending to settle high issues resulting from the Korean War and the Indochina war. This marked a turning point in the Vietnam War.

  • Warsaw Pact

    The Warsaw Pact was created in response to the NATO. Soviets formed a competing alliance. Formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw among the Soviet Union and seven Soviet satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War

  • Hungarian Revolution

    Following a speech by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in which he attacked the period of Joseph Stalin’s rule. Encouraged by the new freedom of debate and criticism, a rising tide of unrest and discontent in Hungary broke out into active fighting in October 1956. Rebels won the first phase of the revolution,

  • U-2 Incident

    The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War in May of 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The premiership of Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace.

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed military 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.

  • Berlin Wall

    The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. They split the defeated nation into four “allied occupation zones”: The eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union, while the western part went to the United States, Great Britain and (eventually) France.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning America. the ability of the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores.

  • Assassination of Diem

    As the president of South Vietnam, Diem and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also lead to political chaos in the nation.

  • Assassination of JFK

    Serving as the 35th President of the United States, JFK was assassinated while moving in a car in Dallas, Texas. Participating in a parade, as they passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy. At 46 years old, he was announced dead 30 minutes later.

  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution

    President Lyndon Johnson was granted the oppurtunity to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    Operation Rolling Thunder was the codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam. This bombardment was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam’s communist leaders and reduce their capacity to wage war against the U.S.-supported government of South Vietnam.

  • Tet Offensive

    This event was a series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam. The offensive was an attempt to foment rebellion among the South Vietnamese population. News coverage of the massive offensive shocked the American public and eroded support for the war effort.

  • Assassination of MLK

    Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, coming to a shock to millions of people.leading the Civil Rights Movement with inspiring marches and speeches to fight for the rights of blacks. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill.

  • Assassination of RFK

    Shot by times by the 22-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. He died a day later. Taking place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary.

  • Invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia, A brief period of liberalization in the communist country. Czechoslovakians protested the invasion with public demonstrations and other non-violent tactics, but they were no match for the Soviet tanks

  • Riots of Democratic convention

    Millions of protesters of the Vietnam War stood attended the Democratic Convention, held in Chicago. Over the course of 24 hours, the predominant American line of thought on the Cold War with the Soviet Union was shattered. Intent on stopping the spread of communism, the United States developed a policy by which it would intervene in the affairs of countries it deemed susceptible to communist influence.

  • Election of Nixon

    The 46th president goes to Nixon. in results in the loss of Kennedy, Nixon wins the election. Most political observers believed that Nixon’s political career was over, but by February 1968, he had sufficiently recovered his political standing in the Republican Party to announce his candidacy for president.

  • Kent State Shootings

    4 students that were attending the university were killed and 9 were injured. The shooters were apart of the Ohio National Guard. They came in a crowd protesting the war and pulled the trigger.

  • Nixon visits China

    President Nixon takes a huge first step toward normalizing relations with the communist Republic of China by traveling to Beijing for a week of talks. It was a slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist China.

  • Ceasefire in Vietnam

    Saigon controlled about 75 percent of South Vietnam’s territory and 85 percent of the population. The South Vietnamese Army was well equipped as the US delivered weapons last-min.They continued to receive U.S. aid after the cease-fire. The cease-fire began on time, violation of both sides. South Vietnamese forces continued to take back villages occupied by communists in the two days before the cease-fire deadline.

  • Fall of Saigon

    The United States knew that their token presence in the city would quickly become unwelcome, and the remaining Americans were evacuated by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft.

  • Reagan Election

    a former actor and California governor, served as the 40th U.S. president from 1981 to 1989. Raised in small-town Illinois, he became a Hollywood actor around 20 years old and later served as the Republican governor of California from 1967 to 1975.

  • SDI announced

    President Reagan proposed the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an ambitious project that would construct a space-based anti-missile system. This program was immediately dubbed "Star Wars."

  • Geneva Conference with Gorbachev

    Meeting in Geneva, President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev produced no heart breaking agreements. However, the meeting boded well for the future, as the two men engaged in long, personal talks and seemed to develop a sincere and close relationship.

  • ‘Tear down this wall’ speech

    Reagan appealed to the Soviet Union General Secretary Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." The "wall" refers, to the Berlin Wall; the physical barrier between West and East Germany. A speech to end the conflict of democracy and communism.

  • Fall of Berlin Wall

    The spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders. More than 2 million East and West Berliners flocked to the wall, drinking beer and champagne and chanting.