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What: The Yalta Conference took place to get Britain, the USA, and the Soviet Union to agree on what to do with Germany after World War 2.
Where: Yalta.
Effect on the cold war: It eventually started the cold war.
Effect on liberalism: It took away many of Germany's rights as a country. They were always watched after the events of World War 2. -
What: Was a conference held by Stalin, Churchill, Attlee, and Truman to decide the reparations, economy, punishments for war criminals and land boundaries Germany would suffer from after World War 2.
Where: Potsdam, Germany.
What effect it had on the cold war: It started the cold war.
What effect it had on liberalism: Took almost all of Germany's rights away from them. -
What: The USA detonated a bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Where: Hiroshima, Japan.
Effect on the cold war: It ended World War 2 and kickstarted the cold war.
Effect on liberalism: Japan was being attacked so they had fewer freedoms. -
What: The USA bombed the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
Where: Nagasaki, Japan.
Effect on the cold war: It Ended World War 2, but kickstarted the cold war.
Effect on liberalism: People were getting bombed they had less freedom. -
What: Truman stated that the US would help countries not under authoritarian rule by giving them military, political, and economic assistance.
Where: Greece and Turkey.
Effect on the cold war: The USA was helping countries that were not under an authoritarian government. It made the USA look stronger.
Effect on liberalism: The countries the USA was helping got more freedoms because they didn't have to worry as much about poverty. -
What: The US started to help countries economically in Western Europe.
Where: Western Europe.
Effect on the cold war: The USA started to help more western countries in Europe making them look stronger and more aligned.
Effect on liberalism: The western countries in Europe had more freedoms because they were getting help from the US, and didn't have to worry as much. -
What: The Soviet Union helped countries in Eastern Europe to rebuild who were aligned with them.
Where: Communist countries.
Effect on the cold war: It helped to make the Soviet Union's influence on others stronger.
Effect on liberalism: People in Eastern Europe had more freedoms because they were being helped, and didn't have to worry as much about poverty. -
What: Was an agreement signed by France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Britain, and Belgium to make them an aligned force with the US.
Where: Brussels, Belgium.
Effect on the cold war: The US was becoming aligned with even more countries in Europe.
Effect on liberalism: They all have more freedom because they are all aligned for the coming wars. -
What: The Soviet Union blocked the allies' railways so they could not travel to their Western allies. It was to keep them from communicating and transporting goods, making them weaker.
Where: Berlin, Germany.
Effect on the cold war: The allies' railways were blocked off so they could not communicate.
Effect on liberalism: People in those countries had fewer rights because they were being forced to stay in the same place. -
What: A military alliance between 30 countries in Europe and many from the US.
Where: Brussels, Belgium.
Effect on the cold war: The USA was making even more allies, making them even more powerful.
Effect on liberalism: Countries were aligning with the US so they didn't have to fight alone in the war so they had more freedom. -
What: When the Soviets started to create nuclear weapons even though they were being forced not to.
Where: Soviet Union
Effect on the cold war: The Soviet Union was creating nuclear weapons.
Effect on liberalism: People had fewer freedoms because they had to watch out for the Soviet Union. -
What: The war between North and South Korea.
Where: North and South Korea.
Effect on the cold war: It was the first proxy war in a third-world country caused by the USA and the Soviet Union.
Effect on liberalism: The people in Korea had fewer freedoms because they were in a war. -
What: Stalin died from the result of a stroke at the age of 74.
Where: Kuntsevo Dacha.
Effect on the cold war: The Soviets leader had died.
Effect on liberalism: People in the Soviet Union got more freedoms because their communist leader had died. -
What: A soviet agreement with their allies to cancel out NATO. It was signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
Where: Communist countries.
Effect on the cold war: The Soviet Union was making more alliances to cancel out NATO.
Effect on liberalism: The people from the countries in the agreement get more freedom, but the US and their alliance have less. -
What: The war between North and South Vietnam.
Where: North and South Vietnam
Effect on the cold war: It was the second proxy war in a third-world country caused by the US and the Soviet Union.
Effect on liberalism: The people in Vietnam are at war so they have fewer freedoms. -
What: Hungarian revolution against the Soviets, so they could have rights.
Where: Hungary
Effect on the cold war: the Soviet Union was starting to lose communist control with some of their alliances.
Effect on liberalism: The people in Hungary who survived would have fewer freedoms because they had lost. -
What: An organization between Canada and the USA to provide aerospace warning, protection from Northern America, and air sovereignty.
Where: Canada and the USA.
Effect on the cold war: The US and Canada were protecting themselves from Soviet bombing attacks.
Effect on liberalism: Canada and the Us had more freedoms while the Soviet Union had less. -
What: He was a socialist who took over the US's supporting government. They received help from the USSR because the US would not help them.
Where: Cuba
Effect on cold war: The Soviet Union has yet another threatening alliance. This alliance actually scared the US, so they put more soldiers there.
Effect on liberalism: The Cuban's had fewer freedoms because they were now under the communist ruling. -
What: It was an attempt to get rid of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Where: Cuba
Effect on the cold war: It was an attempt to get rid of the communist government and go back to the way it was.
Effect on liberalism: The Cuban exiles had fewer freedoms because they were being forced to fight their people to overthrow their old government. -
What: It was made to prevent the East Berlin people from escaping into West Berlin.
Where: Berlin.
Effect on the cold war: People in Eastern Europe were not able to escape and were forced to be communists. It forced them to keep alignment with the Soviets.
Effect on liberalism: People in the east had fewer freedoms because they could not leave and were being forced into communist ways. -
What: When the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ceased the missiles in Cuba.
Where: Cuba
Effect on the cold war: The Soviets were no longer putting bombs in Cuba.
Effect on liberalism: the people in Cuba were freer because no one was trying to send them bombs. -
What: The war between the Soviets and Afganians for their rights.
Where: Afganistan.
Effect on the cold war: Another proxy war between the US and Soviet Union in a third-world country.
Effect on liberalism: Fewer freedoms they were in the war. -
What: When Poland signed an agreement to become a solitary government.
Where: Poland.
Effect on the cold war: The Soviets had lost one of their big alliances and they had become a noncommunist government.
Effect on liberalism: The people in Poland had more freedom because they were no longer under the communist ruling. -
What: the falling of the Berlin wall dividing east and west Germany. What effect it had: It was the signaling of the end of the iron curtain.
Where: Berlin
What effect it had on liberalism: When the Berlin wall fell, liberalism expanded into east Germany for the first time in many years. -
What: When Czechoslavakia revolutionized against the Soviet Union to regain the rights they had taken away from them.
Where: Czechoslavakia.
Effect on the cold war: the Soviet Union was losing even more of its big allies because they wanted more freedoms.
Effect on liberalism: The people in Czechoslavakia had more freedom. -
What: When the Berlin wall fell people started to escape and were given rights ending the cold war eventually.
Where: Everywhere it was the end.
Effect on the cold war: It was over (the end).
Effect on liberalism: Everyone was freer (no more cold war). -
What: It was made to prevent the use and spread of nuclear weaponry.
Where: Everywhere.
Effect on the cold war: Countries were trying to prevent another cold war from happening.
Effect on liberalism: Countries didn't have to worry as much about getting bombed so they have more freedoms.
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