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Potsdam Conference
this was when the allied parties all gathered together to discuss how they were going to punish nazi germany after WWII -
formation of the U.N.
it is an international peace organization in new york with 193 countries involved. is the replacement for the failed league of nations -
iron curtain descends upon europe
the iron curtain was when the soviet union took the majority of the land taken by WWII expanding communism largely -
truman doctrine
credited with starting the cold war the doctrine basically states that the U.S. wants to stop the spread of communism -
The Marshall Plan
this was a plan to help europe reconstruct after the damages caused by world war two. -
the creation of israel
this was when the jewish population created israel in need of a sort of refuge for their religion/beliefs -
berlin air lift
this is when west germany was cut off by east germany so they would starve into submission so the united states flew aircrafts with provisions to supply east berlin and prevent them from going under -
formation of NATO
its an international group made of several countries to defend other parts of world from countries misusing their power or doing something illegal -
korean war
this was a war where south korea with the U.S. fought north korea and china because communist north were trying to take the south which ended in a stalemate -
stalin dies
stalin died from his smoking having done a lot for his country although killing several millions he is still seen by his people as the man who save his country -
warsaw pact is formed
this is what basically created NATO and created a team to fight the soviets communism -
suez crisis
huge conflict were the U.S. the soviets and the U.N. caused France and Britain to retreat from egypt so they could use the Suez Canal -
vietnam war
this was when soviet supported north vietnam beat and took U.S. supported south vietnam being the only war the U.S. has lost -
NASA is formed
NASA was created right after Sputnik was sent by the soviets into space in order to compete with them in space (space race) -
sputnik 1 and 2
sputnik one was the earths artificial sattelite made by the soviets
sputnik two was the first to send a living thing into space these two started the space race -
bay of pigs
this was when the U.S. supplied democratic rebels against communist cuba they were defeated in three days and was a big defeat in defeating communism -
berlin wall is constructed
the german wall was a barries created by east germany to seperate East Berlin from West Berlin. this included guard towers and anti-vehicle trenches. on the 9th of november in 1989 the wall was finally taken down. estimated about 5,000 people attempted to cross the wall 100 of which, were killed. this wall represented the lack of freedom enforced by the Soviet Union -
cuban missile crisis
this is when soviet russia placed nuclear weapons in cuba so they wouldnt be invaded again. this was the closest we ever got to a nuclear conflict -
kennedy is assassinated
in the presidents tour of texas while in a motercade with his wife he was shot in the neck and in the head dying instantly. several conspiracies exist. and he was killed by lee harvey oswald -
USS pueblo incident
this was when the USS Pueblo was captured and boarded by north koreans it was then discovered that the U.S. was spying on them -
woodstock 69
this was a huge concert to promote peace that was only expected to have 100,000 people which 400,000 people ended up showing up. one of the most influential moments in music to this day -
un resolution 2758
this meant that the united nations would recognize the peoples republic of china as the only representative of china -
nixon visits china
helping better relations with china nixon visited china to talk with mao zedong, he was the 1st president to visit the PRC -
paris peace accords
this ended the U.S. involvement in vietnam and ended fighting between the two vietnams for a while -
south Vietnam falls
this was when the Viet Cong issued their final attack on the Saigon on april 29th with heavy artillery bombardments by tomorrow afternoon the north claim victory -
Iran hostage crisis
this was when fifty two american diplomats were taken hostage for 444 days by college students who invaded the embassy -
USSR invades Afghanistan
this was when the soviets backed the gov. of afghanistan while the U.S. and others backed democratic rebels. after 9 years the rebels win -
U.S. and soviets boycott olympics
this was when the soviets held the olympics and told the us if they didnt back out of afghanistan they couldnt go. they ended up still getting to go anyways -
miracle on ice
This was when the United States a team of which had only amateur and collegiate players beat the Soviet Union in hockey in the Winter Olympics. What made this even more incredible is that the Soviet Union won the last 6 of 7 gold medals for hockey. -
korean airline flight 007
this was when a flight from new york was headed to seoul was shot down by soviets for flying over prohibited airspace. all 269 passengers -
U.S. invade Grenada
this was a bloody coup that only lasted a few weeks to re-establish a constitutional government -
the soviet unions dissolve
it started when gorbachev left yeltsin in charge and led to the feud with the U.N. and U.S. ending which brought it back to russia -
iran contra affair
this was when the U.S. sold weapons to Iran who were currently on embargo in hopes to have the embassy hostages released -
chernobyl disaster
this was when a nuclear plant in the ukraine exploded killing 31 people and counting chernobyl is still too radioactive to visit to this day -
tiananmen square massacre
this was when students protested at tiananmen square at the center of china where marshall law was taking place and several casualties were inflicted
