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Yalta Conference
What: The Yalta conference was where they split Germany into 4
Who: Great Britain, United States, Soviet Union
Where: Yalta, Ukraine
Liberalism: Increased liberalism by creating free elections and liberated countries in Europe -
Period: to
Potsdam Confederation
What: Stalins said he'd give the countries in the communist sphere of power free and fair elections but lied and turned all of them to communist countries.
Who: Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States
Where: Potsdam, Germany
Liberalism: kept the countries in the communist sphere from being free and having their own governments -
Hiroshima Bombing
What: Hiroshima was bombed as a retaliation from the US for attacking Pearl Harbor
Where: Hiroshima, Japan
Who: Japan, United Sates
Liberalism: Hiroshima was used as a fear factor to show the USSR what they could do -
Nagasaki Bombing
What: The bombing of Nagasaki was another retaliation from the attack on pearl harbor
Where: Nagasaki, Japan
Who: Japan, United States
LIberalism: This bombing was also to show the USSR what power they had -
Truman Doctrine
What: the US paid 400 million to Greece and Turkey to stay capitalist
Who: Greece, Turkey, US
Where Greece and Turkey
Liberalism: Made the countries stay capitalist but the underline of it is they weren't free -
Marshall Plan
What: The Marshall plan is a much larger Truman doctrine because the US paid 17 European countries a grand total of 13 billion to stay on the capitalist side.
Who US, 17 European countries
Where 17 European countries
Liberalism: Gained the freedom of a capitalist country but also lost the choice -
Molotov Plan
What: The Plan from the Communists to give make some countries part of the communist by "offering" resources and military support
Who: Communist countries
Where The Soviet Union
Liberalism: Loss of liberalism because it was a plan to expand the communist sphere. -
Brussels Treaty
What: Five European countries signed a treaty saying that if one were attacked they would all fight back
Who: Britain, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Where: European countries
Liberalism: gained because it helped liberate countries -
Period: to
The Berlin Blockade
What: The soviets locked 2.5 million Germans in the west three sectors of split-up Germany
Who: Capitalist vs. Communist
Where: Berlin, Germany
Liberalism: Loss of liberalism because it stopped the capital spread across Europe. -
NATO
What: Capitalists side of alliances between countries for protection and financial
Who: Capitalist based countries
Where: US
Liberalism: Didn't entirely affect liberalism a great amount just gave the Capitalist a safety net -
Soviets Creation of Nuclear Weapons
What: The Soviets engineered and created nuclear weapons to threaten the United States and the rest of NATO
Who: The Soviet Union and the rest of the WarSaw pact
Where: USSR
LIberalism: Lessened liberalism because it put the world into danger and everyone was scared and wouldn't fight against the Communist -
Period: to
Korean War
What: The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea with the south backed by the capitalist by force and the North backed by the Communist by choice. Eventually the Capitalist and Communist agreed to spit it into two.
Who: Koreans, US, USSR
Where: North and South Korea
Liberalism: Negatively impacted the goal of total liberalism because in this war it was believed to be a win for the Communist -
Stalins Death
What: Stalin had a stroke and eventually died because nobody would go inside to see what happened
Who: Stalin (soviets)
Where: Stalin's house
Liberalism: Didn't affect liberalism much at all slight increase -
Warsaw Pact
What: The Communists sphere of control and gave the countries in that protection
Who: Communist Countries
Where Poland: -
Period: to
Vietnam War
What: A communist by the name of Ho Chi Min fought against the french colonizers and won. The US got involved unwantedly by the vietnamese and eventually retreated and lost the war to the north backed by China and USSR
Who: China, Vietnamese, US, USSR
Where: Vietnam
LIberalism: Huge set back in liberalism because the United States lost the war and the peace protest in the United States had gotten far to big -
NORAD
What: An alert system over North America to warn from missiles and incoming attacks from the communist
Where: North America
Who: the United States and Canada
Liberalism: Didn't affect it at all just protected the United States and Canada -
Period: to
Hungarian Revolution
What: Students led a a giant protest against the soviets which led to new government and a withdrawal from the warsaw pact, but the politburo went back on its word and the soviets regained power
Who: USSR, Hungary
Where: Hungry
LIberalism: set back for liberalism because the soviets still controlled power over Hungary -
Period: to
Fidel Castro Take Over
What: Fidel Castro (a socialist) led a revolution to take over the Cuban government which was supported by the US. The US refused to give them money or trade sugar, so the USSR steeped into help.
Where: Cuba
Who US, Cuba, USSR
Liberalism: This negatively affected liberalism because a country had jumped from capitalist to communist -
The Bay of Pigs
What: The CIA and the United States government led by Kennedy imposed a plan to train cuban exiles to go and overthrow Castro
Where: United States, Cuba
Who: United States and Cuba
Liberalism: It was attempt to over through the now communist country and make them revert back to capitalism -
Build Berlin Wall
What: The Berlin Wall was built to separate East Germany from the West to keep the east germans from leaving and people who escaped were killed
Who: Soviets vs. Communism
Where Berlin, Germany
Liberalism: loss of liberalism separated the capitalist from the communist -
End of the Cuban Missile Crisis
What: Kennedy and Khrushchev made a deal
1) US would not invade Cuba
2) Soviets would remove their missiles from Cuba
3) US would remove their missiles from Turkey
Where: Cuba
Who: Cubans where affected, but mainly the US and the USSR
Liberalism: this was a step forward for liberalism because Khrushchev was the one who backed off his ship which was believed to be a win for the Capitalist -
Period: to
Czechoslovakia Revolution
What: Alex Dubcek come into power and began to liberalize which pissed off the soviets so they attacked along with the warsaw pact allies and held control until 1990
Where: Czechoslovakia
Who: Czechoslovakia, Warsaw Pact Countries
Liberalism: Negatively impacted liberalism because the communist held control of a country that attempted to liberalize -
Nuclear Arms Treaty
What: The nuclear arms race was where the two superpowers were basically just showing each other nukes one-up each other which the treaty stopped them from doing so and limited the total amount they could have
Who: the Soviet Union and the United States
Where: The US and USSR
Liberalism: A jump forward to liberalism because the treaty halted most nuclear research and limited how many they could have -
Period: to
Afghanistan vs. Soviets
What: The Soviets began to try and overtake afghanistan for resources but the afghans were backed by the us and were given weapons, food, and other resources to help hold their own. The US also stole oil reserves in afghanistan while they were busy fighting the soviets on the lines
Where: Afghanistan
Who: US, USSR, Afghanistan
Liberalism: this was a neutral battle in then end the afghans wanted to be part of neither party -
Solidary in Poland
What: A trade union was formed and grew so big the communist government had to negotiate and a free election was formed in 1989 and a liberal was elected
Where: Poland
Who: USSR and Poland
Liberalism: Large step forward to liberalism because liberalism was started in 1989 -
Berlin Wall Falling
What: The wall separating berlin in two between the communist and capitalist was taken down and borders were dropped to symbolize the end of the war
Where Berin, Germany
Who: US, USSR, Soviet Union
Liberalism: Softened the tensions between the two to the economic ideologies -
End of the Cold War
What: The cold war had finally died down in 1889 but was officially over in 1991 when the Berlin wall fell and borders were reopened
Who: Entire world essentially
Where: Again essentially the entire world
Liberalism: Liberalism never reached the point of 100% capitalist but the communist regime never took over the world so I would count it as a win