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Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference The Yalta Conference was a meeting held in Ylata, Germany. The Allies which included the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union had their leaders meet up and talk about the end of the war. In this conference the leaders talked about laws and such things. This conference signiffied the alliance and willingness of these three countries to end the war and have peace. -
North Vietnam
Vietanam- The Soviet Union
The vietnamese flag close alot like the flag of the soviet unions which can lead people to think that the soviet union had some type of political influence over them. Around this time the soviets just wanted to invade places for terriorty and its apperant that vietnam was a place of interest because of its location and natural resources. -
Berlin Declaration
The Berlin Declaration
The Berlin Declaration signififed that even after all the hardships that Germany went through as a country they were still able to stand back up and unite. The allies then assumed that Germany deserved respect. -
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference The Potsdam Conference was held after the Yalta conferene in Potsdam Germany, but it was only held to answer one major question. Although the allies had come up with multiple soultions to deal with other things that were happening post war, but they still didnt know what to do about or with Germany. -
Iron Curtain Speech
Churchill Delivers Iron Curtain Speech
Winston Churchill Prime Minister of England delievers the greatest speech of all time. The speech focused on the relationship between the United States and Great Britain. He also mentioned how the relationship had to stay strong and that they were a good alliance. President Truman joined him on stage but just listened. -
Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil war was fought by the Greek government who was backed up by the United States and Great Britan. The common goal was to defeat the communinst insurgents by the government forces. This civil war was a result of a struggle between left and right that started in 1943 and targeted the end of the German- Italian occupation during world war 2. -
Containment Policy
Digital History
The contain policy was like a law created by the United States in order to keep communism from spreading. It was designed to help get rid of communism but to stop it from spreading into other countries and/or nations. -
Marshall Plan
History of the Marshall Plan
On June 5th 1947 George Marrshall the secretary of state gave his speech was mainly about plans that tried to help the european countries develope and recover from the war. His plan was also intended to build up the spirits of the europen people and unit them as a whole. The goal was also to stop and lessen the spread of communism. 16 nations where part of this plan that soon became a program, byt Marshalls plan funding ended in 1951 -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin blockade was designed by the Soviet Union to limit how much France, Great Britan, and United States traveled within its perimeter. This was the first major even that made since world war 2 and it made all the countrys clash. -
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Airlift Begins
On June 24th when the soviets bloacked all roads leading to Berlin President Truman called for military action but he didnt want to start world war 3 to start so he just oreder a massive airlift. -
NATO
North Atlantic Treay Organization
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States, Canada, and several other western countries to keep the peace and provied eachother with security from the Soviet Union and communism. -
Soviet Union tests A-bomb
USSR ABOMB
August 29, 1949 refers to the date in which the Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb. This shocked the United States that the Soviet Union possessed nuclear weapons. This led President Truman to call for the U.S. to stock up on nuclear bombs and other weapons to ensure their safety and power status. -
Second Red Scare
Red scare
The Red Scare was a period of time between the late 1940s and the early 1950s when most poeple in the united states though that communism was going to spread all through the world and eventually the US. The Red Scare led to a series of events that made most employers check out their employees to make sure they didnt have any ties to communist countries. -
Korean War- American Involvement
US enters Korean Conflict
In 1950 the Korean Peninsula was divied into two parts one part was controlled by the Soviet Union backed government in the north and the American backed government in the south. When the soviets invavded Korea the US stepped in to help, and war broke out on along the 38th parallel on June 25th 1950. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were trialed by the United States because they were suspected to be giving away secret information to the USSR. -
Eisenhower Presidency
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev begins his rise for power
In the 1940s Khrushchev held important position in Soviets governement and when Stalin died in 1953 he did everything in his power to become the next leader of the Soviet Union even of it meant taking people out of place. -
Vietnam War
Vietnam War Vietnam war Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the war between communist Noth Vietnam and Southern Vietnam, America, and othe allies. It was a long and costly war, America did not win at the end. It was a war because North Vietnam wanted to turn South Vietnam communist. This war was inspired by communist China and influenced the genocide in Cambodia -
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact is formed
The Warsaw Pact was a treaty signed in Warsaw Germany and included Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria as the key memebers. The pact was basically them agreeing to protect eachother in case any of them was attacked by an outside force. -
Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that Suez Canal joined the British-French enterprise which had already owned and opterated it since 1869. -
Sputnik
Sputnik Launched
Sputnik was the first artificial satelite launched into space by the Soviets. Sputnik was was 184 pounds was able to circle earth every hour and 36 minutes. Sputnik was also able to transmit radio signals back to earth and these signals were able to be picked up by amateur radio operators. America was also able to listen to these transmissons as Sputnik went over the US several times a day. -
Cuban Revolution
[Cuba Relations ](revolutionary socialist state.qz.com/314271/a-timeline-of-us-cuban-relations-since-the-cuban-revolution/)
The Cuban Revolution was when Fidel Castro over threw Cuban dictaror Flugencio Batista and promised the island free democracy and established a revolutionary socialist state. -
U2 Incedent
U-2 Spy Incedent
The U2 Incedent was when the Soviet Union shot down what seemed to be American syp planes. America on the hand said that the planes where just weathe planes. -
1. Kennedy Presidency
Kennedy Presidency Youngest man to be elected president, elected on November 8th 1960, died during his 1st term in 1963 -
First Man in Space
Yuri Gagarin Russian cosmonaut and on April 12 he was the first name to be sent into space making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.
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Bay of Pigs
CIA launched what its leaders believed would be a full scale strike an invasion of Cuba by 1,400 American-trained Cubans who had fled their homes when Castro took over.
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Checkpoint Charlie
checkpoint charlie
Checkpoint Charlie lies on the land which was once was the Berlin Wall. It signifies the difference between Eastern and Western Germany (A juxtaposition of Capitalism and Communism). It functioned as the main entry and departing point for diplomats, journalists and non-German visitors who used to be allowed to enter East Berlin. -
Berlin Wall
Tensions during the cold war were runing high when it came to dealing with Berlin. For East Germans that were unhappy with life under the communist system, West Berlin was a gateway to the democratic West. Between 1949 and 1961, some 2.5 million East Germans fled from East to West Germany, most were heading to West Berlin.
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JFK Assassination
On Novermber 22, 1963 the first lady and president went out on a 10-mile motorcycyle ride on the streets of downtown texas, when suddenly JFk got shot. -
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Prague Spring
prague spring
Prague Springs refers to the era of political reformations in Czechoslovakia. The reformations was made by Alexander Dubcek. This period is known as "communist with a face". The Soviet Union and other members of the Warsaw Pact invaded the country and halted the reforms, ending the era. -
Tet Offensive
tet offensive
Tet Offensive refers to the series of surprise attacks caused by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces on cities, citizens, and properties across South Vietnam. -
Nixon
Nixon N was the 37th president of the United States. He is known for taking American troops out of combat in the Vietnam War and improving relationships between the USSR and the US. He is also the first president to have ever resigned from his executive position. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11Apollo 11 was the first ever space craft to land on the moon. It was a goal set by President John F. Kennedy. It carried Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. This set during the times when the Soviet Union and the United Nations were in a competition of whose space systems were better. -
Nixon visits China
Visit to China
Nixon visiting China was the first step to showing that the United States was making an effort to get along or make friends with communist countrys or republics. Well the main goal was to re-establish diplomatic relations. -
Détente
Detenete was a period of time where tensions weakend between countrys specifically the soviet union and the united states.
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SALT I
SALT I Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States for the Soviet Union to limit their supplies of nuclear and other war weapons and veichles -
Paris Peace Accords
This event was a document signed by the United States, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and North Vietnam. In this Document they were all agreeing to end the war peacefully.
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Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur refers to the war that erupted on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Egyptian forces launched a series of attacks on Israel in hopes of winning back land that was lost in the third Arab-Israel war. -
Khmer Rouge and Killing Fields
khmer rouge
The Khmer Rouge was the major group that terrorized Cambodians and started the genocide in Cambodia. Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge. During the genocide, the Khmer Rouge set up "Killing Fields' in which mass murders of millions of Cambodians were held. -
Fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
The capital city of Vietnam, Saigon, fell into communist North Vietnam rule in 1975. North Vietnam forces demolished the Presidential Palace and established their rule. The fall of Saigon symbolizes the end of the Vietnam War. Saigon is now called "Ho Chi Minh City" -
Iranian Revolution
Revolution
The Iranian Revolution, also dubbed as the Islamic Revolution, refers to the events in which Islamic organization and Iranian student movements overthrew Pahlavi dynasty(in which the United States supported) and replaced it with an Islamic republic. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis was wahen some Iranian students went into the US embassy and took US civilians hostage.
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Reagan Presidency
reagan presidency
Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was orignally and actor. Reagan strived for "peace through strength" in his foreign policies. -
Korean Airlines Flight 007
Korean Airlines Flight 007
Korean Airlines Flight 007, on route from New York City to Seoul, was shot down by Soviet Union forces when it was on its last leg of the flight and entered Soviet Union territory. The territory contained top-secret installments and buildings by the USSR. All 269 people on board were killed in the incident. -
Reagan and Gorbachev meets
Reagan and Gorbachev meets
Gorbachev of the USSR and Reagan of the US held their first meeting in Geneva. They discussed weapons and other future plans. The two developed a close relationship. It is also said that Nancy Reagan and Gorbachev's wife are good friends. -
“Tear Down This Wall” speech
Tear down the wall speech
This speech was given by President Ronald Reagan on June 2nd 1987 in Berlin. His entire speech focused on the Berlin Wall and the feelings it bought to the US. This speech also focused on tearing down the wall, which showed that Germany could unit again into one whole and not have a wall dividing it any longer. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Massacre
Tiananmen Square Massacre was when Chinese troops shot a crowd of almost a million Chinese students in Beijing. The studnets were protesting for better rights.Thousands were wounded and arrested. This event shocked both the United States and the Soviet Union. -
Fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin wall seperated communist-like Eastern Germany from the capitalistic Western Germany. It was broken down with efforts from both Eastern and Westergn German citizens. This happened when more and more Eastern Germans tried to escape to Western Germany. Many flocked the gates saying, "Tor auf!" which translates to "Open the gate!" -
Gulf War (1990)
Gulf War
The Gulf War started when Iraq invavded Kuwait. This was done because Iraq wanted to get control of the nations largest oil reserves . But by doing this they triggered this huge conflict that lead to the beginging of the cold war on Novermber 2 1990 -
Dissoultion of the Soviet Union
Fall of The Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union happened when the USSR's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned from his position after an unsucessful tenure and attempt at reforming the USSR. The twelve constituent republics of the Soviet Union emerged after as independent post-Soviet states.
